Mexico, Aguascalientes, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

 Mexico Aguascalientes

What is in the Collection?
This collection includes civil registration birth records from the State of Aguascalientes, Mexico, and date from 1859 to 1961. These records are written in Spanish; also see the section For Help Reading These Records for translation helps.

For more details on Mexican civil registration records, see the parent article Mexico Civil Registration Records (FamilySearch Historical Records).

What Can This Collection Tell Me?
Birth records may contain the following information:
 * Date and place of registration
 * Registrant or informant and their personal information
 * Child's name and gender
 * Child’s date and place of birth
 * Father's name, age, marital status, occupation and residence
 * Mother's maiden name, age, marital status and residence
 * Names of paternal grandparents
 * Names of maternal grandparents
 * Names of witnesses and their personal information

Marriage records usually contain the following:
 * Marriage date and place
 * Groom's name
 * Groom's marital status and occupation
 * Groom's age and residence
 * Groom's parents' names (including mother's maiden name)
 * Bride's name
 * Bride's marital status, age, and residence
 * Bride's parents' names (including mother's maiden name)
 * Witnesses' names, marital status, age, birthplaces, and residences

Death records generally contain:
 * Date and place of death
 * Deceased's name (a woman may be filed under maiden name or married name)
 * Deceased's age and occupation
 * Deceased's parents' names and ages
 * Witnesses' names, ages, occupations, and residences

How Do I Search the Collection?
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For Help Reading These Records
These records are in Spanish. For help reading the records, see the following resources:


 * Mexico Language and Languages
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For, Now What?

 * Try looking through records in the surrounding localities. Zacatecas is on the western, northern, and eastern borders and Jalisco is on the southern border.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
 * Continue to search the index and records to identify siblings or children.

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