Guatemala Civil Registration

Online Records at FamilySearch

 * 1877-2008 : at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Civil Registration by state, FamilySearch, browsable images.

Online Records at GenesReunited ($)

 * 1818-2005 : British Nationals Born Overseas 1818-2005, index and images.
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, index and images, ($)
 * 1818-2005: British Nationals Married Overseas 1818-2005, index and images,
 * 1818-2005 : British Nationals Died Overseas 1818-2005, index and images.

Online Records at Ancestry ($)

 * 1877-1980 : Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980, Ancestry.com, ($), index and browsable images.

Online Records at MyHeritage ($)

 * 1877-2008 : Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008, MyHeritage, ($), index, incomplete.

Online Records at FindMyPast($)

 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages,, index and images, ($)

Historical Background
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1877.

Law of the National Registry of Persons (Ley de la RENAP)
In 2006, Guatemala benefited from the Law of the National Registry of Persons: Law of the RENAP Regulations that created the National Registry of Persons, disappearing the institution of yesteryear called Civil Registry, which was contained in the Civil codes of 1877, 1933 and the current one since 1964. It was in 1877 with the so-called reforming government of General Justo Rufino Barrios, that the Civil Registry separated from the Catholic Church, since then being a "civil" and no longer ecclesiastical Registry.

Due to this, the books of Births, Deaths and Marriages, are currently in charge of the National Registry of Persons.

Sitio oficial del Registro Nacional de Personas (RENAP)

http://www.renap.gob.gt/

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Information Recorded in the Records
The following information is usually found in these records: