Civil registration is the system by which a government
records the vital events of its citizens and residents.
Citizens have a legal requirement to notify the relevant
authority of any life event which affects the registry. Vital events that are
typically recorded include live birth, death, marriage, divorce, adoption,
legitimization and recognition, etc.
Civil registration derives legal documents like birth
certificates, death certificates, and marriage certificates. Of course civil registration is a key element
on the genealogical research that is why we are interested in identifying when
various countries began to register events.
In USA the dates varies by state with some Louisiana counties starting
in the early 1800's. But today we will review the timeline for the Hispanic countries:
Argentina
1881
Brazil 1850
Bolivia 1940
Colombia
1865
Costa Rica
1888
Cuba 1885
Chile 1885
Dominican
Republic 1828
Ecuador 1901
El Salvador
1879
Guatemala
1877
Honduras
1881
Mexico 1857
Nicaragua
1879
Panama 1914
Paraguay
1880
Perú 1886
Puerto Rico
1885
Spain 1871
Uruguay 1879
Venezuela 1873
