Puerto Rico Civil Registration Records

Historical Background

Puerto Rico Civil registration records began in 1885. Here you will find a complete index of all the corresponding towns. Unfortunately, these books are missing, have not been filmed, or are severely damaged.

• Civil registration in Puerto Rico began in early 1885. The whole population of Puerto Rico living since 1885 is registered in these records. Most municipalities have births, marriages, and deaths from 1885, but some have records from earlier years.
• The Demographic Registry Office of Puerto Rico (Registro Demográfico de Puerto Rico) is responsible for preserving all the vital data of the citizens of Puerto Rico, such as the registration of births, marriages, and deaths.
• Before 1885, a person’s vital information was registered in the Catholic Church parish records.

If you can not find a civil registration for your ancestor, I suggest you look in the Church Records index.

Index for Puerto Rico Civil Registration Records

This is an ongoing project and may take a few months to complete. For example, it takes me a few days to complete one town. In addition, depending on the number of books available for each city, it may take longer. Please let me know if anyone would like to volunteer. You can tell me which town you would like to complete, and I can send you the instructions. Thank you.

Adjuntas	Aguada	Aguadilla	Aguas Buenas	Aibonito	Añasco	Arecibo	Arroyo
Barceloneta	Barranquitas	Bayamón	Cabo Rojo	Caguas	Camuy	Canóvanas	Carolina
Cataño	Cayey	Ceiba	Ciales	Cidra	Coamo	Comerío	Corozal
Culebra	Dorado	Fajardo	Florida	Guánica	Guayama	Guayanilla	Guaynabo
Gurabo	Hatillo	Hormigueros	Humacao	Isabela	Jayuya	Juana Díaz	Juncos
Lajas	Lares	Las Marías	Las Piedras	Loíza	Luquillo	Manatí	Maricao
Maunabo	Mayagüez	Moca	Morovis	Naguabo	Naranjito	Orocovis	Patillas
Peñuelas	Ponce	Quebradillas	Rincón	Río Grande	Rio Piedras	Sabana Grande	Salinas
San Germán	San Juan	San Lorenzo	San Sebastián	Santa Isabel	Toa Alta	Toa Baja	Trujillo Alto
Trujillo Bajo	Utuado	Vega Alta	Vega Baja	Vieques	Villalba	Yabucoa	Yauco

FamilySearch Puerto Rico Civil Registration Records

Until I can complete the index breakdown for the above municipalities, the table below will take you to the Civil Registration Records provided by FamilySearch. I should inform you not all the books may be available. Some years may exist but may not have been filmed. In the absence of parish records before 1885 that are not available, I would review the death records. I am suggesting this because if you are fortunate to have an ancestor that lived a long life, you may find their death record. Siblings could also provide missing information, so do not discount researching siblings.

Adjuntas	Cayey	Hormigueros	Morovis	San Juan
Aguada	Ceiba	Humacao	Naguabo	San Lorenzo
Aguadilla	Ciales	Isabela	Naranjito	San Sebastián
Aguas Buenas	Cidra	Jayuya	Orocovis	Santa Isabel
Aibonito	Coamo	Juana Díaz	Palmer (Río Grande)	Santurce (San Juan)
Añasco	Comerío	Juncos	Palo Seco (Toa Baja)	Toa Alta
Arecibo	Corozal	Lajas	Patillas	Toa Baja
Arroyo	Culebra	Lares	Peñuelas	Trujillo Alto
Barceloneta	Dorado	Las Marías	Ponce	Utuado
Barranquitas	Fajardo	Las Piedras	Quebradillas	Vega Alta
Bayamón	Florida	Loíza	Rincón	Vega Baja
Cabo Rojo	Guánica	Luquillo	Río Grande	Vieques
Caguas	Guayama	Manatí	Río Piedras	Villalba
Camuy	Guayanilla	Maricao	Río Piedras (San Juan)	Yabucoa
Canóvanas	Guaynabo	Maunabo	Sabana Grande	Yauco
Carolina	Gurabo	Mayagüez	Salinas
Cataño	Hatillo	Moca	San Germán