Hispanic Genealogy Address Book (by geographic area)

This collection is constantly being updated as I obtain new information. If you know of a Latin American/Hispanic genealogy resource which is not listed herein, click here to e-mail that information to me and I'll add it to the appropriate list after I verify it.
Last updated: 9/7/96

ANTIGUA:

Registrar General's Office
St. Johns, Antigua
(809) 462-0609
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1 August 1856 to the present.

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ARGENTINA:

Archivo General de la Nación (National Archive)
Avenida Leandro N. Alem 246
1003 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
Mexico 564
1097 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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BAHAMAS:

Bahamas Public Library
Rawson Square
Nassau, Bahama Islands

Registrar General's Office
P.O. Box N532
Nassau, Bahamas
(809) 322-3316
Birth and death records are available from 1 January 1850 to the present.
Marriage records are available from 1 January 1799 to the present.

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BARBADOS:

Barbados Historical Archive, Dept. of Archives
Black Rock, St. Michael
Barbados, West Indies

Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies

Registrar
Registration Office
Supreme Court of Barbados
Law Courts, Coleridge St.
Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies
(809) 426-3461
Birth records are available from 1890 to the present.
Marriage records are available from 1637 to the present.
Death records are available from 1925 to the present.

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BERMUDA:

Bermuda Historical Society
c/o Bermuda Library
Par-la-ville Park, Hamilton, Bermuda

Registry General
Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs
Government Administration Building
30 Paliament St.
Hamilton, 5-24, Bermuda
(809) 295-5151
Birth and marriage records are available from 1866 to the present.
Death records are available from 1865 to the present.

St. George's Historical Society Musuem
St. George, Bermuda

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BRAZIL:

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
Avenida Río Branco 219-239
20042 Río de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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CAYMAN ISLANDS:

Registrar General
Tower Building
George Town
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies
(809) 949-7900

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CHILE:

Andrés Bello Central Archive
Coordinador: Darío Oses Moya
Tel.: (562) 678-1070
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Archivo Nacional (National Archive)
Miraflores 50
Santiago, Chile
Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins 651
Santiago, Chile
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COLOMBIA:

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
Calle 24, 5-60
Apartado 27600
Bogotá, Colombia

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COSTA RICA:

Registere Civil
San Jose, Costa Rica

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CUBA:

Archivo Nacional (National Archive)
Compostela esq. San Isidro
La Habana 1, Cuba

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
Plaza de la Revolución José Martí
Apartado Oficial 3
La Habana, Cuba

Cuban Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 2650
Salt Lake City, UT 84110-2650
USA
(Click here to see more information about this society.)

Cuban Index
c/o Peter E. Carr
P.O. Box 15839
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-5839
USA

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DOMINICA:

Registrar General's Office
Registry
Bay Front
Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica
(809) 448-2401
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 2 April 1861 to the present.

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:

Archivo General de la Nación (National Archive)
Calle M. E. Díaz
Santo Domingo, La República Dominicana

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
César Nicolás Penson 91
Plaza de la Cultura
Santo Domingo, La República Dominicana

Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía, Inc. (Dominican Genealogy Institute, Inc.)
P.O. Box 3350
Calle Mercedes, #204
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
(809) 687-3992; (809) 687-0027, fax
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EL SALVADOR:

Archivo General de la Nación (National Archive)
Palacio Nacional
San Salvador, El Salvador
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FRENCH GUIANA:

Archives Départementales de la Guyane (French Guiana Departmental Archive)
Place Léopold Heder
97302 Cayenne Cedex
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GRENADA:

Registrar General's Office
Church St.
St. George's, Grenada
(809) 440-2030
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1 January 1866 to the present.

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GUADELOUPE:

Archives Départementales de la Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe Departmental Archive)
P.O. Box 74
97102 Basse-Terre Cedex
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HAITI:

Saint Domingue Special Interest Group
Moderator: Augusta B. Elmwood
1514 St. Roch Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117-8347
(504) 994-4908; (504) 943-8150, fax
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JAMAICA:

Registrar General's Office
Spanish Town, Jamaica
(809) 984-3041
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT, has already microfilmed this office's records from 1664 to 1880.

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MARTINIQUE:

Archives Départementales de la Martinique (Martinique Departmental Archive)
P.O. Box 649
97262 Fort-de-France Cedex
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MEXICO:

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MONTSERRAT:

Registrar General's Office
P.O. Box 22
Plymouth, Montserrat
(809) 491-2129
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 12 February 1862 to the present. You must identify in which of Montserrat's three districts the event occurred.

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PANAMA:

PANAMA CANAL ZONE
Vital Statistics Unit
Panama Canal Commission
APO Miami, FL 34011-5000
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1904 to 30 September 1979.

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
El Registro Civil
Apartado 5281
Panama 5, Republic of Panama

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PERU:

Biblioteca Nacional de Perú (Peru National Library)
Avenida Abancay
Apartado 2335
Lima, Peru
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PORTUGAL:

American-Portuguese Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 644
Taunton, MA 02780

Arquivo Nacional da Torre do (Lisboa National Archive)
Largo de S. Bento, 1200
Lisboa, Portugal

Arquivo Regional da Madeira (Madeira Regional Archive)
Rua daMouraria
9000 Funchal
Madeira, Portugal

J. A. Freitas Library
U.P.E.C. Cultural Center
1120-24 E. 14th St.
San Leandro, CA 94577-4585
USA
(Click here to see a LUSAWEB article about this library's resources.)

Portuguese Ancestry
c/o Rosemarie Capodicci
1155 Santa Ana
Seaside, CA 93955
USA
(408) 899-2112

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PUERTO RICO:

Cemeterio Nacional de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico National Cemetery)
P.O. Box 1298
Bayamón, PR 00621-1298

Departamento de Salud, Registro Demográfico
P.O. Box 11854
Fernández Juncos Station
Avenida Ponce de León, #1096
San Juan, PR 00910
(787) 728-7980, x236
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 22 July 1931 to the present. Similar records from 1885 to 1931 are available from the municipal registrars where the event occurred.
(Click here to see a list of all the demographic registrars in Puerto Rico by municipality.)

Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture)
Archivo General de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico General Archive)
Apartado 4184
San Juan, PR 00905-4184

Registro de Propiedad (Property Registrar)
Sección 2
Apartado 2551
Ponce, PR 00733-2551

Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía (Puerto Rican Genealogical Society)
103 Avenida Universidad, Ste. 239
Río Piedras, PR 00925

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SPAIN:

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ST. CROIX:

Virgin Islands Dept. of Health
Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics
Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital
P.O. Box 520
Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00820
(809) 773-4050
Only birth and death records are available from this office from 1919 to the present.

Court Clerk
Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box 929
St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00820
(809) 779-3350
Only marriage records are available from this office.

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ST. KITTS & NEVIS:

Registrar General's Office
P.O. Box 236
Basseterre, St. Kitts
(809) 465-5251
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1 January 1859 to the present.

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ST. LUCIA:

Registrar General's Office
Castries, St. Lucia
(809) 452-1257
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1 January 1869 to the present.

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ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN:

Virgin Islands Dept. of Health
Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802
(809) 774-1734
Only birth and death records are available from this office from 1 July 1906 to the present.

County Clerk
Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box 70
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00801
(809) 774-6680
Only marriage records are available from this office.

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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES:

Registrar General's Office
Kingstown, St. Vincent
(809) 457-1424
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 1 July 1874 to the present.

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO:

Registrar General's Office
Port of Spain, Trinidad
(809) 623-5793
Birth, marriage and death records from Trinidad are available from 1 January 1848 to the present.
Birth, marriage and death records from Tobago are available from 30 January 1868 to the present.
Trinidad and Tobago were united in 1889.

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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS:

Registrar General's Office
Front St.
Grand Turk, Turks and Caiços Islands
(809) 946-2114
Birth, marriage and death records are available from 2 January 1863 to the present.

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VENEZUELA:

Archivo General de la Nación (National Archive)
Santa Capilla a Carmelitas 15
Avenida Urdenata
Apartado 5935
Caracas 101, Venezuela
Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)
Bolsa a San Frnacisco
Apartado 68350
Caracas 106, Venezuela
Family History Center
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Segunda Avenida de Campo Alegre, # 14
Urbana Campo Alegre, Chacao
Apartado 62569
Caracas, Venezuela
Instituto Venezolano de Genealogía (Venezuelan Genealogy Institute)
P.O. Box 60706
Caracas, Venezuela

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