Peruvian records
Peruvian records are not currently available in Familysearch. I have two questions about it:
- Is there any progress in the negotiation between Familysearch and peruvian authorities?
- Can peruvian records still be seen/downloaded if someone goes to Salt Lake?
Thanks a lot.
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@SerraNola one for you please
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@Matheo Balthazar Access to Peruvian records has changed due to new privacy laws, not a change in the contractual agreement. Therefore, they are also not available in Salt Lake.
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My understanding is that Peru is restricting with a 100 year policy the records of living people. One person suggested you look for death records and see if those are restricted. The familysearch records are digitized now and not on microfilm so it is possible to put locks on records that fall into that category but it make take some time to meet all the requirements to negotiate with Peru and other latin American groups that are now doing the same thing. It is my understanding that even if you come to Salt Lake City the records are still unavailable.
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Hello, I am also wondering if there has been any updates regarding access of Peruvian records. Does anyone know if we are closer to gaining access?
In the meantime, does anyone know of places that are still allowing access? Has anyone had any luck on other sites? If so, please share your sources so I can also search elsewhere.
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The removal of access to Peruvian information was caused by a change to legislation in Peru, which may well prevent access from /anywhere/ to specific record date ranges (others will be much better able to advise on the detail than me).
Once the records you are after cease to be affected by such a time limit, you may well be able to access them sooner via the relevant Peru record custodian than via FS, depending on how FS collates the information into data sets and on how the FS access controls work at both record and data set levels.
You may also need to consider what the record custodian's detailed rules are, e.g. a provable direct descendant might perhaps have access sooner than others - something which FS does not (and realistically cannot) implement anywhere.
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It’s absurd. Peru already lost countless historical records during the War of the Pacific, making it impossible to reconstruct parts of our history for generations. Now that many records have finally been recovered, they’re introducing new access restrictions. It makes no sense. Peru was the main gateway to Spanish América, many settlers first arrived in Lima before moving elsewhere across Latin America. Restricting access to these records only makes it harder for researchers to reconstruct the shared history of the entire región. What should we do to change this. Í want to clamo.
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@robby819 Thank you for reaching out. We appreciate your dedication to genealogical research and your careful attention to these records. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
I want to call your attention to the Peru Wiki Page. You may find something here that will extend your Peru research. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Peru_Online_Genealogy_Records
FamilySearch is committed to helping individuals discover and preserve their family history and strives to provide broad access to historical genealogical records. In some circumstances, however, access to certain collections may change due to contractual requirements, evolving privacy and other legal requirements, or technology updates. We understand it can be disappointing when a collection you rely on becomes unavailable, and we want to assure you that these adjustments reflect our continued commitment to protecting individual privacy and maintaining strong data-stewardship practices.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
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