Obtaining Records from the Now-Defunct Canal Zone District Court
Anyone may obtain copies of documents pertaining to court cases (including adoptions) by contacting:
National Archives and Records Administration
Attn: Archives 1 Reference Branch
700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20408-0001
E-mail: archives1reference@nara.gov
Website: https://www.archives.gov/dc
For Canal Zone birth and death records, as well as marriage and divorce certificates, visit:
http://www.vitalrec.com/cz.html
General information pertaining to the Canal Zone may be obtained by visiting the Panama Canal Zone Society web page at:
http://www.pancanalsociety.org/
Historical articles on Canal Zone court records may be viewed at:
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/fall/panama.html