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El Salvador


Goal 1 for Central America



Goal 1: Learn about El Salvador research and records.



Choices


ALearn how to find records for El Salvador ancestors.


  1. FamilySearch: Read this article to learn about finding El Salvador records.

    FS—Wiki: El Salvador, Finding Records

  2. Church: Explore church records in El Salvador.

    FS—Wiki: El Salvador Church Records

  3. Civil Registration: Learn about civil registration in El Salvador.

    FS—Wiki: El Salvador Civil Registration

  4. Record Finder: Use the El Salvador Record Finder to understand record types for research.

    FS—Wiki: El Salvador Record Finder

  5. Place of Origin: Learn how to find the place of origin for your ancestor in El Salvador.

    FS—Wiki: Locating Place of Origin

  6. Correspondence: Use this guide for corresponding with El Salvadorean organizations about genealogy resources.

    FS—Spanish Letter-Writing Guide

  7. Old Documents: Explore the Spanish Paleography Tool site for help with reading older documents.

Language and Names
  1. Word List: Use this Spanish word list to help with understanding research records.

    FS—Wiki: Spanish Word List

  2. Surnames: Search the Geneanet site for Salvadorean surnames.
Exercises


QUIKLinks


BExplore additional resources for research.



  1. Archives & Libraries: Learn about archives and libraries in El Salvador.

    FS—Wiki: El Salvador Archives and Libraries

  2. Military: Learn about finding military records in El Salvador.

    FS—Wiki: El Salvador Military Records

  3. Forebears.io: Explore the Forebears.io site for research records.
  4. Find A Grave: Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
  5. BillionGraves: Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
  6. Jewish: Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in El Salvador.

Help
  1. Facebook: Visit the Mexico-Central America Genealogy Research Community Facebook page for FamilySearch.
  2. Family History Center: Get help at a FamilySearch center in El Salvador.

CLearn about El Salvador map resources.


  1. Explore the David Rumsey collection of El Salvador maps.
  2. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of El Salvador.
  3. Explore the Old Maps Online site for El Salvador maps.
  4. Explore the Atlas of El Salvador on the Wikipedia site.
  5. Explore the Old Maps of El Salvador on the Wikipedia site.
  6. Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in El Salvador.

DLearn about El Salvador newspapers.


  1. Search El Salvador newspapers in the onlinenewspapers.com site.
  2. Search El Salvador in the world-newspapers.com site.
  3. Search El Salvador newspapers in the ABYZ News Links site.