El Salvador Genealogy

Central America El Salvador Guide to El Salvador ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Country Information
El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (departamentos), which, in turn, are subdivided into 262 municipalities (municipios).

States
Department names and abbreviations for the 14 Salvadoran Departments:

More El Salvador Research Strategies
Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for El Salvador.

More El Salvador Research Tools
Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools El Salvador.
 * BYU Research Outline for El Salvador
 * Websites

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records
 * Family History Center locator map

Featured Content
Today's featured article is El Salvador Civil Registrations.

See the tutorials in FamilySearch.org pertaining to Latin American research.

Civil Registration Records

 * 1704–1977 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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