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This section will cover the basics of Catholic Church marriage information files in Latin America.

This section will discuss how to locate the Catholic Church Records of Latin America.

This section will cover the basics of Catholic Church baptism records found in Latin America.

This section will cover the basics of Catholic Church marriage records in Latin America.

This section will cover the basics of Catholic Church burial/death records of Latin America.

This section will cover how to use the indexes that you find in the Catholic Church records in Latin America.

This webinar is designed for those who are just getting started with Hispanic Research. The research process, research logs, search tips, finding aids, and language helps will be presented along with a case study. The class also discusses the important record types for researchers looking for ancestors in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain.

This class teaches how to use the site "Latin Language and Script Gallery of Latin Abbreviations."

Catholic parish records are among the richest resources for family history research in Spain and Latin America. Catholicism has been the predominant religion in these countries for centuries. As a result, the local parish priest recorded the happiest and saddest events of the lives of our ancestors, from their baptism as an infant to their final resting place. Come learn about the history, use and content of parish records to flesh out the lives of your ancestors. Tips and strategies will be presented which will facilitate your success in locating and searching these records. Stories from parish records will be shared to highlight the richness of the records. All the videos together will take you 39:16 to complete.

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of those who immigrated to Latin America came from Europe. In addition, millions of Africans were brought to Latin America during the era of slavery, and

Lyman D Platt's book, Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States. Lyman D Platt, Latin American Census Records (Salt Lake City, Utah:

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significant biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries that cover all of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal are: Herrero Mediavilla, Víctor, and Lolita Rosa