Latin America Support

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This section will cover the basics of Catholic Church confirmation records.
This section will go through content, use, tips, and strategies of looking through Parish Records.
This section will cover the basics of Catholic Church burial/death records of 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 baptism records found in Latin America.
This section will discuss how to locate the Catholic Church 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 section will cover the basics of Catholic Church marriage information files in Latin America.
This class will teach you various ways to search the historical records collections of FamilySearch for Hispanic ancestors in order to improve your search results. You will learn how to search by name and relationships. You will also learn how to apply filters, browse images and use the catalog to find other records for your ancestors.
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.
This lesson will teach you to use the website Dokuklik to search online for the parish records indexes for the three provinces of the Basque country (País Vasco) in Spain. You will also learn about the Hispanic surname system and several successful search tips and techniques.
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