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== Municipality == | == Municipality == | ||
Under the | Under the Municipality levei (Municipio), you will find civil registration records. A Municipality covers an area that may contain several towns with the headquarters usually located in the largest one. A large city may contain several Municipalities. You will need to determine the correct Municipality in order to locate the civil registration records. | ||
To figure out your | To figure out your Municipality, check the following sources: | ||
*The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Wikipedia Spanish version of Wikipedia] | *The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Wikipedia Spanish version of Wikipedia] | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/ Google Maps] is a great place to find towns and figure out distances between towns. | *[https://www.google.com/maps/ Google Maps] is a great place to find towns and figure out distances between towns. | ||
On genealogy records, places are usually written from smallest to largest with the | On genealogy records, places are usually written from smallest to largest with the Municipio not being listed. For example: | ||
*City/town, Department, Country | *City/town, Department, Country | ||
*Arcatao, Chalatenango, El Salvador | *Arcatao, Chalatenango, El Salvador | ||
The city of Arcatao is located in the department of | The city of Arcatao is located in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. | ||
== Church == | == Church == | ||