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Guide to '''Department of El Progreso ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.
Guide to '''Department of El Progreso ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.
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== Civil Registration and Church Records==
==Census Records==
Most of the research you will do will be in these two records.
*'''1825-1826''' {{FSC|354171|title-id|disp=Padrones, 1825-1826}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
*'''1877-1980''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9884/ Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980] - in Ancestry ($) - index and images
 
*'''1877-2008''' - {{RecordSearch|1682771|Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
==Church Records==
*'''1877-1994''' - {{RecordSearch|2451040|'''Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994'''}}
 
*'''1877-1994''' - [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-VY7X-W?owc=ML53-N36%3A129428301%3Fcc%3D1682771&wc=MLTJ-7MS%3A129427201%2C129427202%2C129484501%3Fcc%3D1682771&cc=1682771 '''Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994''']. Additional towns.
==Civil Registration==
*'''1581-1977''' - [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=MDR3-FWR%3A121783201%3Fcc%3D1614809 '''El Progreso, Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977''']
* '''1581-1977''' {{RecordSearch|1614809|Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977}} at FamilySearch — [[Guatemala, Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1750-1930''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9887/ Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930] - in Ancestry ($) — index and images
*'''1750-1930''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9887/ Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930] at Ancestry - index ($)
*'''1750-1930''' - [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30127/guatemala-marriages-1750-1930?s=400957991 Guatemala, Marriages, 1750-1930] - in MyHeritage ($) - index and images
*'''1750-1930''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30127/guatemala-baptisms-marriages-1750-1930?s=400957991 Guatemala, Marriages, 1750-1930] at MyHeritage - index ($)
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*'''1877-1980''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9884/ Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*'''1877-1994''' [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-VY7X-W?owc=ML53-N36%3A129428301%3Fcc%3D1682771&wc=MLTJ-7MS%3A129427201%2C129427202%2C129484501%3Fcc%3D1682771&cc=1682771 Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994] at FamilySearch - images
*'''1877-2008''' {{RecordSearch|1682771|Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008}} at FamilySearch - [[Guatemala Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
 
==Land and Property Records==
 
 


Additional online records may be listed in the Family History Library Catalog for [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=181124&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Guatemala%2C%20El%20Progreso%22 '''places within Guatemala, El Progreso'''].
Additional online records may be listed in the FamilySearch Catalog for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=1929349&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Guatemala%2C%20El%20Progreso%22 '''places within Guatemala, El Progreso'''].


==Reading the Records==
==Reading the Records==


*You do not have to be fluent in Spanish to read your documents. Genealogical records usually contain a limited vocabulary. Use this [[Spanish Genealogical Word List|Spanish Genealogical Word List]] to translate the important points in the document.  Handwriting skills are taught in [https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-spanish-documents-pages/sp-overview(english) BYU Spanish Script Tutorial].
*You do not have to be fluent in Spanish to read your documents. Genealogical records usually contain a limited vocabulary. Use this [[Spanish Genealogical Word List|Spanish Genealogical Word List]] to translate the important points in the document.  Handwriting skills are taught in [https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction BYU Spanish Script Tutorial].


*Online Learning Center class on reading Spanish handwriting:  
*Online Learning Center class on reading Spanish handwriting:  
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*Detailed instructions for reading Spanish records, examples of common documents, and practice exercises for developing skills in translating them can be found in the [[Spanish Records Extraction Manual|'''Spanish Records Extraction Manual.''']]
*Detailed instructions for reading Spanish records, examples of common documents, and practice exercises for developing skills in translating them can be found in the [[Spanish Records Extraction Manual|'''Spanish Records Extraction Manual.''']]
*[https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-spanish-documents-pages/sp-overview(english) '''The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial'''] also provides lessons and examples.<br>
*[https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction '''The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial'''] also provides lessons and examples.<br>




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