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Guide to '''Panama ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
Panama is a country in Central America bordered by [[Costa Rica Genealogy|Costa Rica]] and [[Colombia Genealogy|Colombia]]. Panama is an isthmus that connects North and South America and is also considered a Caribbean nation. Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the Pacific ocean off the coast of Panama in 1513. Its strategic geographical location has made it a center of commerce and transportation since Spanish colonial times. After its independence from Spain in 1821, Panama became a department of Colombia until 1903 when the United States began building the Panama Canal and created the Panama Canal Zone, a major navigation hub. The official language is Spanish.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Panama," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama, accessed 28 March 2016.</ref>


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== Getting started with&nbsp;Panama research  ==


==Panama Map==
Panama is politically divided into 9 provinces and 5 indigenous "comarcas." Understanding political divisions is essential to doing family history, as these divisions determine where records are recorded and archived. To learn more about Panama's political division, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_regions_of_Panama Click here.]
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== Provinces ==
== Jurisdictions  ==
Panama is divided into ten provinces and five indigenous regions.


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'''Provinces'''  
*Buenos Aires Province
*[[Bocas del Toro, Panama Genealogy|Bocas del Toro]]
*Buenos Aires Capital Federal City
*[[Chiriquí, Panama Genealogy|Chiriquí]]
*Catamarca Province
*[[Coclé, Panama Genealogy|Coclé]]
*Chaco Province
*[[Colón, Panama Genealogy|Colón]]
*Chubut Province
*[[Darién, Panama Genealogy|Darién]]
*Córdoba Province
*[[Herrera, Panama Genealogy|Herrera]]
*Corrientes Province
*[[Los Santos, Panama Genealogy|Los Santos]]
*Entre Ríos Province
*[[Panama, Panama Genealogy|Panama]]
*Formosa Province
*[[West Panama, Panama Genealogy|West Panama]]
*Jujuy Province
*[[Veraguas, Panama Genealogy|Veraguas]]
*La Pampa Province
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*La Rioja Province
'''Indigenous Regions'''
 
*[[Emberá, Panama Genealogy|Emberá]], see also Darién Province
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*[[Guna Yala, Panama Genealogy|Guna Yala]], see also Panama and Colón
*Mendoza Province
*[[Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama Genealogy|Ngäbe-Buglé]], created in 1997 from parts of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, and Veraguas
*Misiones Province
*[[Madugandí, Panama Genealogy|Madugandí]] (within Panama province)
*Neuquén Province
*[[Wargandí, Panama Genealogy|Wargandí]] (within Darién province)
*Rio Negro Province
*Salta Province
*San Juan Province
*San Luis Province
*Santa Cruz Province
*Santa Fe Province
*Santiago del Estero Province
*Tierra del Fuego - Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province
*Tucumán Province
 
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==References==
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[[Category:Panama]]
[[es:Panamá - Genealogía]]

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Getting started with Panama research[edit | edit source]

Panama is politically divided into 9 provinces and 5 indigenous "comarcas." Understanding political divisions is essential to doing family history, as these divisions determine where records are recorded and archived. To learn more about Panama's political division, Click here.

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

  • Buenos Aires Province
  • Buenos Aires Capital Federal City
  • Catamarca Province
  • Chaco Province
  • Chubut Province
  • Córdoba Province
  • Corrientes Province
  • Entre Ríos Province
  • Formosa Province
  • Jujuy Province
  • La Pampa Province
  • La Rioja Province
  • Mendoza Province
  • Misiones Province
  • Neuquén Province
  • Rio Negro Province
  • Salta Province
  • San Juan Province
  • San Luis Province
  • Santa Cruz Province
  • Santa Fe Province
  • Santiago del Estero Province
  • Tierra del Fuego - Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province
  • Tucumán Province


Research Tools[edit | edit source]

  • (helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
  • (language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)

Help Wanted[edit | edit source]

In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

Did you know?[edit | edit source]

  • The Isthmus of Panama is the narrowest strip of land in the American continent. It is bordered north-west by Costa Rica, south-east by Colombia, south by the Pacific Ocean, and north by the Caribbean Sea.
  • Some consider Panama a transcontinental nation, with the Panama Canal bisecting North and South America.
  • The first permanent European settlement in the mainland of the Americas, Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien, was founded in Panama by Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1510.
  • The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Balboa off the coast of Panama on September 25, 1513.

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