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=== Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page ===
== Record Finder Table for Bolivia ==
''The Chile Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Chile. It also contains general tips and other resources for locating your ancestors in this locality.''
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


''See the tutorials in FamilySearch.org pertaining to [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Latin%20America%20Research&show=lessons&message=true Latin American research] to help you get started.''
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Bolivia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
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*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
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*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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|-
|}


This table can help you decide which records to search.
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Maiden name
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*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


#In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
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#In column 2, find the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need.
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#In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
#Then&nbsp;search for&nbsp;articles in&nbsp;FamilySearch Wiki for Chile and&nbsp;the record type you chose.&nbsp;Each&nbsp;article gives information about the records, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the Family History Library.
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*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| align="left" | Living relatives
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*[[Bolivia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Bolivia Societies|Societies]]
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|}


Note: The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the topic headings used in&nbsp;FamilySearch Wiki&nbsp;and in the Locality&nbsp;Search of the FamilySearch Catalog. Also, records containing previous research - genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies - could provide information for nearly all research goals, but these have not been listed unless they are especially helpful.  
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Emigration and Immigration
*Naturalization and Citizenship
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*[[Bolivia Societies|Societies]]
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| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Emigration and Immigration
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Naturalization and Citizenship
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=== Residences and Locations ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*Census
*Biography
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
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*Nobility
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*[[Bolivia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
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*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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|-
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Bolivia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Bolivia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Bolivia History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Social Life and Customs
*[[Bolivia Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Bolivia History|History]]
 
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
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*Military Records
 
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===Reading Spanish Records===
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
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*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
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| align="left" |Handwriting
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/570 Reading Spanish Handwriting]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201930/https://script.byu.edu/Pages/Spanish/en/welcome.aspx BYU Spanish Documents Script Tutorial]
*[https://www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/dicabenovo/ Diccionario de Abreviaturas Novohispanas]
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| align="left" |Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Naming patterns
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| align="left" |Writing for records
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*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
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Revision as of 20:01, 26 January 2021

Chile Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Chile Background
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Record Finder Table for Bolivia[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Bolivia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Naturalization and Citizenship
Country and town of origin


Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence
  • Census
  • Biography

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
  • Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description
  • Military Records

Reading Spanish Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
  • Naming patterns
Writing for records
What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age
Church Records
Civil Registration; Census
Birth date Church Records Civil Registration
Birthplace
Church Records
Civil Registration
Country of foreign birth
Civil Registration
Emigration and Immigration
Province origins and boundaries
Gazetteers; History Maps
Customs Social Life and Customs
History; Minorities
Death Civil Registration
Church Records
Ethnicity
Church Records
Emigration and Immigration
Historical background

History; Encyclopedias and
Dictionaries
Gazetteers; Periodicals
Immigration date
Emigration and Immigration

Living relatives
Directories

Maiden name Civil Registration Church Records
Marriage Church Records
Civil Registration
Marriage annulment Court Records Civil Registration
Occupation Census Civil Records
Parents, children, and other family
members
Census

Civil Registration

Place-finding aids Gazetteers Maps
Places of residence Census
Civil Registration; Church Records
Previous research
Archives and Libraries
Periodicals; Societies
Record-finding aids Genealogy Gazetteers; Maps
Religion Church Records Census
Social activities Social Life and Customs History