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Getting started with research on your ancestor from El Salvador is not difficult. This page is designed to give you a few ideas about how to get started. Begin by following these steps:
==How to Research==
# '''[[Identify What You Know|Identify what you know]]:''' Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back.
# '''Document/source your tree:''' As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. [[Evaluate the Evidence|Evaluate how reliable the sources are]], and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship.
# '''[[Decide What You Want to Learn|Decide what you want to learn]]:''' Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a [[A_Guide_to_Research#2._Decide_What_You_Want_to_Learn_About_Your_Family|specific piece of information]] about a specific ancestor. An example of a ''bad'', or ''too-generic'' research goal is: "I want to know more about my great-grandfather." An example of a ''good'' research goal is: "I want to find the marriage date of my great-grandparents."
# '''[[Select Records to Search|Select records to search]]:''' Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's [[England Record Finder|Record Finder]] table to determine what kind of record could provide the desired ancestral information. Search the desired records.
# '''[[Use the Information|Analyze/use the information]]:''' When you find new sources, carefully [[Evaluate the Evidence|evaluate them]] to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. [[Transfer_the_Information#Cite_Your_Sources|Cite]] or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings.


== 1. Write down what you know ==
==Beginning Research in El Salvador==
 
*[[El Salvador Finding Town of Origin|Finding Town of Origin]]
Start with yourself. Begin by writing down what you know about yourself, your parents, and your grandparents. Use the link below to print a pedigree chart you can use to enter the names, dates, and places you may already know. If you do not know exact dates and places, estimate them. Circle any missing or incomplete information, and decide what you want to find first.
*[[El Salvador Finding Records|Finding Records]]
*[https://www.familytreemagazine.com/freebie/fivegenerationancestorchart/ Pedigree Chart]
*[[Improve your Search Results for Hispanic Ancestors in FamilySearch.org|Improve your Search Results]]
 
*[[El Salvador Online Learning|Online Learning]]
Use a family group shee to record information about family groups. Use one form for each family. You will record the names of the husband and wife at the top of the form and then list each of their children in the order they were born.
*[[El Salvador Record Finder|Record Finder]]
*[https://www.familytreemagazine.com/freebie/familygroupsheet/ Family group sheet]
[[Category:El Salvador]][[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]
 
== 2. Gather records ==
 
Begin by looking for records that you may already have around your home. Follow Boyd K. Packer's advice. Get a big box and put in on your couch or your table, someplace that you will always be bumping into it. Then go about your regular life. Whenever you run across a record of your life or of your family's, put it in that box. Here is a list of the types of records that you might find:
 
*Certificate of births, deaths, and marriages
*Funeral programs
*Documents relating ro education
*Documents about military service
*Photographs
*Newspaper articles
*Birth announcements
*Marriage announcements
*Obituaries
*Letters
*Passports
*Citizenship or naturalization papers
*Family bibles
*Journals
 
Then after a few weeks, dump out the box onto your table and examine the records carefully. Many important clues might be found for your ancestors. Remember, the most important information is where they lived in El Salvador.
 
== 3. Talk with your family ==
 
Contact your family and friends. Ask about family information and stories. Ask if you can make copies of any records or pictures that they might have. Find out if they know other people who might have family information. Write down everything new that you learn, while it is still fresh in mine. As confident as your are at the moment, in a year or two you will probably have forgotten important facts. And by then, it might be very difficult to get the information again. It is best to get it all recorded when the information is new.
 
Stories handed down in your family are important to your family. But do not take those stories as fact, many times over the years the wording gets changed. If you hear a family story, write it down so its not forgotten. Then check the facts in the story. You should be able to verify the kernel of truth, even though the wording might not be right.
 
== 4. Preserve and share what you have gathered ==
 
As you take this genealogical journey remember that your relatives and family friends may also be interested to learn more about their ancestors and heritage. Please share with them the inforamtion you find. It may spark more memories and clues that will help you along the way. You can preserve, share, and donate your family history with the help of free softward found at [https://familysearch.org/products FamilySearch.org].
 
== 5. Ask for help ==
 
Visit a local [[Intorduction to Family History Centers|FamilySearch Center]] for free personal help and many other valuable services. Center staff may also direct you to other local community resources. Find a center near you online at FamilySearch.org. You can leave a question on our [[Research Communities on Facebook|Facebook Research community pages]]. For those who speak Spanish you may feel more comfortable posting in the page [https://www.facebook.com/groups/671325952988666/ Investigación Genealógica en Centroamérica]. If you prefer a page that is predominantly in English, we recommend the [https://www.facebook.com/HispanicGenealogy Hispanic Genealogy Research] page which has been designed for those who have Hispanic ancestry but may not speak much, if any Spanish.
 
== 6. Know the town of origin in El Salvador ==
 
Probably the most important piece of information you will need to begin research in El Salvador is the name of a specific town in El Salvador where your ancestor was from. The article [[El Salvador Locating Place of Origin|Locating Place of Origin]] will give you some ideas about what you can do to find this important piece of the genealogical puzzle.
 
If you already know the name of the town or village in El Salvador where your ancestor came from, you are now ready to begin looking for records. Please see the article [[El Salvador Finding Records|Finding Records]] to help you locate the records of your ancestor's hometown in El Salvador.  
 
For more inforamtion see the [[El Salvador Quick Start Guide]].
 
[[es:Investigación del Salvador: Cómo empezar]]
 
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How to Research[edit | edit source]

  1. Identify what you know: Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back.
  2. Document/source your tree: As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. Evaluate how reliable the sources are, and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship.
  3. Decide what you want to learn: Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a specific piece of information about a specific ancestor. An example of a bad, or too-generic research goal is: "I want to know more about my great-grandfather." An example of a good research goal is: "I want to find the marriage date of my great-grandparents."
  4. Select records to search: Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's Record Finder table to determine what kind of record could provide the desired ancestral information. Search the desired records.
  5. Analyze/use the information: When you find new sources, carefully evaluate them to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. Cite or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings.

Beginning Research in El Salvador[edit | edit source]

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