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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.
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Step 1. '''In column 1''' select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?
== Record Finder Table for Paraguay ==
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.


Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Paraguay topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
Step 3. '''In column 3''' find additional record types that may be useful. Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.  
===Vital Events ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"  
|-
| 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;"|
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Cemeteries
|-
|}


===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| 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" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|


|-
|-
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Census
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death information
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Genealogies
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|}


=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Naturalization and Citizenship
*Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Naturalization and Citizenship
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |  
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Emigration and Immigration
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Naturalization and Citizenship
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage information
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Census
*Directories
|}


=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naturalization
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupations
| align="left" | Nobility
| align="left" | Civil Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Census
*Nobility
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Census
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Paraguay History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Military Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*Military records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-spanish-handwriting Reading Spanish Handwriting]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201930/https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction BYU Spanish Documents Script Tutorial]
*[https://www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/dicabenovo/ Diccionario de Abreviaturas Novohispanas]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Places of residence
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]], Census, Biography
Personal Names
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" | [[Paraguay Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Census
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]  
 
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 17:05, 29 February 2024


Paraguay Wiki Topics
Flag of Paraguay
Paraguay Beginning Research
Record Types
Paraguay Background
Paraguay Genealogical Word Lists
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Paraguay

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.

List of Topics

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

Vital Events

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

Maiden Names and Family Members

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

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • Emigration and Immigration]]
  • See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
  • Naturalization and Citizenship
Country and town of origin
  • Naturalization and Citizenship

Residences and Locations

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

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
  • Nobility
  • Heraldry
Occupation
  • Census
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Life and Customs
Physical description
  • Military records

Reading the Records

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns

Personal Names

Writing for records