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== Record Finder Table for Argentina ==
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.


# In column 1 find the goal you selected, then in column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
== List of Topics ==
# Find in column 2 the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need. Then turn to that seciton of this outline. 
This Record Finder table links to the Argentina topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
# Additional records that may also be useful are listed in column 3. 
===Vital Events ===
# The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the topic headings used in this outline and in the Locality section of the Family History Library Catalog.<br />
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
# Records containing previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) could provide information for nearly all of the goals. These have not been repeatedly listed unless they are especially helpful for the goal.<br />
|-
| 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;"|
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[Argentina Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Argentina Census|Census]]
*[[Argentina Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Newspapers
|-
|}


{| class="plain"
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| '''1. If You Need                                           <br />'''
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
| '''2. Look First In                                   <br />'''
| '''3. Then Search                                           '''
|-
|-
| Age <br /><br />
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br /><br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Emigration and<br />Immigration <br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Birth date
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization, Military Records
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| Country of foreign birth <br /><br />
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Emigration and Immigration,<br />Schools, Military Records <br />
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Census|Census]]
*[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Probate
*[[Argentina Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| Municipal origins and boundaries
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Gazetteer, Maps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History
*[[Argentina Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Argentina Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Directories
*[[Argentina Biography|Biography]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| History, Minorities
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Cemeteries, Newspapers
*[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Census|Census]]
*[[Argentina Biography|Biography]]
*Naturalization and Citizenship
|-
|-
| Ethnicity <br /><br />
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Emigration and Immigration,<br />Societies <br />
*[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Schools
*[[Argentina Military Records|Military Records]]
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Gazetteers; Periodicals
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Immigration date <br /><br />
| align="left" | Residence
| Emigration and Immigration <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Biography, Naturalization<br />and Citizenship <br />
*[[Argentina Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Living relatives <br /><br />
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Directories <br /><br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Newspapers, Biography, Court<br />Records <br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Cultural groups
| Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Cemeteries, Military Records
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Argentina Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| Marriage
| align="left" | Nobility
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Military Records
*Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Argentina Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Occupation
| align="left" | Occupation  
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Directories
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Census|Census]]
 
|-
|-
| Parents and other family members <br /><br />
| align="left" | Religion
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Emigration and Immigration,<br />Census, Probate, Genealogy <br />
*[[Argentina Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Argentina Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina Census|Census]]
*[[Argentina Biography|Biography]]
 
 
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Social activities
| Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Military Records
*[[Argentina Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
*[[Argentina Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Argentina History|History]]
*[[Argentina Biography|Biography]]
*[[Argentina Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Physical description
| Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Maps, History
*[[Argentina Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Argentina Military Records|Military Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading Spanish Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Place of residence
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Civil Registration, Church Records <br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Biography
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled<br />genealogy) <br />
| align="left" |Handwriting
| Genealogy <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Periodicals, Biography, Societies,<br />Nobility <br />
*[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]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History
*[[Argentina Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, History, Genealogy
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
==Provinces of Argentina==
{|
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|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province of Argentina, including links to actual records.'''
|}
{|
|-
|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina Genealogy|Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]]</li>
    <li>[[Buenos Aires, Argentina Genealogy|Buenos Aires]]</li>
    <li>[[Catamarca, Argentina Genealogy|Catamarca]]</li>
    <li>[[Chaco, Argentina Genealogy|Chaco]]</li>
    <li>[[Chubut, Argentina Genealogy|Chubut]]</li>
    <li>[[Córdoba, Argentina Genealogy|Córdoba]]</li>
    <li>[[Corrientes, Argentina Genealogy|Corrientes]]</li>
    <li>[[Entre Rios, Argentina Genealogy|Entre Ríos]]</li>
    <li>[[Formosa, Argentina Genealogy|Formosa]]</li>
    <li>[[Jujuy, Argentina Genealogy|Jujuy]]</li>
    <li>[[La Pampa, Argentina Genealogy|La Pampa]]</li>
    <li>[[La Rioja, Argentina Genealogy|La Rioja]]</li>
    <li>[[Mendoza, Argentina Genealogy|Mendoza]]</li>
    <li>[[Misiones, Argentina Genealogy|Misiones]]</li>
    <li>[[Neuquén, Argentina Genealogy|Neuquén]]</li>
    <li>[[Rio Negro, Argentina Genealogy|Río Negro]]</li>
    <li>[[Salta, Argentina Genealogy|Salta]]</li>
    <li>[[San Juan, Argentina Genealogy|San Juan]]</li>
    <li>[[San Luis, Argentina Genealogy|San Luis]]</li>
    <li>[[Santa Cruz, Argentina Genealogy|Santa Cruz]]</li>
    <li>[[Santa Fe, Argentina Genealogy|Santa Fe]]</li>
    <li>[[Santiago del Estero, Argentina Genealogy|Santiago del Estero]]</li>
    <li>[[Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Argentina Genealogy|Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur]]</li>
    <li>[[Tucumán, Argentina Genealogy|Tucumán]]</li>
</ul>
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 20:05, 11 August 2025

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Record Finder Table for Argentina

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 Argentina 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

Maiden Names and Family Members

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

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Cultural groups
Nobility
  • Nobility
Occupation
Religion


Social activities
Physical description

Reading Spanish Records

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Writing for records

Provinces of Argentina

The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each province of Argentina, including links to actual records.
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