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 * [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=322&query=%2Bplace%3A%22El%20Salvador%22 To find all El Salvador records on microfilm, click Here]
-== El Salvador: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location unknown  ==
+==Searching for ancestor if little information is known  ==
 *Contact Family Members to learn more information about your ancestor. This could be older aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. The more information that you learn about your ancestor, the easier it will be to find them in the records.
-*Start with immigration records in the Unites States. Then search emigration records from El Salvador. Finally search for Marriage and Birth records in El Salvador. These records might lead to records of the previous generation. For them, start searching for their Death records, then Marriage and Birth records.
+*Search records of immigration into the Unites States. You may learn where they left from and who they left behind or brought with then.
-*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927124?region=El+Salvador Try searching in the indexed records] for the name of your ancestor and limit your results to El Salvador. Also limit by the name of the department, if known. When the results appear, carefully go thru them. A result should match all the information that you know to be considered your ancestor. Do not assume it must be your ancestor if only one result shows up.
+*Search records of emigration from El Salvador. You may learn where they left from and where they are traveling to.
 == El Salvador: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location and names of parents, children, or spouse known  ==