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*Search records of emigration from El Salvador. You may learn where they left from and where they were traveling to. | *Search records of emigration from El Salvador. You may learn where they left from and where they were traveling to. | ||
==Search for ancestors if some information is known == | ==How to Search for ancestors if some information is known == | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927124?region=El+Salvador Search 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. | *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927124?region=El+Salvador Search 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 for Death, Marriage and Birth records in El Salvador (in that order). These records might lead to names of the previous generation. | *Search for Death, Marriage and Birth records in El Salvador (in that order). These records might lead to names of the previous generation. | ||
*In Family Search, the El Salvador Civil Registration is mostly indexed. To search these records, try a variety of searches with the ancestor's name, or with parents' names, or just by parents' surnames AND using the option to limit record by the country El Salvador and the department. | *In Family Search, the El Salvador Civil Registration is mostly indexed. To search these records, try a variety of searches with the ancestor's name, or with parents' names, or just by parents' surnames AND using the option to limit record by the country El Salvador and the department. | ||
*If you don't know the names of the parents, but you know the name of the spouse and/or the names of some of his children, begin with a marriage search, if you know the place. | *If you don't know the names of the parents, but you know the name of the spouse and/or the names of some of his children, begin with a marriage search, if you know the place. | ||
*Search for the birth/baptism record for one of their children, if you have an approximate birth date and place. | *Search for the birth/baptism record for one of their children, if you have an approximate birth date and place. | ||
==Search for ancestors if none of the above works == | ==Search for ancestors if none of the above works == | ||