3,065
edits
→How to Search for ancestors if some information is known: revised wording
(→Additional Help: added link) |
(→How to Search for ancestors if some information is known: revised wording) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
==How 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 | *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927124?region=El+Salvador Search in the indexed records]. Search for the name of your ancestor and limit your results to El Salvador. Also limit by the name of the department, if you know it. 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 just because they showed up in the results. | ||
*Search for Death, Marriage and Birth records | *Search for Death records, then Marriage records and then Birth records. These records might lead to names of their parents. | ||
*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. | ||