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Language Aids[edit | edit source]

The FamilySearch Library has a genealogical word list for Spanish (34104) which can be of help to you:

  • Genealogical Word List: Spanish. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Corporation of the President, 1990. (FS Library book 929.1 F21wl LANG SPA number 1; fiche 6105235.) Also see Spanish Genealogical Word List.

The following books and language dictionaries can also aid you in your research. You can find these and similar material at many research libraries:

  • Cassell’s Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary.
  • Velázquez de la Cadena, Mariano. A New Pronouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. New York, New York, USA: Appleton- Century-Crofts, 1942. (FS Library book 463.21 V541n.)
  • Diccionario de Autoridades.(Dictionary of Authorites.) Three Volumes. Madrid, Spain: Edit. Gredos, 1963. (FS Library book 463 D56ld.)
  • Cutolo, Vicente Osvaldo. Apodos y Denominativos en la historia Argentina. (Nicknames and Denomiatives in Argentine History.) Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Elche, 1974. (FS Library book 982 H2c.)

Additional language aids, including dictionaries of various dialects and time periods, are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog in thePlace Search andSubject Search under:

ARGENTINA - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES
SPANISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES