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Central & South America
Category Index
- General Resource Sites
- History & Culture
- How To
- Language, Handwriting & Script
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
- Military
- Newspapers
- People & Families
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
- WorldGenWeb Project
See also:
- Cyndi's List - The Caribbean / The West Indies
- Cyndi's List - Mexico
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- Anillo de Genealogía Hispana (Hispanic Genealogy Ring)
Paginas de Genealogía Hispana en Español. Hispanic Genealogy pages in Spanish. Lots of great resources for those searching their roots in Spain or Latin American countries.
- Belize Genealogy and Family History Resources
- CEMLA - Centro De Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos
To promote and disseminate academic study of migration to and from the Americas. Over twenty years of migration studies in Argentina.
- Court Web Sites - Brazil
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts.
- Genealogía Salteña
Genealogical site for the province of Salta, Argentina.
- Genealogia - Website da Lista de Discussão Brasileira de Genealogia
- Genealog - Genealogía Chilena
- Genealogia Paranaense
Sections of a book on genealogy in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
- Genealogical Research in South America
With an emphasis on British settlement.
- Genealogica.Net Portal de enlaces sobre genealogía española e hispana
Portal de enlaces a recursos genealogicos en toda España y el mundo hispano.
- Genealogy in Costa Rica
- Hispanic Genealogy - The Institute of Genealogy and History for Latin America
- Kindred Trails - Brazil (Brazilian) Genealogy: Resources for Family History Research
- Nacion.com. Columna Raíces
News paper La Nación Digital periodic publication of Costa Rican genealogy/genealogist and philologist Mauricio Meléndez Obando in charge/family history, surnames changes, immigrants (Irish, Nicaraguan, Spanish, etc.), FALLAS, ROJAS, ARIAS, CARTIN, SOTO, BARQUERO, etc., full information about Costa Rican origins.
- Projeto Imigrantes - Tudo sobre imigração ~ Brazil
- Venezuela Genealogia - Genealogía de Familias Venezolanas
Genealogy of Venezuela, search of last names, familiar historical exchange of information, link to associations and genealogical pages of Venezuelan families, photos, archives, and chat.
- Venezuelan Genealogy Resources / Recursos de Genealogía en Venezuela
- Yahoo! Clubs Genealogía Hispana
- Yahoo! Clubs - Hispanic Genealogy
- Yahoo!...Hispanic...Genealogy
- Online English to French to English Dictionary
- Online English to Portuguese to English Dictionary
- Online English to Spanish to English Dictionary
- Portuguese Genealogical Word List
- Portuguese Letter Writing Guide
For genealogical inquiries from FamilySearch.org.
- Spanish Genealogical Word List
- Spanish Letter Writing Guide
For genealogical inquiries from FamilySearch.org.
- Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation
Input a URL for a web site or a block of plain text and this site will translate it for you: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
- Archivo General de Centro América
Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes de Guatemala, Gobierno de la República de Guatemala.
- Archivo General de la Nación
República Argentina.
- Archivo General de la Nación del Perú
- Archivo Nacional ~ Chile
- Arquivo Nacional ~ Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil
- Arquivo Público do Distrito Federal ~ Brazil
- Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia
- Bancroft Library ~ Berkeley, California
University of California at Berkeley.
- Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación - República Argentina
- Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
- Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala “Luis Cardoza y Aragón”
Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes de Guatemala, Gobierno de la República de Guatemala.
- Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina
- Biblioteca Nacional del Peru / National Library of Peru
- Biblioteca Nacional de Maestros República Argentina
- Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela
- Center for American History ~ Austin, Texas
From the University of Texas at Austin.
- Research and Collections Division
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
Nearly 900,000 books, periodicals, & pamphlets, 2,500 linear feet of manuscripts, 19,000 maps, 21,000 microforms, 11,500 broadsides, 93,500 photographs, & 38,000 other items from & about Latin America, & on materials relating to Latinos in the US. Latin America is here defined to include Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean island nations, South America, & areas of the US during the period they were a part of the Spanish Empire or Mexico. From the University of Texas at Austin.
- Subject Guides to Collections
- Dirección General Archivo Nacional
The National Archives of Costa Rica.
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- Family Search - Family History Centers
- FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE - Directorio Web de Archivos Iberoamericanos
- Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Instituto Histórico
Archivo Histórico, Biblioteca, Historia Oral.
- historia_familiar_asuncion_norte
Centro de Historia Familiar, Manzana del Templo de Asuncion, Republica del Paraguay.
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
- H-Latam Archives
A list of information about Latin American archives, submitted by visitors to the H-Net web site.
- The Latin American Library at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
- LibDex - The Library Index
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- Libraries & Archives in Latin America LANIC
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Latin America and the Caribbean
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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 Argentina-L Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Argentina.
- AUSTRIAN-BRAZILIAN Mailing List
A bilingual English-German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in Brazilians with Austrian ancestry. Archives: browse or search.
- bay-island-genealogy Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Bay Islands (e.g., Roatan, Utila, Guanaja, Cayos Cochinos) off the northern coast of Spanish Honduras.
- BRAS-NET Mailing List
For Brazilians, conducted in Portuguese, with no specific subject orientation.
- BRAZIL-AC (State of Acre) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-AL (State of Alagoas) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-AM (State of Amazonas) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-AP (State of Amapa) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-BA (State of Bahia) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-CE (State of Ceara) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-DF (Federal District) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-ES (State of Espirito Santo) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in Brazil from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Caucasian, indigenous natives) including American slaves transported to Brazil who later became free. Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-GO (State of Goias) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL Mailing List
For anyone with genealogical interest in Brazil. Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-MA (State of Maranhao) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-MG (State of Minas Gerais) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-MS (State of Mato Grosso do Sul) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-MT (State of Mato Grosso) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-PA (State of Para) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-PB (State of Paraiba) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-PE (State of Pernambuco) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-PI (State of Piaui) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-PR (State of Parana) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-RJ (State of Rio de Janeiro) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-RN (State of Rio Grande do Norte) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-RO (State of Rondonia) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-RR (State of Roraima) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-RS (State of Rio Grande do Sul) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-SC (State of Santa Catarina) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-SE (State of Sergipe) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-SP (State of Sao Paulo) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BRAZIL-TO (State of Tocantins) Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- CATRACHOS Mailing List
A list that unites Hondurans and people interested in topics related to Honduras throughout the world.
- CENSO-LATIN-AMERICA Mailing List
For the discussion of censuses in Latin America and the documentation of Latin American immigrants in U.S. censuses. Archives: browse or search.
- Chile-genealogy Mailing List
- COSTA-RICA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Costa Rica. Archives: browse or search.
- Genealogia Mailing List
For those interested in genealogy in Brazil. The list is dedicated to the search for information on the origins of families, registers in Brazil and abroad, histories of immigrants, meanings of surnames, etc.
- GEN-HISPANIC Mailing List
Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.hispanic newsgroup for the discussion of Hispanic genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
- GERMAN-BRAZILIAN Mailing List
A bilingual English-German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in Brazilians with German ancestry. Archives: browse or search.
- GER-RUS-ARG Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Germans who migrated from Russia to Argentina. Archives: browse or search.
- GUATEMALA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Guatemala. Archives: browse or search.
- GUYANA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Guyana. Archives: browse or search.
- HONDURAS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Honduras. Archives: browse or search.
- LATAMSIG Mailing List
A regional special interest group (SIG) mailing list for researchers with Jewish family roots in all countries of Latin America.
- NICARAGUA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Nicaragua. Archives: browse or search.
- PARAGUAY Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Paraguay. Archives: browse or search.
- SA-ECUADOR Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Ecuador.
- SOUTH-AM-EMI Mailing List
A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding emigrants from the United Kingdom to South America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Archives: browse or search.
- SURINAME Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana). Archives: browse or search.
- VENEZUELA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Venezuela. Archives: browse or search.
- Usenet Newsgroup soc.genealogy.hispanic
- Yahoo! Groups : LA-GEN Latin American Genealogy
- Yahoo! Grupos genealogiaespanhola : Genealogia Espanhola
Genealogia Espanhola is a forum dedicated to Spanish Genealogy discussion in Portuguese.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- The British Presence in Southern Patagonia / La Presencia Británica en la Patagonia Austral
- Brits in South America Database
- Chinese in Guyana Home Page
History of Chinese indentured immigrants in British Guiana between 1853 and 1879 and their descendants.
- Confederate Descendants in Brazil
- The Cornish in Latin America
This website devoted to Cornish migration to Latin America contains an historical overview that seeks to answer several fundamental questions: who were the migrants, why and when did they leave Cornwall, where did they migrate from and where did they settle in Latin America? Additionally, a balanced evaluation of the Cornish presence in Latin America is presented and the transnational aspect of life arising from migration which shaped the way people lived in communities on both sides of the Atlantic is not ignored.
- The First Welsh Footstep in Patagonia
- Genealogía Chilena
Chilean genealogy. Special information on familes from southern Chile: Valdivia to Chiloe.
- Genealogia dos emigrantes da Bucovina na cidade da Lapa, Paraná
Genealogy of the emigrants from Bukovina (former Austro-Hungarian Empire) that in 1889 settled in the city of Lapa, state of Parana, Brazil. Main surnames are HOFFMANN, WOLF, HERZER, SCHUSTER, BINDER, RANKEL and SCHAFFHAUSER.
- German Genealogy: BRAZIL
German migration to Brasil.
- G's Adoption Registry for Chile
- G's Adoption Registry for Costa Rica
- G's Adoption Registry for Peru
- The Hispanic Adoption Registry
- Imigrantes Italianos
Genealogy resources for those who research Italian ancestry in Brazil.
- Inmigrantes Alemanes al Sur de Chile
German immigration to southern Chile and genealogical data of the immigrant families.
- Irish Diaspora Studies in Argentina
- Jewish Genealogical Researches in Argentina - Jewish Genealogy in Argentina
- Jewish names in Suriname between 1666 and 1997
- Los Irlandeses en la Argentina
- Surinam Jewish Computer Genealogy
Provides settlement history for the Jews of Dutch Guyana.
- The Welsh in Patagonia and Australia
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- 1855 Argentina, Buenos Aries City Census
- 1869 Argentina National Census
- 1895 Argentina Census
- Brazil, Pernambuco Civil Registration, 1889-2003
Birth, marriage and death from various municipalities of the state of Pernambuco.
- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Civil Registration, 1889-2006
Birth, marriage, death.
- Costa Rica Church Records 1595-1992
Baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
- Lima, Peru Civil Registration, 1874-1930
- Family Tree Connection - Peru Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Genealogy Quest - Surinam to Jamaica, 1675
In July 1667, Surinam was ceded to the Dutch. In 1675 commissioners were sent from England to bring away "his Majesty's subjects, their slaves, goods, and estates." Here are three ships carrying English passengers to Jamaica.
- Surname Navigator Argentina
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Argentina, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Argentina, Geneanet Argentina, Google, genealogy Argentina, Google News Genealogy Argentina, Rootsweb message board Argentina, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Argentina, White Pages Argentina.
- Surname Navigator Brazil
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Brazil, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Brazil, Geneanet Brazil, Google, genealogy Brazil, Google News Genealogy Brazil, Rootsweb message board Brazil, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Brazil, White Pages Brazil.
- Surname Navigator Chile
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Chile, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Chile, Geneanet Chile, Google, genealogy Chile, Google News Genealogy Chile, Rootsweb message board Chile, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Chile, White Pages Chile.
- Surname Navigator Colombia
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Colombia, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Colombia, Geneanet Colombia, Google, genealogy Colombia, Google News Genealogy Colombia, Rootsweb message board Colombia, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Colombia, White Pages Colombia.
- Surname Navigator Ecuador
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Ecuador, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Ecuador, Geneanet Ecuador, Google, genealogy Ecuador, Google News Genealogy Ecuador, Rootsweb message board Ecuador, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Ecuador, White Pages Ecuador.
- Surname Navigator Peru
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Peru, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Peru, Geneanet Peru, Google, genealogy Peru, Google News Genealogy Peru, Rootsweb message board Peru, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Peru, White Pages Peru.
- Surname Navigator Uruguay
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Uruguay, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Uruguay, Geneanet Uruguay, Google, genealogy Uruguay, Google News Genealogy Uruguay, Rootsweb message board Uruguay, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Uruguay, White Pages Uruguay.
- Surname Navigator Venezuela
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) Venezuela, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) Venezuela, Geneanet Venezuela, Google, genealogy Venezuela, Google News Genealogy Venezuela, Rootsweb message board Venezuela, Ancestry.com, Email Finder Venezuela, White Pages Venezuela.
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