Latin America Research Guide

Where to Start

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin) – particularly Spanish, Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,501 km² (7,880,000 sq mi), almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area. As of 2008, its population was estimated at more than 569 million.^[1]

Societies

• Hispanic Genealogy Center (Hispanic Genealogy Society of New York)
• Latin America network Information Center
• Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy

Maps

Internal Links

External Links

• Spanish records extraction : an instruction guide - This manual is a self-instructional guide to reading Latin American christening and marriage records written in Spanish. (FHL film number 6089702)

Country Guides

• Argentina - WP
• Bolivia - WP
• Brazil - WP
• Chile - WP
• Colombia - WP
• Costa Rica - WP
• Cuba - WP
• Dominican Republic - WP
• Ecuador - WP
• El Salvador - WP
• Guatemala - WP
• Honduras - WP
• Mexico - WP
• Nicaragua - WP
• Panama - WP
• Paraguay - WP
• Peru - WP
• Puerto Rico - WP
• Uruguay - WP
• Venezuela - WP

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia Article: Latin America