Chile Record Finder

Chile Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Finding Town of Origin
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church Records Civil Registration Colonial Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogies	Heraldry Land & Property Military Records Nobility Notarial Records Online Records Periodicals Probate Records Religious Records Voting Records
Chile Background
Biography Church History Cultural Groups Gazetteers Historical Geography History	Languages Maps Names, Personal Social Life & Customs Spanish Word List
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies Family History Centers

Chile

Record Finder

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page

The Chile Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Chile. It also contains general tips and other resources for locating your ancestors in this locality.

See the tutorials in FamilySearch.org pertaining to Latin American research to help you get started.

This table can help you decide which records to search.

1. In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
2. In column 2, find the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need.
3. In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
4. Then search for articles in FamilySearch Wiki for Chile and the record type you chose. Each article gives information about the records, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the Family History Library.

Note: The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the topic headings used in FamilySearch Wiki and in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog. Also, records containing previous research - genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies - could provide information for nearly all research goals, but these have not been listed unless they are especially helpful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age	Church Records	Civil Registration; Census
Birth date	Church Records	Civil Registration
Birthplace	Church Records	Civil Registration
Country of foreign birth	Civil Registration	Emigration and Immigration
Province origins and boundaries	Gazetteers; History	Maps
Customs	Social Life and Customs	History; Minorities
Death	Civil Registration	Church Records
Ethnicity	Church Records	Emigration and Immigration
Historical background	History; Encyclopedias and Dictionaries	Gazetteers; Periodicals
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration
Living relatives	Directories
Maiden name	Civil Registration	Church Records
Marriage	Church Records	Civil Registration
Marriage annulment	Court Records	Civil Registration
Occupation	Census	Civil Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Census	Civil Registration
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers	Maps
Places of residence	Census	Civil Registration; Church Records
Previous research	Archives and Libraries	Periodicals; Societies
Record-finding aids	Genealogy	Gazetteers; Maps
Religion	Church Records	Census
Social activities	Social Life and Customs	History