GENEALOGY-

GENEALOGY--GENERAL

LATIN AMERICA REGION.

(Caribbean, and Central & South America).

Check out the FHLs RESEARCH OUTLINE for LATIN AMERICA.

Use LANIC to search web resources, etc...

Translate a web-site into another language with Altavista's Babelfish Translator. (Not great but you will grasp the main ideas of the web-site. Just Cut and Paste the web-site' URL into the Translator box after clicking on the above 'Translate' LINK...) and more Free On-line Translators..

Search Engines for THE REGION.

LANIC (WWW-Virtual Library) for searching (in English) web resources, etc...

Handy Web-Sites for THE REGION Resources:

Internet Resources for Latin America--NMSU. (in English).

Handbook of Latin American Studies HLAS (Lib.Cong) On-Line Resources Pg. (in Eng/Port/Span).

Global Gateway (Lib.Cong) to links,DBs,Resources (International).

Research Publications for THE REGION

e-JOURNALS (Digital Publications on-line) (in Spanish). Check out the Studies of History, etc.
Publicaliones Digitales for UNAM & DGSCA Read E-TEXT books, mags., newspapers, etc on the web (in Spanish) Use a translator...
Historical Text Archives (ETEXT resources).
Biblioteca Virtual de CLACSO (social science books in Spanish)
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes (Spanish texts; JavaScript-dependent)
Elaleph (Spanish-language PDF texts)
Textos Lemir (medieval Spanish texts)
$$ HAPI ON-LINE (Hispanic-Americans Periodical Index). $$

Research Centers Sites

Archivo General de Indias. (use GUIDES TO for very early records esp.)

The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection (Links pg). UTLOL).

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of N.Mexico.

Review (& Links) of Latin America Electronic Resources -- GREAT

Bancroft's Latin America Collections & Resources Site.(UCB) -- GREAT

General Resources:

ANILLO de Genealogia Hispana (Check out their DBs on Surnames & Lineages).
AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group (Special Interest is Hispanic Resources, etc...)
Benson Latin American Collection @ UT-Austin (Click on "Complete links to On-Line...")
CLNet Research Center.
Cyndi's List for Hispania, Central & South America and the West Indies...
DILARES (Div.Iberian & Latin Amer. Resources & Services) (UNM).
Hispanic Reading Room at Library of Congress.(USA).
Soc.Hispanic Hist.&Ances. Research.{SHHAR}
- January 2000 Somos Primos became available free online. Formerly a quarterly, it is now published online as a monthly at: www.somosprimos.com.
Spanish Genealogy site -- Check out their links...
UCBs Collections in Latin America Studies.

CARIBBEAN: -- (Large Map of...)

(Caribbean) Governments on the Web.

LASER -- Latin America Studies --Southeast Resources Center Site.

Latin American & Caribbean Center Collections. (Florida International Univ.)

Caribbean GenWeb Project.

CENTRAL AMERICA: -- (Large Map of...)

(Central America) Governments on the Web.

BELIZE (Formerly Brit.Honduras): -- Administrative Divisions: 6 districts;

COSTA RICA: -- Administrative Divisions: 7 provincias;

Costa Rica GenWeb Site.

El SALVADOR: -- Administrative Divisions: 14 departamentos;

El Salvador GenWeb Site.

GUATEMALA: -- Administrative Divisions: 22 departamentos;

Guatamala GenWeb Site.

HONDURAS: -- Administrative Divisions: 18 departamentos;

Honduras GenWeb Site.

NICARAGUA: -- Administrative Divisions: 15 departamentos and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas);

Nicaragua GenWeb Site: Currently not up... needs webmanager host.

PANAMA: -- Administrative Divisions: 9 provincias and 1 territory* (comarca);

Panama GenWeb Site.

SOUTH AMERICA: -- (Large Map of...)

(South America) Governments on the Web.

ARGENTINA (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: 23 provincias, and 1 autonomous city* (distrito federal); (note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica ).

Argentina GenWeb Site.

BOLIVIA (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: 9 departamentos;

Bolivia GenWeb Site.

BRAZIL (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: 26 estados and 1 * distrito federal;

Brazil GenWeb Site.
Lusa Web. (has some Brazil resources...)
Brava Gente Brasileira (Family Histories site).

CHILE (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: 13 regiones; (note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica).

COLUMBIA (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: 32 departamentos and 1 * distrito capital;

Columbia GenWeb Site.

ECUADOR (Map of) : -- Administrative Divisions: 22 provincias;

Ecuador GenWeb Site. Currently not up... Use Ecuador Chamber of Commerce for now...

FRENCH GUIANA (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: none (overseas department of France)

French Guiana GenWeb Site: Currently not up... needs webmanager host.

GUYANA (Map of): -- Administrative Divisions: 10 regions;

Guyana GenWeb Site.

PARAGUAY (Map of) : -- Administrative Divisions: 17 departamentos and 1 capital city.

Paraguay GenWeb Site.

PERU (Map of) : -- Administrative Divisions: 24 departamentos and 1 * provincia constitucional;

SURINAME (Formerly Dutch Guiana) (Map of) : -- Administrative Divisions: 10 distrikten

Suriname GenWeb Site.

URUGUAY (Map of) : -- Administrative Divisions: 19 departamentos;

Uruguay GenWeb Site.

VENEZUELA (Map of) : -- Administrative Divisions: 23 estados; 1 * distrito federal, and 1 federal dependency. note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands.