Handbooks for Foreign Genealogical Research :
Latin America, Central and South America, and the Caribbean

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Latin America, Central and South America, and the Caribbean
1.	Platt, Lyman De. 
	Genealogical historical guide to Latin America / Lyman De
	Platt. -- Detroit : Gale Research Co., c1978. -- xvi, 273 p. --
	(Gale genealogy and local history series ; v. 4) 
	CS95 .D45 <LH&G>

  	Includes chapters on Latin American sources, ecclesiastical
	records, paleography and abbreviations used in the fifteenth to
	seventeenth centuries, population movements, and political
	divisions. The second half of the book discusses each of the
	following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia,
	Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
	Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
	Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 

2.	Ryskamp, George R. 
	Tracing your Hispanic heritage / by George R. Ryskamp. --
	Riverside, Calif.  : Hispanic Family History Research, 1984. --
	xx, 954 p. : ill. 
	E184.S75 R97 1984 <LH&G>

  	English and Spanish. 
	This is a comprehensive guide to Latin American genealogical
	research in three parts: Section 1. Techniques and Principles of
	Research -- Section 2. Record Types -- Section 3. Spain.

Cuba
1.	Carr, Peter E. 
	Guide to Cuban genealogical research : records and sources /
	Peter E. Carr. -- 1st ed. -- Chicago, Ill. : Adams Press, c1991.
	-- viii, 103 p. 
	CS222 .C36 1991 <LH&G>

  	A major section of the book covers church records, and includes
	"Cuban Parishes in 1938" with names of churches and dates
	founded.

Guatemala
1.	Major genealogical record sources in Guatemala / by the
	Genealogical Society. -- Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of
	the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1970. -- [16] p.
	: col. map. -- (Series H / the Genealogical Society of the Church
	of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) 
	CS153 .M34 1970 <LH&G>

Mexico and Spain
 
1.	Konrad, J. 
	Mexican and Spanish family research / by J. Konrad. -- Munroe
	Falls, Ohio : Summit Publications, c1987. -- ii leaves, 70 p. :
	ill. 
	CS102 .K66 1987 <LH&G>