San Salvador, El Salvador Genealogy

Guide to Department of San Salvador ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * Its head is the city of San Salvador, founded around April 1, 1525.
 * It was erected as a department by constitutional article on June 12, 1824.
 * The department of San Salvador has a population of approximately 2,750,000 people.

Municipalities in San Salvador Department
NOTE #6 is a Lake not and a County

Civil Registration

 * See the municipality.

Church Records

 * 1655-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Iglesia Católica. Arquidiócesis de San Salvador (El Salvador) Registros parroquiales, 1741-1947(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * Padrones de Guatemala : San Salvador (El Salvador): 1746-1814(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Land and Property

 * Tierras y propiedades, 1579-1894(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery indexes of San Salvador Department at FindAGrave.com