Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Colombia

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains miscellaneous records that are housed at the Archivo Histórico de Buga. These records include censuses (padrones), will-related records (mortuorias and testamentarías), and voter identification cards (cédulas electorales) from 1549-1955.

Additional records will be published as they become available.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Spanish; see the section For Help Reading these Records for translation helps.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Census records generally contain the following information:


 * Name
 * Residence
 * Members of the household and their relationship to the head of household
 * Age

Wills usually contain the following information:


 * Name of the deceased
 * Names of family members
 * Place and date of death

Voter identification records usually contain the following information:


 * Name of the voter
 * Residence of the voter

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before using this collection it is helpful to know:
 * Your ancestor's given name and surname
 * Identifying information such as residence
 * Estimated marriage or birth year

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the 


 * 1) Select the appropriate Tipo de registro y años which takes you to the images.



For Help Reading These Records
For help reading these Spanish records see the following guides:


 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Colombia Language and Languages
 * Reading Spanish handwritten records
 * Script tutorial for Spanish

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Check the image the index was taken from to see if there is additional information
 * Make sure to fully transcribe and cite the record entry for future reference; see the section Citing this Collection for assistance. Save or print a copy of the image
 * Use the information to find more. For instance, use the age listed in the record to estimate a year of birth, if that is yet undetermined
 * Use the age to calculate a birth date
 * Use the place of residence as a starting point and search nearby towns for further records and ancestors
 * Wills/testamentos are good for learning the death date and place, what family/friends he/she had at the time of death, his/her wealth status at the time of death; for example, if your ancestor gave parcels of owned land to descendants/relatives, then you know to look for land records
 * Censuses/censos help to also identify family relationships as well as ages and birthplaces which then help us find birth records

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, Now What?

 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct
 * Colombia, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)Church records are also a great source for finding information about your ancestor
 * Proof of information given during a census was not required, so it may contain some errors
 * Censuses were taken by ordinary civilians who may have misspelled names, so check for variant spellings of the names, especially phonetically
 * Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or Colombia Emigration and Immigration records

New information is constantly being indexed, microfilmed or updated. Periodically check back to see if your ancestor’s records have been added. You can see if the area you’ve been looking in has been recently updated by going to Historical Records Collections. Watch for an asterisk for recently added or updated records.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. "Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Miscellaneous Records, 1549-1955." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Academia Historia Leonardo Tascón, Buga [Leonardo Tascón Historic Academy, Buga].
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