Honduras Quick Start Guide

Honduras Quick Start Guide

Honduras: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location unknown
FamilySearch Indexed Records: Try searching in the indexed records for the name of the ancestor if they were born before 1900. Limit your results to the country of Honduras and the name of the department if known. If there are no results, the patron will have to find more information from home sources or by asking family members.

Contact family members: If you do not have even a minimal amount of information AND have no idea of where and when to look, you need to contact family members who might have that information. This could be older aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.

Honduras: Ancestor's birth, marriage, or death location and the name of parents, spouse, or children are known
FamilySearch Indexed Records: Try searching first in indexed records. Try a variety of searches with ancestor's name, or with parents' names, or just by parents' surnames AND using the option to limit locality by country Honduras and the department of Honduras.

FamilySearch Browse Images: If there are no results from previous search for the ancestor or any siblings, you will have to browse images for the locality. Civil Registration began in 1881 in Honduras. Catholic Church records are also a good choice as they cover all time periods. If you can find the ancestor in both record types, that is best as you will get more information to advance the pedigree.

FamilySearch Catalog: Not all records for Honduras are online, be sure to check the catalog before giving up on finding records.

Research Strategies
Who to search for? If you don't know the names of the parents, but you know the name of the spouse and/or the names of some of his children, begin with a marriage search (if they married in Honduras and you know the place). Or begin with a search for the birth/baptism record for one of their children (if you have an approximate birth date and place).

Finding a Locality

 * Google
 * Wikipedia (The Spanish version works best.)
 * Try a keyword search in the FamilySearch Catalog for Honduras Gazetteers.

Online Resources
For other online resources please review the Wiki article Hispanic Genealogy Resources Online.