Ecuador Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records

Ecuador

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This index is an electronic index for the years 1680 to 1930.This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.

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 * Gender
 * Christening date and place
 * Parents' names

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 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3

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 * Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not
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 * Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name Click here for a list of Spanish name abbreviations
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 * Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration record.
 * Consult the Ecuador Record Finder to find other records

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"Ecuador Baptisms, 1680-1930." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
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