Panama Compiled Genealogies

Panama Genealogy

This section provides links to Panamanian websites that contain genealogy trees and biographies of Panamanian families. The websites are in Spanish.

Academia de Genealogia e Historia de Panama
The Panama Academy of Genealogy and History (Academia de Genealogia e Historia de Panama) was organized on August 13, 2011, at the University of Santa Maria La Antigua in Panama city. The leadership of the new institution include: Dr. Rafael Candanedo, President, Dr. Mario Jose Molina Castillo, Vice-President, and Jorge Kam Rios, Secretary. This is the first official genealogical organization established in Panama.

Hispanic Surnames and Family History
The best source of Hispanic genealogies y family histories published before 1996 is called Hispanic Surnames and Family History (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996) written by Lyman D. Platt.

Pages 51-91 contain a list of surnames for which publications can be found and pages 93-205 list the corresponding publications. The list includes 1,883 titles and 3,000 volumes.

Just because a publication is for a different country than the one you are researching, that doesn't mean that it is not significant for studying your surname. During colonial times, many families dispersed throughout different regions of Latin America. This book is also a good study source for surnames from Spain.

Panama Genealogies Published Online
The following genealogies have been published on the Internet.

Panama Genealogies Published in Print
The following genealogies have been published in books and many are available through inter-library loan. You can search WorldCat for library holdings. All of these books are either currently available at the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah or will become available sometime in 2017.