Puerto Rico Genealogy

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United States Puerto Rico

Featured Content
See FamilySearch Tutorials on Latin American Research.

Research Tools

 * A research outline for Puerto Rico is available from Brigham Young University to aid in your research.
 * Listing of all records collections for Puerto Rico available on FamilySearch.org

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Puerto Rico Civil Registration Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Puerto Rico Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Jurisdictions
Puerto Rico is a territory of the US with commonwealth status. There are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios) at the second order.

Major Repositories

 * National Archives Northeast Region (New York City)

Website

 * Puerto Rico GenWeb
 * Puerto Rican Hispanic Genealogical Society
 * PRROOTS.com – Hispanic Genealogical Society

Things you can do
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