Cheat Sheet - Genealogy in Argentina

Genealogy: Navigate through these genealogical resources on Argentina to find your ancestors

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Many of these resources are in Spanish, you can use a translator or the built-in translator in Google Chrome while browsing.

Archives in Argentina

National Archives in Argentina

The General Archives of the Nation were created at the beginning of the 19th century. However, there are no online archives on this government site. 

To find archival documents, refer to the online resources below.

Online Resources 

Argentinian Institute of Genealogical Sciences

Familias Argentinas - genealogical database

Genealogia Familiar - genealogical database

FamilySearch - Argentina - genealogical database

Migration to and from Argentina

Immigration in Argentina

Colonial period and early immigration to Argentina

Prologue I: European immigration to Argentina, a controversial phenomenon

Prologue II: European immigration to Buenos Aires, demographic and urban explosion

Madness and immigration in Argentina between the 19th and 20th centuries

More than a century of international immigration in Argentina

The French in Argentina

French Lines - directory of transatlantic ships to find an emigrated family

CEMLA - center for studies of Latin American migrations - migration database

Genealogie64 - list of emigrants search 

Emigration64 - Research in Latin America

Entrada de Pasajeros - emigrants database

Wiki GenWeb - Emigration from a French port to South America

Argentina in Pictures

Archive Photos

Facebook Page - Antiguas Fotografias Argentinas

Photographs of Argentina from the 19th century and early 20th century

Twitter Account - Old photos of Buenos Aires

Photographic archives of the city of Buenos Aires

Old photographs of Argentina on Gallica

Historical Maps of the Country

Historical maps of Argentina

Atlases and historical maps of Argentina

Old maps of Argentina on Gallica

Useful Genealogy Sites for Argentina

Association Websites 

Genealogia Familiar 

Judeo-Argentinian Genealogy

Gen Francesa - Argentine association to find French ancestors

Blogs, Social Media, and Forums

Blog Une histoire de famille - When genealogy leads to Argentina

Blog L’arbre de nos ancêtres - The cousins from Argentina

Facebook Group - ArgenGen - Genealogia Argentina en Internet

Facebook Page - Entrada de Pasajeros a Argentina - siglo XIX

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