Central & South America » People: Ethnicities, Nations, and Families

Native Land

A map of land and locations for native peoples throughout the world. Once you click, a number of links will appear with different nation names. By clicking on those links, you will be taken to a page specifically about that nation, language, or treaty, where you can view some sources, give feedback, and learn a little more.

South America Genealogy Database

Alphabetical lists of British people who have lived or worked in South America over the past 200 years.

South American Brits Database

A database for British genealogists interested in South America.

Surinam Jewish Computer Genealogy

Provides settlement history for the Jews of Dutch Guyana.

The British Presence in Southern Patagonia / La Presencia Brit

The Cornish in Latin America

This website devoted to Cornish migration to Latin America contains an historical overview that seeks to answer several fundamental questions: who were the migrants, why and when did they leave Cornwall, where did they migrate from and where did they settle in Latin America? Additionally, a balanced evaluation of the Cornish presence in Latin America is presented and the transnational aspect of life arising from migration which shaped the way people lived in communities on both sides of the Atlantic is not ignored.

The First Welsh Footstep in Patagonia

The Hispanic Adoption Registry

The Knowles Collection

The Knowles Collection is group of records on the FamilySearch Community Trees Website. This database originally contained the records of a small section of the Jewish people of the British Isles. That set included less than 10,000 people. What was once a single database, has now grown to be six individual databases that now contain the genealogical records of almost 1.2 million Jewish people: The Jews of the British Isles; The Jews of North America; The Jews of Europe; The Jews of South America and the Caribbean; The Jews of Africa, The Orient and the Middle East; The Jews of the South Pacific. Read more about the collection here: FamilySearch Blog - Popular Online Jewish Genealogy Collection Surpasses One Million Entries