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Here are a few additional resources that may not have fit under previous categories. As the world population continues to migrate, you may find additional information here to help describe your own family.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Asiatic Migrations in Latin America: XXX. by International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa.
Call Number: F1419 .A84 I57 1976
ISBN: 9681201159
A study of Chinese, Japanese, Asian Jewish, Arab, and East Indian immigration to Latin America. In some cases, the focus is on specific countries, provinces, or cities. Includes many statistics; some lists of settlers, especially Japanese settlers; and copious notes and bibliographies for each of the chapters. Also includes three maps showing principal concentration of Chinese, Japanese, and Middle Eastern settlement in Mexico
Catálogo de pasajeros a Indias durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII. by Romera Iruela, Luis, and María del Carmen Galbis Díez.
Call Number: CS944 .R66 1980
ISBN: 8474831857
Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States by Lyman D. Platt
Call Number: Z5313.L37 P56 1998
ISBN: 0806315555
Published/Created: 1998-01-01
Diccionario hispanoamericano de heráldica, onomástica y genealogía / por Endika de Mogrobejo, con la colaboración de Aitziber, Irantzu y Garikoitz de Mogrobejo-Zabala.
Call Number: CR2148 .D53 1995
ISBN: 8492077425
Published/Created: [1995]-<[2020]>
Diccionario hispanoamericano de heráldica, onomástica y genealogía / por Endika y Garikoitz de Mogrobejo.
ISBN: 9788489965829
Published/Created: 2020
Enciclopedia heráldica y genealógica hispano-americana. by García Carraffa, Alberto, and Arturo García Carraffa.
Call Number: CR2142 .G3
This is the largest (over 105 volumes so far) and most frequently consulted work on Spanish genealogy and heraldry. See also its continuation listed above under Diccionario hispanoamericano de heráldica, onomástica y genealogía.
Global Latin(o) Americanos by Mark Overmyer-Velázquez; Enrique Sepúlveda III
Call Number: JV7398 .G55 2018
ISBN: 9780199389698
Published/Created: 2017-04-03
Indice Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica by Victor Herrero Mediavilla
ISBN: 359834600X
Published/Created: 1999-12-17
Also available as "World Biographical Index" Online and on CD-ROM.
May serve as an index to 3 microfiche collections: Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica; Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica, nueva serie; and Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica, 1960-1995. Includes bibliographical references. Introduction in English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Jesuitas peruanos desterrados a Italia by Vargas Ugarte, Rubén.
Call Number: BX3737 .V3
The Jesuits were expelled from Peru in 1767.
Latin American census records. by Platt, Lyman D.
Call Number: Z5313 .L37 P57 1989
List of censuses of Spanish territories including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, and some other Latin American regions beginning in 1768. These censuses are available on microfilm at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at Berkeley and at The Family History Library in Salt Lake City. You can search the catalog at FamilySearch.org to find a digitized copy. Archive containing original manuscripts is indicated for most.
Los americanos en las órdenes nobiliarias. by Lohmann Villena, Guillermo.
Call Number: CR5819 .L64 1993
ISBN: 8400073517
Abstracts of background investigations of applicants for membership in the orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara, Montesa, Carlos III, and Malta. Begins with the 16th century, traces each family back to all four grandparents and in some cases further. For each name, investigations were made in many cities of Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Los descendientes de Cristóbal Colón; obra genealógica. by Nieto y Cortadellas, Rafael.
Call Number: E113 .N5
Mexicans and Central and South Americans in the 1870 census.
Call Number: E184.S75
Extracted from the original records of the National Archives. Includes entries for Mexican and Central and South American immigrants. Mexico, Cuba, and Chile are the most prominent countries, with many entries spread throughout the remainder of Central and South America. A significant number of people listed the Caribbean Islands as their birthplace.
Svenskar i Latinamerika; pionjäröden och nutida insatser. by Rogberg, Martin.
Call Number: F1419 .S8 R6
History of Swedish activity in Latin America and some colonization in the 19th and 20th centuries. Illustrated with photographs. Text names many individuals. No name index.

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