Salinas Family History
- Salinas Name Meaning
- Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Salinas, from the plural of salina ‘saltworks’ (Latin salinae, a derivative of sal ‘salt’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 945,614 Historical Documents with Salinas on Ancestry
- 790,131 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 43,547 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,796 Military Records
- 32,130 Immigration Records
- 74,010 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Salinas census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Salinas census records
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