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{{FHL|13857|title-id|disp=Guía de fuentes para la historia de Ibero-América conservados en España}}. Madrid: Dirección General de Archivos y Bibliotecas, 1969. FHL INTL Book 980 A3sg 2 vols. Lists of sources for Latin-American history kept in archives in Spain.  
{{FHL|13857|title-id|disp=Guía de fuentes para la historia de Ibero-América conservados en España}}. Madrid: Dirección General de Archivos y Bibliotecas, 1969. FHL INTL Book 980 A3sg 2 vols. Lists of sources for Latin-American history kept in archives in Spain.  


Archivo de las Indias. If you are looking for very early emigrants who left Spain before 1700 you may want to try records in the sections Pasajeros a Indias or Casa de la Contratacion that are found in the Archive of the Indies in Sevilla. Up until about the 18th century all ships from Spain left from Sevilla. Sometime during the second half of the 18th century other Spanish ports began to be used in the cities of Alicante, Malaga, Cartagen, Barcelona and La Coruña. Many of these early records might be found in a general search in the [http://pares.mcu.es/ Portal of Spanish Archives] (PARES) website.  
Archivo de las Indias. If you are looking for very early emigrants who left Spain before 1700 you may want to try records in the sections Pasajeros a Indias or Casa de la Contratacion that are found in the Archive of the Indies in Sevilla. Up until about the 18th century all ships from Spain left from Sevilla. Sometime during the second half of the 18th century other Spanish ports began to be used in the cities of Alicante, Malaga, Cartagena, Barcelona and La Coruña. Many of these early records might be found in a general search in the [http://pares.mcu.es/ Portal of Spanish Archives] (PARES) website.  


'''1493-1539.''' This book compiled by Peter Boyd-Bowman contains lists of people living in the new World in the 16th century. {{FHL|52896|title-id|disp=Indice geobiográfico de cuarenta mil pobladores españoles de América en el siglo XVI}}. Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo, 1964-1968. {52896}  
'''1493-1539.''' This book compiled by Peter Boyd-Bowman contains lists of people living in the new World in the 16th century. {{FHL|52896|title-id|disp=Indice geobiográfico de cuarenta mil pobladores españoles de América en el siglo XVI}}. Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo, 1964-1968. {52896}  
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Other military records for other countries might be found in the [https://familysearch.org/search/#form=catalog FamilySearch catalog] under the category Military Records. Remember to search at all jurisdictional levels – Country, Department or Province, and City.  
Other military records for other countries might be found in the [https://familysearch.org/search/#form=catalog FamilySearch catalog] under the category Military Records. Remember to search at all jurisdictional levels – Country, Department or Province, and City.  


'''After 1790''' few passenger lists are found leaving Spain. There are a few health certificates and in some provincial or municipal archives you might find applications for passports. There is no general index to these records.  
'''After 1790''' few passenger lists are found leaving Spain. There are a few health certificates and in some provincial or municipal archives you might find applications for passports. There is no general index to these records.


=== Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines  ===
=== Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines  ===
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