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== Spain: Ancestor's birth, marriage or death location and names of parents, children, or spouse are known == | == Spain: Ancestor's birth, marriage or death location and names of parents, children, or spouse are known == | ||
[https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search '''FamilySearch Indexed Records:'''] Try searching first in indexed records. Try a variety of searches with ancestor's name, or with parent's names, or just by parent's surnames AND using the option to limit locality by country Paraguay and under event use ANY and the name of the province in Spain. | |||
[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&countryId=1927167 '''FamilySearch Browse Images:'''] If no results from previous search for the ancestor or any siblings, you will have to browse images for the locality. Civil registration in Spain began in 1870 but these records have not been microfilmed or digitized. Some municipalities in Spain began keeping civil registration records before 1870. If those are filmed they will be in FamilySearch collections called Spain, Province of (name of province), Municipal records. Catholic Church records are excellent sources for accurate information on names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Virtually every person who lived in Spain was recorded in a church record. | [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&countryId=1927167 '''FamilySearch Browse Images:'''] If no results from previous search for the ancestor or any siblings, you will have to browse images for the locality. Civil registration in Spain began in 1870 but these records have not been microfilmed or digitized. Some municipalities in Spain began keeping civil registration records before 1870. If those are filmed they will be in FamilySearch collections called Spain, Province of (name of province), Municipal records. Catholic Church records are excellent sources for accurate information on names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Virtually every person who lived in Spain was recorded in a church record. | ||
[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''] Not all records for Spain are online, be sure to check the catalog before giving up on finding records. | [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''] Not all records for Spain are online, be sure to check the catalog before giving up on finding records. | ||
== Research strategies == | == Research strategies == | ||