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*See [[Spain Emigration and Immigration|'''Spain Emigration and Immigration''']] for records of Spanishs immigrating, including some online digitized records and indexes. | *See [[Spain Emigration and Immigration|'''Spain Emigration and Immigration''']] for records of Spanishs immigrating, including some online digitized records and indexes. | ||
*See [[Spain Online Genealogy Records|'''Spain Online Genealogy Records''']] for other databases that might hold clues. | *See [[Spain Online Genealogy Records|'''Spain Online Genealogy Records''']] for other databases that might hold clues. | ||
*'''Portal de Archivos Españoles (PARES)''': Portal de Archivos Españoles (PARES) is a documentary archive established and hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Education. It offers free access to digitized images of the Spanish Archives. On 10 May 2016, it was updated to PARES 2.0, with more than 33.9 million digital images and 8.6 million document archives. | |||
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_de_Archivos_Espa%C3%B1oles '''Search'''] | |||
==Records of the Country of Destination== | ==Records of the Country of Destination== | ||
* '''Church Records:''' If your ancestor immigrated to a European or a South American/Hispanic country, church records can be detailed enough to identify a former residence or birthplace in the home country. These countries, unlike the United States, had state churches. In many countries, these state churches were used by the country to keep birth, marriage, and death records. Even though your ancestor was born in his former country, he may have married, and certainly died in his new country. Marriage and death records can state birthplace. | * '''Church Records:''' If your ancestor immigrated to a European or a South American/Hispanic country, church records can be detailed enough to identify a former residence or birthplace in the home country. These countries, unlike the United States, had state churches. In many countries, these state churches were used by the country to keep birth, marriage, and death records. Even though your ancestor was born in his former country, he may have married, and certainly died in his new country. Marriage and death records can state birthplace. | ||