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-== Other Sources  ==
-The following are just a few of other resources you may want to consult in trying to locate your immigrant ancestor’s origins in Spain.
-'''1534-1790.''' Informaciones y licencias are documents requesting permission to travel to the Americas. These records are found in the Archive of the Indies. Try a general search in the [http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas/servlets/Control_servlet?accion=0 PARES website] for these records.
-In a general search of the [http://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/inicio.html PARES] website you might also find colonial government records from Consejo de las Indias, the ruling body over Spanish holdings in the Americas. These may be found under the following categories:
-*Pasajeros a Indias
-*Casa de la contratacion
-*Contaduria del consejo
-*Gobierno
-*Ultramar
-'''Real Audiencia''' is the name given to geographical colonies and their courts under Spanish rule during the colonial period. These records might contain court or governmental records involving emigrants. The following are the real audiencias in the New World along with the date of their creation:
-*Santo Domingo 1526
-*Nueva España (Mexico) 1527
-*Panamá 1538
-*Guatemala 1543
-*Lima (Peru) 1543
-*Nueva Galicia (Guadalajara, Mexico) 1548
-*Nueva Granada (Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia) 1548
-*Charcas (Upper Peru) 1559
-*Quito (Ecuador) 1563
-*Concepción (Chile) 1565-1575
-*Manila (Philippines) 1583
-*Santiago (Chile) 1605
-*Buenos Aires (Rio de la Plata) 1661-1671
-*Buenos Aires 1783
-*Caracas 1786
-*Cuzco 1787
-Legal documents such as: notarial records, suits (pleitos), processes (procesos), and others may contain copies of sacramental records such as baptisms, marriages, or deaths as evidence in cases. These records may indicate place of origin in Spain.
-'''1780-1810. '''If your ancestor came to the Americas as part of the Spanish military you may be able to find his place of origin in military records. An index is available to some military records for this time period in {{FHL|26258|title-id|disp=Catálogo XXII del Archivo de Simancas: Secretaría de Guerra (siglo XVIII); hojas de servicios de América}}. Ricardo Magdaleno, Archivo General de Simancas. Valladolid: s.n., 1958. FHL INTL Book 946 M23e.
-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.
-=== Latin America  ===
-The following are just a few sources for emigrants who left Spain for Latin America.
-*One database for emigrants from La Rioja can be found online at: [http://ias1.larioja.org/emigra/emigra/index.html Emigrantes Riojanos a América (1880-1936)].
-*''La emigración castellana y leonesa al Nuevo Mundo, 1517-1700''. Maria del Carmen Martinez Martinez. Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 1993. You may be able to obtain a copy of this book through interlibrary loan.
-*{{FHL|691905|title-id|disp=La emigración murciana a América durante el siglo XVI: catálogo de pasajeros}}. Lucio Provencio Garrigos. Murcia: L. P. Garrigós, 1993.
-*{{FHL|529836|title-id|disp=Patterns of Spanish emigration to the New World (1493-1580)}}. Peter Boyd-Bowman. Buffalo: Council on International Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1973.
-*{{FHL|263909|title-id|disp=La emigración española al Río de la Plata durante siglo XVI}}. Richard Konetze. Madrid: Instituto “Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo,” Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1952.
-*{{FHL|1949095|title-id|disp=Emigración navarra del Valle de Baztán a América durante el siglo XIX: inventario de documentos}}. Carlos J. Idoate Ezuieta. Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Departamento de Educación y Cultura, 1989. FHL INTL Book 946 W2i.
-For specific countries in Latin America, check the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] for other records using the following topics. Be sure to search at the national, provincial, and city level.
-*Emigration and immigration
-*Naturalization and citizenship
-You may also want to try a keyword search using the terms Spain emigration in the FamilySearch Catalog for other records and items of interest concerning emigrants from Spain.
-For more ideas see:
-{{FHL|224436|title-id|disp=Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage}}. George. R. Ryskamp. Riverside, CA: Hispanic Family History Research, 1984.FHL INTL Book 946 D27r.<br>
-[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Europe/Spain.pdf Brigham Young University research outline for Spain] available in PDF form is a collection of articles and useful resources for those conducting genealogical research in Spain.
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