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Guide to '''Spain ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
Spain is a country in Southwest Europe bordered by [[Gibraltar Genealogy|Gibraltar]], [[France Genealogy|France]], [[Andorra Genealogy|Andorra]], and [[Portugal Genealogy|Portugal]]. Spanish is the official language.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Spain," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>


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Guide to '''Spain ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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=== Getting Started with Spain Research  ===


==Spain Map==
Welcome to the Spain page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Spain page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the [[Help:Contributor Help|Contributor Help]] page to learn more about using the site. The Spain page is a work in progress, your contributions and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Feedback|feedback]] are essential!&nbsp;
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== Jurisdictions ==
New! Join a Genealogy Research Community on [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spain-Genealogy-Research-Community/227145867354657 Facebook] or [[Join a Skype Research Community#Europe|Skype]]


=== Provinces ===
See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on ''[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Spain%22 "Reading Spanish Handwritten Records"] ''and understanding''[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/spanish-script-tutorial/92 "Spanish Script"]''.
Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages are listed below along with a clickable map. '''Each link will take you to a step-by-step process for research in that province. '''
 
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=== Si usted entiende español  ===
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    <li>[[Álava, Spain Genealogy|Álava]]</li>
Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de México en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí. Véase el enlace en la parte inferior de la página.
    <li>[[Albacete, Spain Genealogy|Albacete]]</li>
 
    <li>[[Alicante, Spain Genealogy|Alicante]]</li>
== Jurisdictions  ==
    <li>[[Almería, Spain Genealogy|Almería]]</li>
 
    <li>[[Asturias, Spain Genealogy|Asturias]]</li>
Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities listed below. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages can be found below and in the article [[Spain Provinces|'''Spain Provinces''']]
    <li>[[Ávila, Spain Genealogy|Ávila]]</li>
 
    <li>[[Badajoz, Spain Genealogy|Badajoz]]</li>
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    <li>[[Baleares, Spain Genealogy|Baleares]]</li>
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    <li>[[Barcelona, Spain Genealogy|Barcelona]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Burgos, Spain Genealogy|Burgos]]</li>
| [[Álava Genealogy|Álava]]  
    <li>[[Cáceres, Spain Genealogy|Cáceres]]</li>
| [[Albacete Genealogy|Albacete]]  
    <li>[[Cádiz, Spain Genealogy|Cádiz]]</li>
| [[Alicante Genealogy|Alicante]]
    <li>[[Cantabria, Spain Genealogy|Cantabria]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Castellón, Spain Genealogy|Castellón ]]</li>
| [[Almería Genealogy|Almería]]  
    <li>[[Ciudad Real, Spain Genealogy|Ciudad Real]]</li>
| [[Asturias Genealogy|Asturias]]  
    <li>[[Córdoba, Spain Genealogy|Córdoba]]</li>
| [[Ávila Genealogy|Ávila]]
    <li>[[Cuenca, Spain Genealogy|Cuenca]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Gerona, Spain Genealogy|Gerona]]</li>
| [[Badajoz Genealogy|Badajoz]]  
    <li>[[Granada, Spain Genealogy|Granada]]</li>
| [[Barcelona Genealogy|Barcelona]]  
    <li>[[Guadalajara, Spain Genealogy|Guadalajara]]</li>
| [[Burgos Genealogy|Burgos]]
    <li>[[Guipúzcoa, Spain Genealogy|Guipúzcoa]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Huelva, Spain Genealogy|Huelva]]</li>
| [[Cáceres Genealogy|Cáceres]]  
    <li>[[Huesca, Spain Genealogy|Huesca]]</li>
| [[Cádiz Genealogy|Cádiz]]  
    <li>[[Jaén, Spain Genealogy|Jaén]]</li>
| [[Cantabria Genealogy|Cantabria]]
    <li>[[La Coruña, Spain Genealogy|La Coruña]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[La Rioja, Spain Genealogy|La Rioja]]</li> 
| [[Castellón Genealogy|Castellón ]]  
    <li>[[Las Palmas, Spain Genealogy|Las Palmas]]</li>
| [[Ciudad Real Genealogy|Ciudad Real]]  
    <li>[[León, Spain Genealogy|León]]</li>
| [[Córdoba Genealogy|Córdoba]]
    <li>[[Lérida, Spain Genealogy|Lérida]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Lugo, Spain Genealogy|Lugo]]</li>
| [[La Coruña Genealogy|La Coruña]]
    <li>[[Madrid, Spain Genealogy|Madrid]]</li>
| [[Cuenca Genealogy|Cuenca]]  
    <li>[[Málaga, Spain Genealogy|Málaga]]</li>
| [[Gerona Genealogy|Gerona]]
    <li>[[Murcia, Spain Genealogy|Murcia]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Navarra, Spain Genealogy|Navarra]]</li>
| [[Granada Genealogy|Granada]]  
    <li>[[Orense, Spain Genealogy|Orense]]</li>
| [[Guadalajara Genealogy|Guadalajara]]  
    <li>[[Palencia, Spain Genealogy|Palencia]]</li>
| [[Guipúzcoa Genealogy|Guipúzcoa]]
    <li>[[Pontevedra, Spain Genealogy|Pontevedra]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Salamanca, Spain Genealogy|Salamanca]]</li>
| [[Huelva Genealogy|Huelva]]  
    <li>[[Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Genealogy|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]</li>
| [[Huesca Genealogy|Huesca]]  
    <li>[[Segovia, Spain Genealogy|Segovia]]</li>
| [[Islas Baleares Genealogy|Islas Baleares]]
    <li>[[Sevilla, Spain Genealogy|Sevilla]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Soria, Spain Genealogy|Soria]]</li>
| [[Jaén Genealogy|Jaén]]  
    <li>[[Tarragona, Spain Genealogy|Tarragona]]</li>
| [[León Genealogy|León]]  
    <li>[[Teruel, Spain Genealogy|Teruel]]</li>
| [[Lérida Genealogy|Lérida]]
    <li>[[Toledo, Spain Genealogy|Toledo]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Valencia, Spain Genealogy|Valencia]]</li>
| [[Lugo Genealogy|Lugo]]  
    <li>[[Valladolid, Spain Genealogy|Valladolid]]</li>
| [[Madrid Genealogy|Madrid]]  
    <li>[[Vizcaya, Spain Genealogy|Vizcaya]]</li>
| [[Málaga Genealogy|Málaga]]
    <li>[[Zamora, Spain Genealogy|Zamora]]</li>
|-
    <li>[[Zaragoza, Spain Genealogy|Zaragoza]]</li>
| [[Murcia Genealogy|Murcia]]  
</ul>
| [[Navarra Genealogy|Navarra]]  
| [[Orense Genealogy|Orense]]
|-
| [[Palencia Genealogy|Palencia]]  
| [[Las Palmas Genealogy|Las Palmas]]
| [[Pontevedra Genealogy|Pontevedra]]
|-
| [[La Rioja Genealogy|La Rioja]]  
| [[Salamanca Genealogy|Salamanca]]  
| [[Segovia Genealogy|Segovia]]
|-
| [[Sevilla Genealogy|Sevilla]]  
| [[Soria Genealogy|Soria]]  
| [[Tarragona Genealogy|Tarragona]]
|-
| [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife Genealogy|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]
| [[Teruel Genealogy|Teruel]]  
| [[Toledo Genealogy|Toledo]]
|-
| [[Valencia Genealogy|Valencia]]  
| [[Valladolid Genealogy|Valladolid]]  
| [[Vizcaya Genealogy|Vizcaya]]
|-
| [[Zamora Genealogy|Zamora]]  
| [[Zaragoza Genealogy|Zaragoza]]  
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=== Autonomous Communities ===
<br> Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).  
Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).
 
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    <li>[[Andalucia, Spain Genealogy|Andalucia]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Andalucia|Andalucia]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain Genealogy|Aragon]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Aragon|Aragon]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Asturias, Spain Genealogy|Asturias]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Asturias|Asturias]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Baleares, Spain Genealogy|Baleares (Balearic Islands)]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Baleares|Baleares (Balearic Islands)]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Canarias, Spain Genealogy|Canarias (Canary Islands) ]]</li>
*[[Autonomous City of Ceuta|Ceuta]]*
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Cantabria, Spain Genealogy|Cantabria]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Canarias|Canarias (Canary Islands) ]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Genealogy|Castilla-La Mancha]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Cantabria|Cantabria]]
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon, Spain Genealogy|Castilla and Leon ]]</li>
 
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Cataluña, Spain Genealogy|Cataluña (Catalonia)]]</li>
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    <li>*Ceuta, see Places of Sovereignty</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha|Castilla-La Mancha]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Extremadura, Spain Genealogy|Extremadura]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon|Castilla y Leon ]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain Genealogy|Galicia]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Cataluña|Cataluña (Catalonia)]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain Genealogy|La Rioja]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Valencia|Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community) ]]
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain Genealogy|Madrid ]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Extremadura|Extremadura]]  
    <li>*Melilla, see Places of Sovereignty </li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Galicia|Galicia]]
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Murcia, Spain Genealogy|Murcia ]]</li>
 
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Navarra, Spain Genealogy|Navarra ]]</li>
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    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco, Spain Genealogy|Pais Vasco (Basque Country)]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of La Rioja|La Rioja]]  
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain Genealogy|Valencia]]</li>
*[[Autonomous Community of Madrid|Madrid ]]  
</ul>
*[[Autonomous City of Melilla|Melilla]]*
*[[Autonomous Community of Murcia|Murcia ]]  
*[[Autonomous Community of Navarra|Navarra ]]  
*[[Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco|Pais Vasco (Basque Country)]]
 
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=== Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania) ===
Note: The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania).  
The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania).''
 
*Ceuta
=== Research Tools  ===
*Melilla
 
*Islas Chafarinas
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide|Letter Writing Guide]]
*Penon de Alhucemas
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*Penon de Velez de la Gomera,
*[[Geneanet]]
*[[Queen Anne's War 1702 to 1713|Queen Anne's War]]
*[http://hispanicgenealogy.blogspot.com Hispanic Genealogy Blog]
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/spain/index.html Spain Genealogy Links]
*[http://genealogy.about.com/od/spain/ Spanish Genealogy &amp; Family History]
*[http://www.genealogyspot.com/country/spain.htm GenealogySpot: Spain]
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/ Spanish Genealogy Forum]
*[http://script.byu.edu/spanish/en/welcome.aspx Spanish Script Tutorial]
*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Europe/Spain.pdf BYU Research Outline for Spain]
*Listing of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927167 records collections for Spain] available on FamilySearch.org.
*[http://www.genealogia-es.com/ Genealogía Española - España GenWeb]&nbsp;
*[http://www.bne.es/en/Colecciones/ Biblioteca Nacional de España Collections]
 
'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''
 
*[[Spain Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
*[[Spain, Cadastre of the Marquis of Ensenada (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Cadastre of the Marquis of Ensenada (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
*[[Spain, Cadiz Notary Public Wills (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Cadiz Notary Public Wills (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Spain, Cadiz Passports (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Cadiz Passports (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Spain,_C%C3%A1diz_Province_Municipal_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Spain, Cadiz Province Municipal Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]
*[[Spain Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain Catholic Church Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records]])
*[[Spain, Consular Records of Spaniard Emigrants (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Consular Records of Spaniard Emigrants (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*S[[Spain Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|pain Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
*[[Spain, Diocese of Albacete, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Diocese of Albacete, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Spain, Catholic Church Diocese of Avila Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Catholic Church Diocese of Avila Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Spain, Diocese of Lugo, Catholic Church Parish Records|Spain, Diocese of Lugo, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Spain Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
*[[Spain, Municipal Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Municipal Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Spain,_Pension_Records_of_Widows_and_Orphans_of_Spanish_Officials_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Spain, Pension Records of Widows and Orphans of Spanish Officials][https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Spain,_Pension_Records_of_Widows_and_Orphans_of_Spanish_Officials_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) (FamilySearch Historical Records)]<br>
*[[Spain, Valencia Miscellaneous Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Spain, Valencia Miscellaneous Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
 
=== Featured Content  ===
 
See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on ''[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Spain%22 "Reading Spanish Handwritten Records"] ''and understanding''[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/spanish-script-tutorial/92 "Spanish Script"]''.
 
=== Things You Can Do  ===
 
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
 
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*[[How to author an article in the Wiki|Create a new article]]<br>
*[[How to categorize an article|Categorize articles]]<br>
 
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*[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]]
*[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]] .
*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Translation|Translate pages]]
 
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=== Websites  ===
 
*[[Spain Websites|Websites]]
 
=== Links to articles, subcategories and images under the Category Spain  ===
 
*[[:Category:Spain]]
 
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Guide to Spain ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

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Getting Started with Spain Research[edit | edit source]

Welcome to the Spain page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Spain page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the Contributor Help page to learn more about using the site. The Spain page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential! 

New! Join a Genealogy Research Community on Facebook or Skype

See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on "Reading Spanish Handwritten Records" and understanding"Spanish Script".

Si usted entiende español[edit | edit source]

Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de México en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí. Véase el enlace en la parte inferior de la página.

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities listed below. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages can be found below and in the article Spain Provinces

Álava Albacete Alicante
Almería Asturias Ávila
Badajoz Barcelona Burgos
Cáceres Cádiz Cantabria
Castellón Ciudad Real Córdoba
La Coruña Cuenca Gerona
Granada Guadalajara Guipúzcoa
Huelva Huesca Islas Baleares
Jaén León Lérida
Lugo Madrid Málaga
Murcia Navarra Orense
Palencia Las Palmas Pontevedra
La Rioja Salamanca Segovia
Sevilla Soria Tarragona
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Teruel Toledo
Valencia Valladolid Vizcaya
Zamora Zaragoza


Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).


Note: The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania).

Research Tools[edit | edit source]

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:

Featured Content[edit | edit source]

See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on "Reading Spanish Handwritten Records" and understanding"Spanish Script".

Things You Can Do[edit | edit source]

In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

Websites[edit | edit source]

Links to articles, subcategories and images under the Category Spain[edit | edit source]


To access available information, first log into FamilySearch.

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