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== Record Finder Table for Spain ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


[[File:Genealogical records in spain.png]]<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Spain,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1999.</ref>
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Spain topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Census|Census]]
*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
*[[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Spain Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-  
|}


== References ==
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{{reflist}}
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Census|Census]]
*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Spain Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Spain Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|}


[[Category:Spain]]
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*Societies
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Census|Census]]
*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Directories
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
*[[Spain Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Biography|Biography]]
|-
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
*[[Basque Cultural Group]]
*[[Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Biography|Biography]]
 
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Census|Census]]
*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain History|History]]
*[[Spain Church History|Church History]]
*[[Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Spain Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading Spanish Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-spanish-handwriting Reading Spanish Handwriting]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201930/https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction BYU Spanish Documents Script Tutorial]
*[https://www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/dicabenovo/ Diccionario de Abreviaturas Novohispanas]
|-
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Mexico Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
 
==Provinces and autonomous communities==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each jurisdiction, including links to actual records.'''
|}
 
=== Provinces ===
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. '''
{|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Álava, Spain Genealogy|Álava]]</li>
    <li>[[Albacete, Spain Genealogy|Albacete]]</li>
    <li>[[Alicante, Spain Genealogy|Alicante]]</li>
    <li>[[Almería, Spain Genealogy|Almería]]</li>
    <li>[[Asturias, Spain Genealogy|Asturias]]</li>
    <li>[[Ávila, Spain Genealogy|Ávila]]</li>
    <li>[[Badajoz, Spain Genealogy|Badajoz]]</li>
    <li>[[Baleares, Spain Genealogy|Baleares]]</li>
    <li>[[Barcelona, Spain Genealogy|Barcelona]]</li>
    <li>[[Burgos, Spain Genealogy|Burgos]]</li>
    <li>[[Cáceres, Spain Genealogy|Cáceres]]</li>
    <li>[[Cádiz, Spain Genealogy|Cádiz]]</li>
    <li>[[Cantabria, Spain Genealogy|Cantabria]]</li>
    <li>[[Castellón, Spain Genealogy|Castellón ]]</li>
    <li>[[Ciudad Real, Spain Genealogy|Ciudad Real]]</li>
    <li>[[Córdoba, Spain Genealogy|Córdoba]]</li>
    <li>[[Cuenca, Spain Genealogy|Cuenca]]</li>
    <li>[[Gerona, Spain Genealogy|Gerona]]</li>
    <li>[[Granada, Spain Genealogy|Granada]]</li>
    <li>[[Guadalajara, Spain Genealogy|Guadalajara]]</li>
    <li>[[Guipúzcoa, Spain Genealogy|Guipúzcoa]]</li>
    <li>[[Huelva, Spain Genealogy|Huelva]]</li>
    <li>[[Huesca, Spain Genealogy|Huesca]]</li>
    <li>[[Jaén, Spain Genealogy|Jaén]]</li>
    <li>[[La Coruña, Spain Genealogy|La Coruña]]</li>
    <li>[[La Rioja, Spain Genealogy|La Rioja]]</li> 
    <li>[[Las Palmas, Spain Genealogy|Las Palmas]]</li>
    <li>[[León, Spain Genealogy|León]]</li>
    <li>[[Lérida, Spain Genealogy|Lérida]]</li>
    <li>[[Lugo, Spain Genealogy|Lugo]]</li>
    <li>[[Madrid, Spain Genealogy|Madrid]]</li>
    <li>[[Málaga, Spain Genealogy|Málaga]]</li>
    <li>[[Murcia, Spain Genealogy|Murcia]]</li>
    <li>[[Navarra, Spain Genealogy|Navarra]]</li>
    <li>[[Orense, Spain Genealogy|Orense]]</li>
    <li>[[Palencia, Spain Genealogy|Palencia]]</li>
    <li>[[Pontevedra, Spain Genealogy|Pontevedra]]</li>
    <li>[[Salamanca, Spain Genealogy|Salamanca]]</li>
    <li>[[Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Genealogy|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]</li>
    <li>[[Segovia, Spain Genealogy|Segovia]]</li>
    <li>[[Sevilla, Spain Genealogy|Sevilla]]</li>
    <li>[[Soria, Spain Genealogy|Soria]]</li>
    <li>[[Tarragona, Spain Genealogy|Tarragona]]</li>
    <li>[[Teruel, Spain Genealogy|Teruel]]</li>
    <li>[[Toledo, Spain Genealogy|Toledo]]</li>
    <li>[[Valencia, Spain Genealogy|Valencia]]</li>
    <li>[[Valladolid, Spain Genealogy|Valladolid]]</li>
    <li>[[Vizcaya, Spain Genealogy|Vizcaya]]</li>
    <li>[[Zamora, Spain Genealogy|Zamora]]</li>
    <li>[[Zaragoza, Spain Genealogy|Zaragoza]]</li>
</ul>
|}
 
=== Autonomous Communities ===
Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).
{|
|-
|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Andalucia, Spain Genealogy|Andalucia]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain Genealogy|Aragon]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Asturias, Spain Genealogy|Asturias]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Baleares, Spain Genealogy|Baleares (Balearic Islands)]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Canarias, Spain Genealogy|Canarias (Canary Islands) ]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Cantabria, Spain Genealogy|Cantabria]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Genealogy|Castilla-La Mancha]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon, Spain Genealogy|Castilla and Leon ]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Cataluña, Spain Genealogy|Cataluña (Catalonia)]]</li>
    <li>*Ceuta, see Places of Sovereignty</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Extremadura, Spain Genealogy|Extremadura]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain Genealogy|Galicia]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain Genealogy|La Rioja]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain Genealogy|Madrid ]]</li>
    <li>*Melilla, see Places of Sovereignty </li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Murcia, Spain Genealogy|Murcia ]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Navarra, Spain Genealogy|Navarra ]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Pais Vasco, Spain Genealogy|Pais Vasco (Basque Country)]]</li>
    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain Genealogy|Valencia]]</li>
</ul>
|}
 
 
[[Category:Spain Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:03, 29 February 2024


Spain Wiki Topics
Flag of Spain
Spain Beginning Research
Record Types
Spain Background
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Record Finder Table for Spain[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Spain topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
Nationality and ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading Spanish Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Writing for records


Provinces and autonomous communities[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each jurisdiction, including links to actual records.

Provinces[edit | edit source]

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.

Autonomous Communities[edit | edit source]

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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