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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== 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.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Spain topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
===Vital Events ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
|-
 
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
| 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]]
|-
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Spain Census|Census]], [[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Spain Census|Census]], [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]], [[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Spain Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Spain Maps|Maps]], [[Spain History|History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Spain Church History|Church History]], [[Spain Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]], Societies
*[[Spain Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Spain Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Spain History|History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Spain Church History|Church History]], Societies
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Spanish Genealogical Word List|Word List]], [[Spain Handwriting|Handwriting]]
| 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;"|  
 
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| —
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Residence
| [[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]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Spain Names
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| —
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Nobility
| [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Spain Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[Spain Biography|Biography]]
*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
*[[Spain Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Occupations
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| [[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 Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
*[[Basque Cultural Group]]
*[[Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain Biography|Biography]]
 
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Spain Census|Census]], [[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Spain Census|Census]]
*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Spain Military Records|Military Records]]
| 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]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Spain Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Spain Maps|Maps]], [[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Spain Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Spain History|History]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Physical description
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Spain Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading Spanish Records===
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|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" |Vocabulary
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" |Handwriting
| [[Spain Online Genealogy Records|Online Records]], [[Spain Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
| 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]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Naming patterns
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Mexico Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
|-
|-
| Social activities
| 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>
|}
|}


[[Category:Spain]]
=== 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


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Spain Beginning Research
Record Types
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Local Research Resources

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.

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

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

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

Immigration and Country of Origin

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

Residences and Locations

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

Personal Details and Affiliations

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

Reading Spanish Records

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Writing for records


Provinces and autonomous communities

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.

Autonomous Communities

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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