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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.

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	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Nobility Records Cemeteries Court Records
Marriage place and date	Church Records Civil Registration	Notarial Records Nobility Records
Death date, place, and burial	Church Records Civil Registration	Cemeteries Newspapers

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Maiden name	Church Records Civil Registration	Notarial Records Nobility Records
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Notarial Records Court Records
Living relatives	Genealogies Directories

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
Country and town of origin	Emigration and Immigration	Church Records Newspapers Societies

Residences and Locations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Residence	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Notarial Records Emigration and Immigration Directories

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Nobility	Nobility Records Heraldry	Biography
Nationality and ethnicity	Ethnic Groups Basque Cultural Group Jewish Records	Biography
Occupation	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Notarial Records
Religion	Church Records Ethnic Groups	History Church History Jewish Records
Social activities	Newspapers Church History	History
Physical description	Military records

Reading Spanish Records

Vocabulary	Spanish Genealogical Word List Spanish Records Extraction Manual
Handwriting	Reading Spanish Handwriting BYU Spanish Documents Script Tutorial Diccionario de Abreviaturas Novohispanas
Naming patterns	Naming patterns
Writing for records	Spanish Letter Writing Guide

Provinces and autonomous communities

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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-== Record Finder Table for France ==
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 The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
 === Order of Records ===
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 == List of Topics ==
-This Record Finder table links to the France topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
+This Record Finder table links to the Spain topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 ===Vital Events ===
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+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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+*[[Spain Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
+*[[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Spain Court Records|Court Records]]
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 | align="left" | Marriage place and date
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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+*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
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 | align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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-*[[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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+*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
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 | align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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-*[[France Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+*[[Spain Court Records|Court Records]]
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 | align="left" | Living relatives
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-*[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
+*[[Spain Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
-*[[France Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Spain Directories|Directories]]
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-*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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-*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*Societies
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 | align="left" | Residence
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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-*[[France Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 *Directories
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-*Nobility
+*[[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
-*Heraldry
+*[[Spain Heraldry|Heraldry]]
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+*[[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]]
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 | align="left" | Occupation
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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-*[[France Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Census|Census]]
+*[[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
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 | align="left" | Religion
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-*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Spain Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
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-*[[France History|History]]
+*[[Spain History|History]]
+*[[Spain Church History|Church History]]
+*[[Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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 | align="left" | Social activities
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-*Social Life and Customs
+*[[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Spain Church History|Church History]]
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-*[[France History|History]]
+*[[Spain History|History]]
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 | align="left" | Physical description
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-*[[France Military Records|Military records]]
+*[[Spain Military Records|Military records]]
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-===Reading the Records===
+===Reading Spanish Records===
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 | align="left" |Vocabulary
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+*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
+*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
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-| align="left" | Naming patterns
+| align="left" |Handwriting
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-*Names, personal
+*[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]
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-| align="left" |Online classes
+| align="left" |Naming patterns
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+*[[Mexico Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
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 | align="left" |Writing for records
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+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
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+=== 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. '''
-| Birth date and birthplace
+{|
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
-| [[Spain Census|Census]], [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]], [[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+    <li>[[Álava, Spain Genealogy|Álava]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Albacete, Spain Genealogy|Albacete]]</li>
-| Death information
+    <li>[[Alicante, Spain Genealogy|Alicante]]</li>
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+    <li>[[Almería, Spain Genealogy|Almería]]</li>
-| [[Spain Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+    <li>[[Asturias, Spain Genealogy|Asturias]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Ávila, Spain Genealogy|Ávila]]</li>
-| Emigration information
+    <li>[[Badajoz, Spain Genealogy|Badajoz]]</li>
-| [[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+    <li>[[Baleares, Spain Genealogy|Baleares]]</li>
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]], Societies
+    <li>[[Barcelona, Spain Genealogy|Barcelona]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Burgos, Spain Genealogy|Burgos]]</li>
-| Language helps
+    <li>[[Cáceres, Spain Genealogy|Cáceres]]</li>
-| [[Spanish Genealogical Word List|Word List]], [[Spain Handwriting|Handwriting]]
+    <li>[[Cádiz, Spain Genealogy|Cádiz]]</li>
-| —
+    <li>[[Cantabria, Spain Genealogy|Cantabria]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Castellón, Spain Genealogy|Castellón ]]</li>
-| Living relatives
+    <li>[[Ciudad Real, Spain Genealogy|Ciudad Real]]</li>
-| —
+    <li>[[Córdoba, Spain Genealogy|Córdoba]]</li>
-| Societies
+    <li>[[Cuenca, Spain Genealogy|Cuenca]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Gerona, Spain Genealogy|Gerona]]</li>
-| Maiden name
+    <li>[[Granada, Spain Genealogy|Granada]]</li>
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+    <li>[[Guadalajara, Spain Genealogy|Guadalajara]]</li>
-| [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
+    <li>[[Guipúzcoa, Spain Genealogy|Guipúzcoa]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Huelva, Spain Genealogy|Huelva]]</li>
-| Marriage information
+    <li>[[Huesca, Spain Genealogy|Huesca]]</li>
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+    <li>[[Jaén, Spain Genealogy|Jaén]]</li>
-| [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
+    <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 ===
-| Noble families
+Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).
-| [[Spain Nobility Records|Nobility Records]]
+{|
-| [[Spain Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[Spain Biography|Biography]]
+|-
-|-
+|
-| Occupations
+<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+    <li>[[Andalucia, Spain Genealogy|Andalucia]]</li>
-| [[Spain Census|Census]], [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain Genealogy|Aragon]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Asturias, Spain Genealogy|Asturias]]</li>
-| Parents, children, and other family members
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Baleares, Spain Genealogy|Baleares (Balearic Islands)]]</li>
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Canarias, Spain Genealogy|Canarias (Canary Islands) ]]</li>
-| [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Spain Census|Census]]
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Cantabria, Spain Genealogy|Cantabria]]</li>
-|-
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Genealogy|Castilla-La Mancha]]</li>
-| Physical description
+    <li>[[Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon, Spain Genealogy|Castilla and Leon ]]</li>
-| [[Spain Military Records|Military Records]]
+    <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>
+|}
-|-
-| Places of residence
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-| [[Spain Census|Census]], [[Spain Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Spain Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-|-
-| Religion
-| [[Spain Church Records|Church Records]], [[Spain Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]]
-| [[Spain History|History]], [[Spain Church History|Church History]], [[Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
-|-
-| Social activities
-| [[Spain History|History]], [[Spain Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-| [[Spain Church History|Church History]]
-|}
 [[Category:Spain Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]