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 == Municipality  ==
 Under the municipality level you will find civil registration records. In large cities there may be several offices. Some small towns may not be their own municipality and therefore their records will not be kept in the town. You will need to determine the correct municipality or municipio in order to locate the civil registration records. Municipality records will be located in the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch catalog] under the name of the municipio.
-In the website of the [http://www.mjusticia.gob.es/BUSCADIR/ServletControlador?apartado=buscadorGeneral&lang=es_es National Institute of Statistics] or ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística'' in Spain you can see all the municipalities of each province. To use this search engine to locate a municipality in the box next to the words '''Nombre del municipio''' enter the name of a municipality and then click on '''Buscar''' to initiate the search. To view a list of all the municipalities in a province use the drop down box under '''Búsqueda por Provincias''' to choose the province <u>''or''</u> simply select the province from the map. Once you choose the province a page will open with a list of all the municipalities within that province. Click on the name of the municipality you wish to view their contact information. '''Please note this site is in only in Spanish.'''<br>
 == Church  ==