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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm. | |||
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | |||
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''Family History Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | |||
*Genealogically speaking Spanish archives can be divided into several categories.<br> | |||
:*Civil archives can be found for various levels of civil government. For example, municipal, comarca, or provincial. | |||
:*Church archives - typically this relates to Catholic Church archives. | |||
:*Private archives which can be stand alone archives, or part of a civil or church archive. | |||
:*University archives - contain a wide variety of records. | |||
:*Military archives. These can be divided by branch of service and also by time period. | |||
==PARES the Portal de Archivos Españoles== | |||
*[http://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/archivos-estatales.html PARES or the Portal de Archives Españoles]<br> | |||
* | ::For a directory of archives throughout Spain and Latin America, you will want to use the site [http://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/archivos-estatales.html PARES or the Portal de Archives Españoles]. The site provides hours, services, addresses, and inventories for each provincial archive. To learn more about the website PARES and how to use it, please see, [[PARES, The Portal de Archivos Españoles]]. | ||
For a directory of archives throughout Spain and Latin America, you will want to use the site [http://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/archivos-estatales.html PARES or the Portal de Archives Españoles]. The site provides hours, services, addresses, and inventories for each provincial archive. To learn more about the website PARES and how to use it, please see, [[PARES, The Portal de Archivos Españoles]]. | |||
For another good listing of many archives for Spain, please visit the website [http://www.genealogia-es.com/enlazarc.html#mil EspañaGenWeb]. | For another good listing of many archives for Spain, please visit the website [http://www.genealogia-es.com/enlazarc.html#mil EspañaGenWeb]. | ||