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== Municipality == | == 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/catalog-search FamilySearch catalog] under the name of the municipio. | 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/catalog-search FamilySearch catalog] under the name of the municipio. | ||
== Church == | == Church == | ||
Church records are listed in the catalog under the city or town where the parish is located. A parish is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction where a Catholic priest serves and keeps records. The parish is usually named for a Saint and is located in the largest town in the parish jurisdiction. Large cities may have many parishes while a small town usually only has one. | Church records are listed in the catalog under the city or town where the parish is located. A parish is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction where a Catholic priest serves and keeps records. The parish is usually named for a Saint and is located in the largest town in the parish jurisdiction. Large cities may have many parishes while a small town usually only has one. | ||
== Place Levels (Jurisdictions) == | == Place Levels (Jurisdictions) == | ||
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To search the catalog, as well as indexed records and images available online from FamilySearch, you will need to visit [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org]. To find the record collections for Spain, scroll down the page and click on Continental Europe and then on the following page on the country name of [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927167 Spain]. | To search the catalog, as well as indexed records and images available online from FamilySearch, you will need to visit [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org]. To find the record collections for Spain, scroll down the page and click on Continental Europe and then on the following page on the country name of [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927167 Spain]. | ||
{{H-langs|es=Cómo encontrar registros de sus antepasados Españoles|en=Spain Finding Records}} <br> | {{H-langs|es=Cómo encontrar registros de sus antepasados Españoles|en=Spain Finding Records|pt=Espanha, Busca de Registros}} <br> | ||
[[Category:Spain]] | [[Category:Spain]] | ||