Spain Genealogy

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Topics

• Archives and Libraries
• Baptism Records
• Census
• Church Directories
• Church Records
• Civil Registration
• Ethnic Groups
• Maps

Research Tools

• Letter Writing Guide
• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Geneanet
• Queen Anne's War
• Hispanic Genealogy Blog
• Spain Genealogy Links
• Spanish Genealogy & Family History
• GenealogySpot: Spain
• Spanish Genealogy Forum
• Spain
• Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
• BYU Research Outline for Spain
• Websites

Jurisdictions

Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma).

Andalucia Aragon Asturias Baleares (Balearic Islands) Ceuta* Canarias (Canary Islands) Cantabria

Castilla-La Mancha Castilla y Leon Cataluna (Catalonia) Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community) Extremadura Galicia

La Rioja Madrid Melilla* Murcia Navarra Pais Vasco (Basque Country)

Note: The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania).