Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain Genealogy

Guide to Galicia Autonomous Community ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Autonomous Communities
Autonomous communities are larger jurisdictions found within Spain and may contain several provinces. It is both a political and administrative division. The autonomous communities of Spain were created in 1978. To learn more about them please read Autonomous communities of Spain.

History
Galicia is an autonomous community of northwestern Spain and historic nationality under the Statute of Autonomy of 1981. It consists of the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra. Galicia is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It is divided into 314 municipalities and the capital is the city of Santiago de Compostela.

Provinces of Galicia
Provinces within its jurisdiction include:
 * La Coruña
 * Lugo
 * Orense
 * Pontevedra