Autonomous Community of Cantabria, Spain Genealogy

Guide to Cantabria, an autonomous community, ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Welcome to the page for the autonomous community of Cantabria! 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. The autonomous community of Cantabria is located in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay. The capital is Santander. Boundaries of the province of Cantabria and the autonomous community are the same.

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Cantabria Provinces
The Autonomous Community of Cantabria has no provinces but is divided up into regions called comarcas, but traditionally, other subdivisions of the territory have been used.

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Research Tools

 * Letter Writing Guide
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Research Outline for Spain
 * Listing of all records collections for Spain available on FamilySearch.org.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Spain Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Cadastre of the Marquis of Ensenada (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain Catholic Church Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Consular Records of Spaniard Emigrants (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Municipal Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Pension Records of Widows and Orphans of Spanish Officials (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Featured Content
See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on "Reading Spanish Handwritten Records" and understanding"Spanish Script".

Websites

 * Geneanet
 * Queen Anne's War
 * Hispanic Genealogy Blog
 * Spain Genealogy Links
 * Spanish Genealogy &amp; Family History
 * GenealogySpot: Spain
 * Spanish Genealogy Forum
 * Spanish Script Tutorial
 * Spain
 * Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
 * Spain Websites

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