Spain Genealogy

Getting Started with Spain Research
Welcome to the Spain page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Spain page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the Contributor Help page to learn more about using the site. The Spain page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

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

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Jurisdictions
Spain is divided into 50 provinces. Each province belongs to one of 17 autonomous communities listed below. A list of the provinces of Spain and access to their individual pages can be found in the article:

Spain Provinces

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

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).

Research Tools

 * Letter Writing Guide
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Geneanet
 * Queen Anne's War
 * Hispanic Genealogy Blog
 * Spain Genealogy Links
 * Spanish Genealogy &amp; Family History
 * GenealogySpot: Spain
 * Spanish Genealogy Forum
 * Spanish Script Tutorial
 * 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, Cadiz Notary Public Wills (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Cadiz Passports (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Cadiz Province Municipal Records (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, Diocese of Albacete, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Catholic Church Diocese of Avila Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Spain, Diocese of Lugo, Catholic Church Records (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)
 * Spain, Valencia Miscellaneous Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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

Things You Can Do
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