Autonomous Community of Canarias, Spain Genealogy

Guide to Canarias 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
The Canary Islands also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish archipelago and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain created in 1982. The islands that comprise the autonomous community of Canarias are located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa, in a region known as Macaronesia and 62 miles west of Morocco at the closest point. The capital is shared by the cities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Provinces of Canarias
The provinces within its jurisdiction include:

Websites

 * Society of Genealogical and Heraldic Studies of the Canary Islands Facebook
 * La Genealogia de Las Islas Canarias