Hispanic Immigration to the United States

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Many immigrants have come to the United States from Hispanic countries. Some Hispanic immigrants arrived before and during the colonial period and many continue to arrive everyday. The resources on this page may help you in your search for the city and country of origin of your Hispanic ancestors.

Spain
The ultimate destination for most Hispanic researchers is to trace their ancestry back to Spain. The majority of settlers in the colonial period came to the Americas from Spain. For those who came very early on there are a few websites and books with indexed information. The majority of this information comes from the Archive of the Indies located in Sevilla, Spain. While the records are not extant you may find information about immigrants who came between 1492 and 1790 in the following resources:

Portal de Archivos Españoles PARES has an online inventory of the holding of all the major archives and Spain and throughout Latin America. You may access the inventory of the Archives of the Indies through their website.