Cheat Sheet - Genealogy in Spain
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Archives in Spain
Good to know: Parish registers are kept in parishes or dioceses (these are private records, requesting a record is paid).
Civil registration was established in 1870, records depend on the Spanish Ministry of Justice. Online record consultation is difficult; you often need to make free requests to retrieve a record.
There are no decennial indexes, but annual indexes exist. There are no civil marriage records (only religious ones). Baptism records can contain a lot of information about the parents and grandparents of the baptized.
Letter templates for record requests in Spain
National Archives of Spain - PARES
Archives by autonomous communities
Andalusia: Andalusia Archives Portal
Aragon: DARA - Documents and Archives of Aragon
Asturias: Asturias Archives
Balearic Islands: General Archive of Administration - Govern Balearic Islands
Canary Islands: Archives and Libraries
Cantabria: Cantabria Archives Portal
Castile and León: Castile and León Archives
Castilla-La Mancha: Castilla-La Mancha Archives Portal
Catalonia: National Archive of Catalonia // Barcelona – Diocesan Historical Archive
Extremadura: Extremadura Archives
Galicia: Galicia Archives
Community of Madrid: Archives of the Community of Madrid
Region of Murcia: General Archive of the Region of Murcia
Navarre: Navarre Archives
Basque Country: Euskadiko Artxibo Historikoa
La Rioja: General Archive of La Rioja
Valencian Community: Valencian Archives - OPAC
Ceuta: General Archive of Ceuta
Melilla: Central Archive and Publication Services
Archives by Dioceses
Ecclesiastical Province of Barcelona
Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat
Ecclesiastical Province of Burgos
Ecclesiastical Province of Granada
Ecclesiastical Province of Madrid
Ecclesiastical Province of Merida-Badajoz
Ecclesiastical Province of Oviedo
Ecclesiastical Province of Pamplona
Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño
Ecclesiastical Province of Santiago de Compostela
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastical Province of Zaragoza
Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín
Ecclesiastical Province of Seville
Ecclesiastical Province of Tarragona
Ecclesiastical Province of Toledo
Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Ecclesiastical Province of Valencia
Ecclesiastical Province of Valladolid
Online Resources
Family Search - Spanish Records
Geneanet - Collaborative Transcriptions in Spain
Migrations to and from Spain
Spain has long been a country of emigration, to Europe and Latin America.
A history of immigration: Spanish immigration
Migrations and regional particularities in Spain
History and memory of Spanish immigration in France
Immigration of workers in France
Spaniards in French territories from 1813 to 1971: circuits or integration of exiles and emigrants
Spanish emigration during the Francoist period
History and memory of immigration in the Poitou-Charentes region
The country becomes a destination for immigration from European countries starting in the 1980s.
Spain: from emigration to immigration
Spain in Images
Archive Photos and Videos
Old Maps of the Country
Useful Genealogy Websites
Online Resources
Spanish Genealogy - Spain GenWeb