Spanish research

[reynolds.nat]

Hello, I noticed someone asked about Danish records; and my question is very much the same, except that half of my tree is English/Welsh but the other half is Spanish. I would be thrilled to see someone with Spanish roots on the show eventually. Meanwhile, does anyone have any idea how one can look into the Spanish side of one's family?

I know that family research is not as popular as it is in Britain, I think partly because the dictatorship, the civil war, and the tightness among the sides are still quite fresh. Nevertheless, any tips would be much appreciated.

Natalie Reynolds

[callbrian]

Hi Natalie,
depending on how far you want to go back, the LDS site http://www.familysearch.org has some Spanish records. You may be lucky. On the home page just enter a search name, you can leave the rest blank, then search the country (Spain) in the drop down menu and click on search. You could also 'Google' Spanish Genealogy, there are several sites available.
Brian

[Editor]

We ran an article on tracing Spanish ancestors in our second issue. It hasn't been put onto our website yet (and I'm afraid it sold out a long time ago) but I will see if I can get it uploaded in the not-too-distant future.

Sarah

[Sylcec]

In addition to the regular IGI found on www.familysearch.org there are also some digitised records of Spanish Church Registers available on the Record Search Pilot; go to:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsea ... ollections .
Also, if you know which part of Spain your ancestors come from, then you can check the LDS Family History Library Catalog (same site as above) to see what is available for that place - there may well be microfilms of parish registers, notarial records, probate, population etc etc which you could consult to find your ancestry.
If your ancestors were not in fact Spanish, but British people in Spain for official or business purposes, then there is a completely different set of records available to you, ones which will be available in the UK.

Good luck.

[mattelton]

Hello,

I've managed to track down a copy of our second issue, and have just uploaded the article on Spanish ancestors here: http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouaremagazi ... -ancestors

There's loads of information there, so I hope it proves useful.

Good luck!

Matt