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Tracing your Hispanic roots may, eventually, lead you to Spain, where genealogical records are among the oldest and best in the world.
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- Civil or Vital Records
Civil registration is the record kept by local governments of the births, marriages and deaths within their jurisdictions. These records provide excellent sources for information such as the names of family members, dates of important events and, possibly, the family's place of origin. In the United States, more recent vital records are usually maintained at the state level. In general, civil records date back to the early 1900s in the United States; 1859 in Mexico; 1870s-1880s in most Central and South American countries; and 1885 in Puerto Rico.
Civil or vital records are typically kept at the local (town, village, county or municipal) level in the local court, municipal office, county office or Civil Registry office. Many have also been microfilmed by the Family History Library (see church records).
- Immigration Records
A number of immigration sources, including passenger lists, border crossing records, and naturalization and citizenship records, are also useful for identifying the place of origin of an immigrant ancestor.
For early Spanish emigrants, the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain, is the repository for Spanish documents dealing with the Spanish colonial period (1492-1810) in the Americas. These documents often include the birthplace of each individual recorded. Ship arrivals and passenger lists provide the best documentation of immigrants who came to the Americas after the middle of the nineteenth century. These records, kept at major North, Central and South American ports, can usually be found in the National Archives of the country in question. Many are also available on microfilm through your local family history center.
Tracing your Hispanic roots may, eventually, lead you to Spain, where genealogical records are among the oldest and best in the world.
Genealogy Research in Spain
Have fun hunting your Hispanic ancestors!
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