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About Spain

Spain is a country primarily located in southwestern Europe’s Iberian Peninsula with parts of the territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. The largest part of Spain is situated on the Iberian Peninsula which includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures. Its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa.

In Spain, an autonomous community is a first-level political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.

The 17 autonomous regions of Spain are: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Madrid, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Navarre, Murcia and Valencia.

Many Cubans have Spanish ancestors.

IMPORTANT: Please contact, and credit, the CGC if you use any part of this collection by sending an email to secretary@cubangenclub.org.

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Civil Registry in Spain

General Information

The first Civil Registry that operated regularly in Spain was created only for medium and large populations. It began on January 1, 1841, and was replaced by the current one after thirty years of operation.

The current Civil Registry in Spain began on January 1, 1871. This law required all municipalities to create a Civil Registry in which data referring to the civil status of all Spaniards (births, marriages, deaths, etc.) had to be registered, regardless of their beliefs.

Source: Wikipedia – https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registro_Civil_(Espa%C3%B1a)

Before 1871 you need to research ecclesiastical records.

Civil Registries of Spain Organized Geographically

https://www.axesor.es/registro/civil

Through this Directory of Civil Records, you can carry out any procedure online: birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, or any other procedure. Access any Civil Registry: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and any other Civil Registry in Spain.

Civil Registers for:

Alava, Castellon, La Rioja, Salamanca, Albacete, Ceuta, Las Palmas Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Alicante, Ciudad Real, Leon, Segovia, Almeria, Cordoba, Lleida, Sevilla, Asturias, Cuenca, Lugo, Soria, Avila, Girona, Madrid, Tarragona, Badajoz, Granada, Malaga, Teruel, Baleares, Guadalajara, Melilla, Toledo, Barcelona, Guipuzcoa, Murcia, Valencia, Burgos, Huelva, Navarra, Valladolid, Caceres, Huesca, Orense, Vizcaya, Cadiz, Jaen, Palencia, Zamora, Cantabria, La Coruña, Pontevedra, and Zaragoza

E-mail Addresses for the Civil Registries of Spain PDF

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Source: Posted to the “Informacion. Certificaciones de Nacimientos, Fe de Bautizos en España LMD” Facebook Group on April 8, 2024.

Webpages

Fundación Archivo de Indianos – Museo de la Emigración

NOTE: You need to create an account to access the information.

Click on “Fondo Documental”
Under “Cuba”: you will see the following files:
-Fondo Sociedad Asturiana de Beneficencia de La Habana
-Fondo Centro Asturiano de La Habana
-Fondo Club Belmontino de La Habana
-Fondo Unión Cabranense de La Habana
-Fondo Club Acebo de Cangas de Tineo
-Fondo Club Luarqués de La Habana

You need to drill down through these folders to access the images.

Example:
-Fondo Sociedad Asturiana de Beneficencia de La Habana has 1. Gobierno, 2. Administración, 3. Economía y finanzas, and 4. Actividades

Under “Actividades” you see

-4.2 Iniciativas Benéficas Asistenciales

Under Iniciativas Benéficas Asistenciales you see
-4.2.0.1 Ayudas asistenciales

Under Ayudas asistenciales you see
*4.2.0.1 (6474) Álbum de repatriados. 1927.
*4.2.0.1 (6475) Libro de expedientes de socorro. Enero de 1940.
*4.2.0.1 (6476) Libro de expedientes de socorro. Febrero de 1940. and more!

*These are the image files!

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