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'''Capital''' Madrid<br><br>
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'''Capital''' Madrid<br>
'''Languages'''   <br><br>
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'''Languages''' Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician & Basque  <br>
'''Currency'''   Euro<br><br><br>
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'''Currency''' Euro<br><br>
 
 
Spain has a rich history, reaching back far beyond tourism. ''to be continued after dinner''
 
  
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Other Major Cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia.
  
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Spain has a rich history. Bordered by the snow capped Pyrenees in the east to the sunny beaches in the south, Spain is the second largest country in the EU.
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As well as the mainland, territory includes two island archipelagos, The Balearics and the Canaries, and two enclaves on the North African coast, Ceuta and Melilla.
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In the capital city, Madrid, there  many historical monuments. The Royal castle and Spanish museums like el Prado and Reina Sofia, which houses paintings of Velasquez, Goya, Miro and Picasso.
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==Links==
 
==Links==
  
  
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*[http://www.genealogia-es.com/ Spain GenWeb]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://genegenie.org/detail.php?linkid=1757 AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group]
  
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*[http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn Babel Fish Translation Tool]
  
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*[http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=genealogy&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2FEng%2FSearch%2FRG%2Fguide%2FWLSpanis1.asp%23general_word_list Translation of Spanish Genealogical Words]
  
'''Andalucia'''
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*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/?cj=1&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Genealogy Forum Spain]
  
'''Aragon'''
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*[http://foros.hispagen.eu/index.php Spanish Genealogy Forum]
  
'''Asturias'''
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*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.spain/mb.ashx Ancestry - Spain]
  
'''Basque Country'''
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/history/Magellan.txt Magellan; List of Survivors of The First Voyage Around The World]
  
'''Cantabria'''
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*[http://contueor.com/baedeker/spain_portugal/index.htm Baedecker's Old Guide Books - Spain & Portugal 1901]
  
'''Castilla La Mancha'''
 
  
'''Castilla Leon'''
 
  
'''Catalonia'''
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'''Archives'''
  
'''Extremadura'''
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*[http://www.snae.org/default.en.php The Basque Government Archive and Documentary Heritage Centre]
  
'''Galicia'''
 
  
'''Madrid'''
 
 
'''Murcia'''
 
 
'''Navarra'''
 
 
'''Balearic Islands''' - Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera
 
 
'''Canary Islands'''  - Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife, Gomero, El Hierro
 
  
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'''The Regions'''
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eespandal/ Andalucia GenWeb]
  
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*[http://www.andalucia.com/province/almeria/home.htm Almeria GenWeb]
  
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*[http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/malaga.htm The English Cemetery at Malaga]
  
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*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb]
  
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*[http://www1.euskadi.net/morris/indice_e.htm A Basque on-line Dictionary]
  
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*[http://basque.unr.edu/ The Centre for Basque Studies]
  
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*[http://www.basquemuseum.com/ The Basque Museum and Cultural Central]
  
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*[http://scgenealogia.org/catalunya/ Catalonia GenWeb]
  
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*[http://extremadura.genealogica.net/ Extremadura Genweb]
  
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*[http://www.xenealoxia.org/index.php?newlang=english Genealogía de Galicia]
  
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*[http://www.cartomur.com/ Maps of Murcia]
  
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*[http://www.uv.es/~ximocarr/VALGEN/ Valencia GenWeb]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogiacanaria/ Genealogy in The Canary Islands]
  
  
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Spain Map; Wikipedia image

Contents



Capital Madrid
Languages Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician & Basque
Currency Euro

Other Major Cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia.

Spain has a rich history. Bordered by the snow capped Pyrenees in the east to the sunny beaches in the south, Spain is the second largest country in the EU. As well as the mainland, territory includes two island archipelagos, The Balearics and the Canaries, and two enclaves on the North African coast, Ceuta and Melilla.

In the capital city, Madrid, there many historical monuments. The Royal castle and Spanish museums like el Prado and Reina Sofia, which houses paintings of Velasquez, Goya, Miro and Picasso.

Links


Archives


The Regions




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