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'''Capital''' Madrid<br><br>
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'''Capital''' Madrid<br>
'''Languages''' Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician & Basque  <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>
  
 
Other Major Cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia.
 
Other Major Cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia.
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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.
 
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==
  
  
*[http://www.genealogia-es.com/ Spain GenWeb] In Spanish
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*[http://www.genealogia-es.com/ Spain GenWeb]  
  
 
*[http://genegenie.org/detail.php?linkid=1757 AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group]
 
*[http://genegenie.org/detail.php?linkid=1757 AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group]
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*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/?cj=1&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Genealogy Forum Spain]
 
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/?cj=1&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Genealogy Forum Spain]
  
*[http://foros.hispagen.eu/index.php Spanish Genealogy Forum] in Spanish
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*[http://foros.hispagen.eu/index.php Spanish Genealogy Forum]  
  
 
*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.spain/mb.ashx Ancestry - Spain]
 
*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.spain/mb.ashx Ancestry - Spain]
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'''The Regions'''
 
'''The Regions'''
 
 
'''Andalucia'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eespandal/ Andalucia GenWeb]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eespandal/ Andalucia GenWeb]
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*[http://iigs.rootsweb.com/albanchez/ Albanchez Baptismal Records]
 
*[http://iigs.rootsweb.com/albanchez/ Albanchez Baptismal Records]
 
 
'''Aragon'''
 
  
 
*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb]
 
*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb]
 
 
'''Asturias'''
 
 
 
'''Basque Country'''
 
  
 
*[http://www1.euskadi.net/morris/indice_e.htm A Basque on-line Dictionary]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://basque.unr.edu/ The Centre for Basque Studies]
  
*[http://www.basquemuseum.com/ The Basque Museum and Cultural Centre]
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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.cartomur.com/ Maps of Murcia]
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*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ La Rioja GenWeb]
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*[http://www.uv.es/~ximocarr/VALGEN/ Valencia GenWeb]  
'''Catalonia'''
 
 
 
*[http://scgenealogia.org/catalunya/ Catalonia GenWeb] In Spanish and Catalan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Extremadura'''
 
 
 
*[http://extremadura.genealogica.net/ Extremadura Genweb] in Spanish
 
 
 
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'''Galicia'''
 
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'''Madrid'''
 
 
 
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'''Murcia'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.cartomur.com/ Maps of Murcia] In Spanish
 
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'''Navarra'''
 
 
 
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'''La Rioja'''
 
 
 
*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ La Rioja GenWeb] In Spanish
 
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'''Valencia'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.uv.es/~ximocarr/VALGEN/ Valencia GenWeb] In Spanish
 
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'''Balearic Islands''' - Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera
 
 
 
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'''Canary Islands'''  - Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife, Gomero, El Hierro
 
 
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogiacanaria/ Genealogy in The Canary Islands] In Spanish
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 22:11, 7 August 2009


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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