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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://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]
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*[http://www.genealogia-es.com/ Spain GenWeb]  
  
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*[http://genegenie.org/detail.php?linkid=1757 AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn Babel Fish Translation Tool]
  
*[http://www.snae.org/default.en.php The Basque Government Archive and Documentary Heritage Centre]
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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]
  
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*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/?cj=1&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Genealogy Forum Spain]
  
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*[http://foros.hispagen.eu/index.php Spanish Genealogy Forum]
  
'''Andalucia'''
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*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.spain/mb.ashx Ancestry - Spain]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eespandal/ Andalucia GenWeb]
 
  
'''Aragon'''
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/history/Magellan.txt Magellan; List of Survivors of The First Voyage Around The World]
  
'''Asturias'''
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*[http://contueor.com/baedeker/spain_portugal/index.htm Baedecker's Old Guide Books - Spain & Portugal 1901]
  
'''Basque Country'''
 
  
'''Cantabria'''
 
  
'''Castilla La Mancha'''
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'''Archives'''
  
'''Castilla Leon'''
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*[http://www.snae.org/default.en.php The Basque Government Archive and Documentary Heritage Centre]
  
'''Catalonia'''
 
  
'''Extremadura'''
 
  
'''Galicia'''
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'''The Regions'''
  
'''Madrid'''
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eespandal/ Andalucia GenWeb]
  
'''Murcia'''
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*[http://www.andalucia.com/province/almeria/home.htm Almeria GenWeb]
  
*[http://www.cartomur.com/ Maps of Murcia] In Spanish
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*[http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/malaga.htm The English Cemetery at Malaga]
  
'''Navarra'''
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*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb]
  
'''Valencia'''
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*[http://www1.euskadi.net/morris/indice_e.htm A Basque on-line Dictionary]
  
'''Balearic Islands''' - Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera
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*[http://basque.unr.edu/ The Centre for Basque Studies]
  
'''Canary Islands'''  - Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife, Gomero, El Hierro
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*[http://www.basquemuseum.com/ The Basque Museum and Cultural Central]
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'''General Links''' ''yet to be sorted''
 
  
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/spain/?cj=1&o_xid=0001610462&o_lid=0001610462 Genealogy Forum Spain]
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*[http://scgenealogia.org/catalunya/ Catalonia GenWeb]  
 
 
*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.weurope.spain/mb.ashx Ancestry - Spain]
 
 
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/history/Magellan.txt Magellan; List of survivors of the first voyage around the world]
 
 
 
*[http://www.uv.es/~ximocarr/VALGEN/ Valencia GenWeb] -oops - forgot Valencia in the list of Regions
 
 
 
*[http://www.andalucia.com/province/almeria/home.htm Almeria GenWeb] To go under Andalucia
 
  
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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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