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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
 
  
*[http://users.aol.com/mrosado007/faq.htm AOL Hispanic Genealogy Group]
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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]
  
 
*[http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn Babel Fish Translation Tool]
 
*[http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn Babel Fish Translation Tool]
  
*[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://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]
  
 
*[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]
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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]
  
*[http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/history/Magellan.txt Magellan; List of survivors of the first voyage around the world]
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/history/Magellan.txt Magellan; List of Survivors of The First Voyage Around The World]
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*[http://contueor.com/baedeker/spain_portugal/index.htm Baedecker's Old Guide Books - Spain & Portugal 1901]
  
  
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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://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/malaga.htm The English Cemetery at Malaga]
 
*[http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/malaga.htm The English Cemetery at Malaga]
 
*[http://iigs.rootsweb.com/albanchez/ Albanchez Baptismal Records]
 
 
 
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'''Aragon'''
 
  
 
*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb]
 
*[http://sapiens.ya.com/josemsanmartin/ Aragon Genweb]
 
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'''Asturias'''
 
 
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'''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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'''Cantabria'''
 
  
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*[http://scgenealogia.org/catalunya/ Catalonia GenWeb]
'''Castilla La Mancha'''
 
  
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*[http://extremadura.genealogica.net/ Extremadura Genweb]  
'''Castilla Leon'''
 
 
 
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'''Catalonia'''
 
 
 
*[http://scgenealogia.org/catalunya/ Catalonia GenWeb] In Spanish and Catalan
 
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'''Extremadura'''
 
 
 
*[http://extremadura.genealogica.net/ Extremadura Genweb] in Spanish
 
 
 
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'''Galicia'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.xenealoxia.org/index.php?newlang=english Galicia Genealogy] Mostly in Spanish
 
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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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*[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

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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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