Research Foundations

Step 1: Hometowns and names
- Getting Started (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Gazetteers (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
- Vaya con Dios: Hispanic immigration to Latin America
- 5 essential sources for your Spanish genealogy research (in Spanish)
- 5 essential sources for your Spanish genealogy research P2 (in Spanish)
- The disconcerting use of surnames by Spaniards (in Spanish)

Step 2: Spanish Archives
- PARES: The gateway to the Spanish archives - Introduction (in Spanish)
- PARES: The gateway to Spanish archives - How to search (in Spanish)
- PARES: The gateway to Spanish archives - How to locate an archive (in Spanish)
- PARES: The door to the Spanish archives - A summary (in Spanish)
- PARES: The door to the Spanish archives - How to find an immigrant (in Spanish)

Step 3: Civil Registration and Catholic Church Records
- The Ecclesiastical Records of Spain (in Spanish)
- Spanish Church and Civil Registration Records
- The importance of pre-civil registration for genealogy
- The Spanish Civil Registry (in Spanish)
- Hands on Research in Spain and Portugal and Understanding the Medieval Documentation
- Researching in Spain and Portugal and understanding medieval documentation (in Spanish)
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Introduction
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Church Records
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Civil Registration
Related Content

Spanish
- Reading Spanish Handwriting
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Introduction
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Spanish Alphabet
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Spanish Names
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Spanish Dates
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Spanish Records
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Key Terms: Births and Baptisms
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Key Terms: Marriages
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Key Terms: Deaths and Burials
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting – Online Resources
Additional Classes
- How Crypto-Jewish Genealogy is Different (in Spanish)
- DNA and Family History: The Basics (in Spanish)
- Dokuklik: Online Parish Record Indexes for the Basque Country in Spain
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Notarial Records
- How to obtain wills from Spanish ancestors (in Spanish)
- How to obtain Spanish citizenship? – The new law on grandchildren
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - País Vasco, Spain
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Navarra, Spain
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
- Finding Echeverria in Spain and France - Conclusion