Record Atlas
47 FamilySearch collections · 2 archives · 1,765 places · 1251–2013

Spain

Where the records of Spain are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 59,329,460 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Spain

1 of the 2 checked sources here can be opened tonight. 1is free images with no account. 1is paid or part-paid. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Spain without a subscription.

Write to PARES for what is not online. FamilySearch has 47 collections covering it, running 1251–2013, 59,329,460 indexed records. One piece of this ground is mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

1,765 places placed, 13 volumes walked. Open Spain on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Spain — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

  • Portugal 3 eras Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Coimbra, the Alentejo, the Algarve

The archives

  • Geneanet mixed

    Member-contributed trees and transcriptions, strongest in France. Much is free; a Premium tier gates some search and images.

  • PARES free Madrid, Spain

    The Spanish archives portal — strongest on emigration to the Americas and on military and colonial service.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Spain too — the full list.

47 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Spain — nationwide 47

20 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Censuses and population lists 10
Probate, land and notarial 10

1,765 places, 13 volumes

The 250 carrying the most collections are listed; 1,515 more are in Spain and on the map. Every place lists them all.

Every country · The map