Spain, Province of Cádiz, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes civil registration records for the cities of Puerto Real and Jimena de la Frontera from 1870 to 1960. The records include civil registration births, death certifications signed by doctors, and marriage files. The original records were housed in the Historical Provincial Archive of Cádiz, in Spain.

These records are written in Spanish; see the section "For Help Reading these Records" for access to translation helps.

Additional images will be published as they become available.

Reading These Records
These records are in Spanish. For help reading these records see the following guides:


 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Reading Spanish handwritten records
 * Script tutorial for Spanish

Collection Content
The information in each record varies by year.

Birth records generally include the following information:


 * Informant's name, age, origin, and occupation
 * Informant's civil status, residence, and relationship to child
 * Name and gender of child
 * Child's date and place of birth
 * Parents' names and age
 * Parents' civil status, occupation, origin, and residence
 * Names of paternal grandparents
 * Names of maternal grandparents
 * Names of godparents
 * Names of witnesses

Marriage records may include the following:


 * Date and place of marriage
 * Name and age of groom
 * Groom's civil status and residence
 * Names of groom's parents
 * Name and age of bride
 * Bride’s civil status and residence
 * Names of bride's parents

Death records usually include:


 * Date, time, and place of death
 * Name and age of deceased
 * Origin and residence of deceased
 * Cause of death
 * Informant's name, age, civil status, and residence
 * Relationship to deceased
 * Burial information

View the Images
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 * 1) Select Province
 * 2) Select City or Municipality
 * 3) Select Parish
 * 4) Select Record Type and Years to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?

 * Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church records Spain Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family
 * The name of a marriage officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the province. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other provinces
 * Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
 * Use the marital status (whether a divorce or death dissolved a marriage) to identify previous marriages
 * Witnesses often were relatives of the parents

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
 * For death records, the information in records is usually reliable, but depends upon the knowledge of the informant.
 * Regarding marriage and death records, name changes, shortened names, or nicknames may have been used by your ancestors, so pay attention to other relationships (parents, spouse, siblings, children, etc.) that can confirm whether you have the right person/record.
 * Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
 * Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area.

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * A boundary change could have occurred that changed where records were kept. If you are unable to find your ancestor(s) in these civil registers, then try searching in the areas surrounding Cádiz.
 * Church records are also a good substitute when birth, marriage, and death records can’t be found or are unavailable.
 * Spain Baptisms
 * Spain Catholic Church Records
 * Spain Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records:
 * Spain Emigration and Immigration

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

"Spain, Cádiz, Civil Registration Records, 1870-1960" Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Historical Provincial Archives, Cádiz, Spain.
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