Hi oframe,
Thank you for your helpful suggestions on surname information. I
have found some useful information.
Mary C
>The encyclopedia by Alberto and Arturo Garcia Carraffa "Dicionario
>Heraldico y Genealogico de Apellidos Espanoles y Americanos" is reknown
>as the bible of spanish surnames. The listing given inforamtion as to
>the locations where surnames originated, coats of arms and brief
>genealogical lineages.
>These site are mostly free of charge or allow limited searches for no
>fee. General sites for posting and finding others doing similar surname
>work www.elanillo.com (all hispanic) and www.geneanet.com (which
>focuses mostly on europe) Both offer forums as well. Yahoo.com/groups
>has MANY hispanic genealogy groups. Some of these include the general
>Spain group, genealhispana as well as more precise county/region groups
>such as aragongen, gencantabria, genealogiadeandalucia, ****tugal-gen,
>gen-burgos just to name a few. All you need to do is register for each
>group. Another group which allow some access to their databases are
>www.apellidosdecantabria.com which has three major census databases.
>For more information you can pay $40USD. You can also search the
>National Archives of Spain by registering on it's site. The link is
>www.cultural.mecd.es and ckick on the AER logo. Usario means user and
>Contrasena means password. Good Luck!
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