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Spanish Relatives

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Alice

Alice Report 11 Feb 2022 14:11

Hi my late mothers great uncle was born in Spain in 1891 can anyone advise how you can search for his details. On the census it states place of birth BP Spain
Regards

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Feb 2022 14:20

Name?

Which census?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 11 Feb 2022 14:20

Try using the free Familysearch website for starters. Could the BP Spain actually be BS for British Subject?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 11 Feb 2022 15:31

It seems you really need to know what part of Spain he belonged to:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Spain_Genealogy

https://www.cyndislist.com/spain/records/


I agree with Nameslessone that BP is probably BS.

Do 1901 and 1911 both just say Spain ? Nothing more specific in either?

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 11 Feb 2022 17:21

Was his father in the army

If so it may be in the army indices on fmp

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Feb 2022 17:38

Being born in Spain doesn’t necessarily make him Spanish

As her great uncle, the man was a sibling of one of the mother’s grandparents, so his parentage must be known