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Offline Penmaiden

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Help with Spanish research
« on: Tuesday 14 October 25 16:07 BST (UK) »
I told a friend that I would look into her family history for her. She is Spanish and finding anything seems to be a real struggle. I've tried looking on familysearch and myheritage as they seem to have more Spanish than ancestry.com. I found a little bit but not much. Most of her family are from Andalusia. Specifically: Carboneras, Almuñécar, Cullar, Baza and Estepona. She has one branch that she thinks came from Galicia. Does anyone have any tips on how I could proceed?

Her grandparents names are:
José García Escánez
Josefa Muñoz del Puerto
Manuel Mancebo Campoy
Rosa Expósito Díaz

I gather Campoy is a fairly unusual name.

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Re: Help with Spanish research
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 14 October 25 22:46 BST (UK) »
Cyndi's List has helped me find information on other countries.... https://www.cyndislist.com/spain/
Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
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Re: Help with Spanish research
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 October 25 20:18 BST (UK) »
Have you got any dates?  And which family members came from which locality?
I expect you know that the first surname is the father's and the second surname is the mother's.
Bev
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