Basque Genealogy Resources
This section offers a selection of links and various resources with basic information for those who are starting their family tree, looking for their origins or trying to locate relatives in any of the provinces of the Basque Country or the Basque Diaspora. Simply checking these links could be an easy and promising starting point.
PARISH ARCHIVES
You can check and ask for birth, marriage and death certificates from the Parish Archives of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa (no online service for archives in Nafarroa or Iparralde):
Historical Ecclesiatical Archive of Bizkaia (eu, es)
www.aheb-beha.org
Historical Ecclesiatical Archive of Donostia-San Sebastian (eu, es)
www.elizagipuzkoa.org/artxiboa
Historical Ecclesiatical Archive of Vitoria-Gasteiz (eu, es)
www.ahdv-geah.org
Irargi [it includes the last 3] (eu, es, en)
En www.irargi.org
GENEALOGY AND FAMILY SEARCH EXPERTS
Antzinako, association of Basque Genealogists (eu, es, fr, en)
www.antzinako.org
Euskaldunak Munduan. Looking for your Basque relatives? (eu, es)
www.origenvasco.org
DATABASES
The following links are Basque surnames' databases. If a surname can not be found at a database it does not mean that it is not Basque. There are many different spellings for several Basque surnames.
Surname database based on Koldo Mitxelena's works (eu, es)
www.kaixo.com/euskaletxea
Bernardo Estornés Lasa Archive (eu, es, fr, en)
at euskomedia.org
Surnames listed in the book ‘Los Vascos en la Argentina’ (es)
www.juandegaray.org.ar/fvajg/docs/apellidos_vascos
Euskal Abizenak surname index (eu, es, fr)
www.euskalabizenak.com
Euskaltzaindia: Basque names database (eu)
http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/eoda
Surnames researched by Xabier Ormaechea and Susan Ibarra (en)
www.buber.net/Basque/Surname
ONLINE BASQUE GENEANOLOGY FORUMS AND GROUPS
These are online lists and forums where genealogy experts and enthusiasts share their information, findings and tips. If you are looking for your ancestors or want to begin your family tree you can find guidance of those who have already been there. When you register, remember to introduce yourself politely, ask for help humbly and give precise information about the person or surname you are trying to find.
Basque genealogy list (eu, es, fr, en)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/basque-genealogy
Genea64: Genealogie en Béarn et Pays Basque (eu, es, fr, en)
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/genea64
BASQUE GENEALOGY MAGAZINE
An online weekly bulletin about genealogy and basque.
'Apellidos Vascos' (es, eu)
www.apellidosvascos.com
SEVERAL RESOURCES ABOUT EMIGRATION, HERALDRY...
Lineages from Navarre
www.euskalnet.net/ganer
Certain Mariages au Pays Basque (marriages in the Basque French Country)
http://perso.orange.fr/argia
Heraldry from Lekeitio
http://es.geocities.com/heraldica03
Place names database of the Basque Autonomous Community
www1.euskadi.net/euskara_eaetoponimia/bin/default.apl?idioma=1
Locate your ancestors' farm house in Bizkaia
www.bizkaia.net/hirigintza/GidaKartografikoa
Maps of France (to locate farmhouses in Iparralde)
www.geoportail.fr
Linajes.net, webpage by Imanol Pagola Salazar (images of 35.000 coats of arms)
www.linajes.net
Basque-French inmigrants in Chile
http://membres.lycos.fr/emigrationchili
The Basque Genealogy Homepage, by Susan & Fernando Ybarra
http://home.earthlink.net/~fybarra/design.html
Place names in Navarre
http://toponimianavarra.tracasa.es
Genealogy Investigation Service of Eusko Ikaskuntza
www.eusko-ikaskuntza.org/es/euskoshop/heraldica
GENERAL RESOURCES
International links and webpages related to genealogy.
Genealogy programs and software
www.genealogia-es.com/enlazsof.html
Surname navigator
www.surnamenavigator.org
Heraldry and Genealogy Dictionary by García Carraffa
www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/geneal/index_gc.html
Search for ancestors in familysearch.com
www.familysearch.com
American Family Immigration History Center (Ellis Island)
www.ellisislandrecords.org
Geneanet, genelagogy database online in French
www.geneanet.com
MyTrees.com
www.kindredkonnections.com
French surnames in Argentina (some are Basque)
www.apellidosfranceses.com.ar
Missing people researchers: professional genealogists
www.genealogypro.com/directories/missing-people.html
Social Security Death Index (USA)
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com
United States Cemetery Directory
www.interment.net/us/index.htm
Earliest recorded male settlers of Alta California (1769-1800)
http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index5F.htm
Colombian genealogies (Basque surnames in 'Novedades')
www.genealogiascolombianas.org
Hispanic Genealogy Ring
www.elanillo.com
Francogene.com: Le portail de la généalogie francophone
www.francogene.com/index.php?l=fr
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES BY COUNTRIES
Looking up for a surname in a telephone directory in your ancestors hometown you can locate people related to you.
Southern Basque Country (Telefónica de España)
www.paginasblancas.es
Yellow pages Southern Basque Country (QDQ)
http://www.qdq.com
White pages Northern Basque Country (French pagesjaunes)
www.pagesjaunes.fr
Another French telephone directory
www.annu.com/annu_gb/index_gb.html
White pages (Argentina)
www.paginasamarillas.com.ar/home_blancas.asp
White pages (Uruguay)
www.volt.com.uy/homepage/homepage.asp
White pages (Chile)
www.blancas.cl
White pages (Mexico)
www.seccionamarilla.com.mx/busqueda_nomdirtel.asp
White pages (USA)
www.whitepages.com
International white pages (several countries)
http://c.asselin.free.fr/french/paginas_amarillas.htm#pbinter
AnyWho Online Directory
www.anywho.com