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Catalan
Society of Genealogy (*****) - Wide developed site that contains
information related to Catalan surnames. Moreover, it provides with not
only ideas to find sources of information, but also indications on how
to proceed to investigate the origin of a surname. Furthermore, people
from any country are able to send messages asking for their ancient Catalan
origins. Finally, it contains links to partner members and other interesting
sources. |
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Family
Search (****) - The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints gathers information from
international historical archives in order to facilitate researches of
your ancestors. It also advises on how to carry out a research as well
as the selection of potential sources of information. |
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Geneanet.org
(***) - It links with other
web – sites related to any particular surname from any country.
Though it contains a lot of information, it is easy to use. It is available
in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Portuguese and
Dutch. |
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Ancestry.com (***) - Do you wish to know if you have family links in the USA? |
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Catalan
Statistics Institute - Surnames (***) - Amongst
others, it provides information on the number of people from Catalonia
that hold a specific surname. Incredible though it may seem, did you know
that nowadays Garcia, Martinez and Lopez are the most common surnames
in Catalonia? |
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Infobel
(***) - It links to telephone
guides from any country. Bear in mind that English or French versions
of those guides are not available in some cases ... |
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Surnames.org
(***) - It specialises in
searching for the origins of surnames. It provides information of the
origin, meaning, history, genealogy, statistics, celebrities, and shields
... of 4276 Catalan surnames. |
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IF YOU WISH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CATALONIA |
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Tourism
of Catalonia (****) - It
provides useful information for whoever wishes to visit Catalonia, such
as tourism offices, cultural events agenda, weather forecast, updated
traffic data, lodging, ... Moreover, it links to the institutions responsible
for tourism promotion in Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona. |
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Ara
Lleida (***) - A virtual
insight into different attractive aspects of the area of Lleida (mountain
sports, rural tourism, culture, Romanesque, ...). Moreover, if you wish,
you will be sent a free brochure. LThe ‘Diputació de Lleida’ (a representative institution of Lleida) provides a site for each village. So as to get into it you have to access to http://(nameofvillage).ddl.net (ie http://verdu.ddl.net). |
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Cistercian
Route (**) - To know
more about the Cistercian monasteries of Catalonia and their neighbouring
villages. |
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Visit
to the Monastery of the Virgin Mary of Poblet (***) - An
interesting site that allows you to virtually visit most of the Monastery’
sections. It is available in Catalan and Spanish. |
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City
Hall of Cervera (****) - To
those who wish to know more about the village where Mr Arnaldi Orvig (1249),
the first documented Orobitg in Catalonia lived in. It contains a video
explaining the history of Cervera since its very beginnings. |
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A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ... |
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Globofiesta
- Specialised in providing services to decorate celebrations
by using globes and other materials. Do you joint us? |
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Formes
14 - Formes 14 is a commercial and play area offering modern
high quality furniture and home related complements. |
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www.orobitg.com
- It provides information related to Transme, a company from
Lleida specialised in transforming, developing and finishing parts made
of iron, aluminium and stainless steel. |
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'ARC
Cultura i Espectacles' - 'Promocions
Artístiques Orobitg' is a well – known company from
Cervera specialising in the provision of show and music companies |
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Joel
Orobitg - Pigtail
is a rock and blues music group from Andorra. It is lead by Joel Orobitg.
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Horowitz
Association - Horowitz is a wide world – widespread
Jewish family. In its web – site you will find further details on
its history. |
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