Church Records Collapsed by Spanish Nationality Requests

A surge in requests for Spanish nationality, driven by the 2022 Law of Democratic Memory, has overwhelmed Catalan diocesan archives. Over 13,000 requests for baptismal records from Spanish emigrants in the 19th century have flooded the archives. Archivers are struggling to manage the requests due to missing information and suspected fraud.

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