Private family site

Antezana.com

A private family archive and history project for the Antezana family.

What lives here

Behind the member login, this site holds our interactive family tree, a growing archive of photographs and documents, and recorded oral histories from our elders. Members can view everything and contribute their own.

Family tree

An interactive tree connecting our branches across generations and borders.

Photos & documents

Photographs, letters, immigration papers, and records, organized and searchable.

Oral histories

Video and audio interviews with our relatives, in their own words.

All family content is visible to approved members only.

The Antezana name

Historic arms of the Antezana lineage of Álava

The name comes from the village of Antezana, in the municipality of Foronda near Vitoria, in Álava, Basque Country. From there the lineage spread through Castile and, centuries later, reached Bolivia, the country with more Antezanas than any other.

In 1483, Luis de Antezana and Isabel de Guzmán founded the Hospital de Antezana in Alcalá de Henares. It operates to this day as an elder-care residence and is considered the oldest working hospital in Europe. San Ignacio de Loyola lived and worked there in 1526.

Coats of arms belong to specific family lines, not to everyone who shares a surname. We show these arms as history.

Are you family?

Membership is by approval. Tell us who you are and how you connect to the Antezana family, and an administrator will review your request.

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Questions?

Write to the site administrators at rick@antezana.com.