Spanish Records Extraction Manual

Spanish Language Tutorials

This extraction manual was first published in 1981 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It provides instruction, examples, and practice exercises for mastering skills in reading and translating Spanish genealogical documents.

For additional instruction, practice, and language helps, see also:

• The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial
• Spain Handwriting
• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Spanish Letter Writing Guide

Chapter 1: Old Spanish Records

• Introduction

Chapter 2: Christening, Marriage, and Other Entries

• Section 1 - Christening Entries
• Section 2 - Marriage Entries
• Section 3 - Other Entries

Chapter 3: Spanish Handwriting and Spelling

• Section 1 - Easily Confused Letters
• Section 2 - Elements of Spanish Handwriting Style
• Section 3 - Variations in Word Spelling

Chapter 4: Name Identification

• Section 1 - Identifying Names
• Section 2 - Deciphering Personal Names
• Section 3 - Distinguishing between Given Names and Surnames

Chapter 5: Gender

• Section 1 - Sex Determiners

Chapter 6: Dates

• Section 1 - Months, Days, Years
• Section 2 - Variations in Dates

Chapter 7: Putting It All Into Practice

• Section 1
• Section 2
• Section 3
• Section 4
• Section 5
• Section 6 - Answers

Glossary

• Section 1 - Spanish and Latin Terms
• Section 2 - Christening and Marriage Entry Phrases

Appendices

• Appendix A1 - Given Names
• Appendix A2 - Common Surnames
• Appendix B - Common Abbreviations
• Appendix C - Common Occupations
• Appendix D - Racial Designations
• Appendix E - Titles and Descriptive Terms