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 *Poderes = Power of attorney<br>
-====Wills (''Testamentos'')====
+==== Wills (''Testamentos'') ====
+Testaments are notarial records of estate distribution at the death of the testator. They can help to establish family groups and connect to older generations.
-Research use: Helps establish family groups and connect to older generations.
+Notarial practice is rooted in the Roman heritage of Spanish civilization.  Notaries have validated legal documents for centuries on the Iberian peninsula.  Wills were kept by public notaries as differentiated from royal, criminal, or ecclesiastical notaries.  In 1609 notarial records became public records and were no longer the private possession of the notary.  The notarial law of 1862 required that they be preserved indefinitely.
-Record type: Notarial record of estate distribution at the death of the testator.
+Records exist from 1609 to the present. Generally they contain the name of testator, residence, names of family members and other relations and their relationship to the testator and may identify up to 40% of the population. Records are housed at the provincial historical archives (legal repository for notarial records more than a 100 years old), district and local notarial archives and offices.
-General: Notarial practice is rooted in the Roman heritage of Spanish civilization.  Notaries have validated legal documents for centuries on the Iberian peninsula.  Wills were kept by public notaries as differentiated from royal, criminal, or ecclesiastical notaries.  In 1609 notarial records became public records and were no longer the private possession of the notary.  The notarial law of 1862 required that they be preserved indefinitely.
-Time period: 1609-present.
-Contents: Name of testator, residence, names of family members and other relations and their relationship to the testator.
-Location: Provincial historical archives (legal repository for notarial records more than a 100 years old), district and local notarial archives and offices.
-Population coverage: 40% of the population.
-Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Spain,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1999.</ref>
 == Where to Find Them? <br> ==