318,531
edits
Spain Church Records: Difference between revisions
m
→Parish Records
(added church records) |
m (→Parish Records) |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
Parish records are the most common Church record used in family history and genealogical research. Spanish Catholic parish records were recorded by local parish priests, however, most of the records (older than 100 years) have been centralized into the diocesan archive to which the parish belongs. Parish records include the following: | Parish records are the most common Church record used in family history and genealogical research. Spanish Catholic parish records were recorded by local parish priests, however, most of the records (older than 100 years) have been centralized into the diocesan archive to which the parish belongs. Parish records include the following: | ||
===Information Content=== | |||
To learn more about each type of record, click on the name of the record type to be led to another article about that record type. | |||
====[[Spain Baptisms|Baptisms]]==== | |||
Baptism records usually contain the following information: | |||
Infant’s place and date of baptism | |||
Age at time of baptism, usually given in days, which helps determine the birth date. | |||
Child’s names | |||
Status of legitimacy | |||
Parents’ names and possibly their birth places and places of residence | |||
Godparents’ names and possibly their places of residence | |||
You might also find the names of grandparents | |||
====[[Spain Confirmations|Confirmations]]=== | |||
These are sometimes recorded in the parish baptism book, but sometimes they are recorded in their own book(s). | |||
====[[Spain Marriages|Marriages]]==== | |||
Marriage blessings (velaciones) are sometimes are found separately. | |||
====[[Spain Deaths|Deaths or Burials]]==== | |||
=== Diocesan Records === | === Diocesan Records === | ||