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Marriage of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal to María Teresa Alfaro in Barrax, 1812

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000

The document is a parish register of marriages performed in the church of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in the town of Barrax. The specific case is the marriage performed on 21 February 1812 between Juan Álvarez Mendizával and María Teresa Alfaro. The parents of both are mentioned; in her case, her mother was in charge of giving consent for the marriage to take place; in his case, it was the Real Justicia de la Gineta. The study of this documentary typology is fundamental for the reconstruction of the social past of the families, their origins, trajectories and life cycles.

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First sheet of the register of inhabitants of the parish of Santiago de Toledo in 1769.

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000

Since the Council of Trent (1545-1563), the local churches had been keeping a register of the sacraments (baptism, marriage and burial), as well as a control of parishioners’ registration in each parish: the Libros de Matrícula (Registration Books). In the absence of reliable registers in the pre-census period, the Libros de Matrícula, mainly at the beginning of the modern period, provided the most exhaustive control of the population. In them, with variable information, the head of the family, the members of the household, their age and even the specific address of the house could appear. With the passage of time, the civil authority would deepen the systems of human control in order to establish greater fiscal supervision to increase the Treasury, and new ways of counting the population were established: the systematic censuses and censuses of the 19th century.

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Baptism of the Marquis of Molins in 1812

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000

The document presented is the baptismal register of Mariano de las Mercedes José Roca de Togores, better known as the Marquis of Molins. In the register, the priest of Chinchilla, Paulino Molino, receives authorisation from the priest of the church of San Juan Bautista in Albacete to perform the baptism of Mariano. In the record he records the importance of the baptism by mentioning the parents: Luis Roca de Togores y Rosel, Count of Pinohermoso, Lord of Benejuzar, born in Orihuela; and María Francisca de Paula Carrasco, Countess of Villarreal and Lady of Pozo Rubio. It also refers to both maternal and paternal grandparents, as well as the most important witnesses attending the ceremony. All this information was compiled in the Baptismal Books of the parishes, making it possible to establish genealogies and recreate the life trajectories of the individuals.

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Death of Melchor de Macanaz in Hellín, 1760

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Parish registers are a fundamental source for establishing the life trajectories and genealogies of individuals. Baptism, marriage and death are key stages in the life cycle that are catalogued in the parish registers. In this case, the document refers to the death of Melchor de Macanaz, illustrious literary figure and public prosecutor of the Council of Castile during the reign of Philip V. Thanks to the register, we know that he died in the Albacete town of Hellín on 5 December 1760, the widower of María Maximiliana.

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