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, and is now available for download in PDF format from the BYU Department of History and the Center for Family History and Genealogy.

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
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 * 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 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ ​​​