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
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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 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ ​​​