Spain, Province of Granada, Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Record
España, Granada, Varios Documentos

Record Description
This collection includes records from 1592 to 1900.

This collection includes military records or quintas (1700-1900), hospital death records (1749-1834) and foster home records (1700-1900). The records were originally housed in the Archivo de la Diputación de Granada, in Granada, Spain.

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Record Content
These military records may contain the following information:


 * Name of draftee
 * Date of birth
 * Place of birth
 * Age of draftee
 * Parents’ names

These hospital records may contain the following information:


 * Name of the patient
 * Gender
 * Names of the parents
 * Name of the spouse (if married)
 * If the patient died, date and place of death/burial

These foster home records may contain the following information:


 * Name of the orphan
 * Sex
 * Age
 * Birth place

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Related Websites

 * Spanish Genealogy
 * Europe Ancestry
 * Looking 4 Kin Genealogy

Related Wiki Articles

 * Spain Catholic Church Records
 * Spain

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Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
“Spain, Granada, Miscellaneous Records, 1592-1900,” images, FamilySearch (https://ds.familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25006-482-73?cc=2046761&amp;wc=MM97-GWG:n642190098: accessed 5 September, 2012), Quintas, 1922, Legajo 424-3; image 54 of 144 images, Antonio Pania Gonzales, 1922; citing Town Hall, Motril, Granada, Spain.