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

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes military records or quintas (1700-1900), hospital death records (1749-1834) and foster home records (1700-1900) from the Granada Province, 1592 to 1900. The records were originally housed in the Archivo de la Diputación de Granada, in Granada, Spain.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Spanish. For help reading these records see the following guides:
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2

If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:
 * Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Military
 * Name and age of draftee
 * Date and location of enlistment
 * Date and place of birth
 * Literacy and occupation
 * Origin, including name of parish, city/town, and province
 * Parents' names
 * Civil status and religion
 * Complete physical description

Hospital
 * Name, age and gender of patient
 * Civil status of patient
 * Names of the patient's parents
 * Parents' age, residence and origin
 * Name of the spouse (if married)
 * Observations (notes) of doctor
 * If the patient died, date and place of death/burial

Foster home
 * Date and time of arrival at orphanage
 * Name, age and gender of the child/orphan
 * Name of parish where baptized
 * Sometimes, a birth place is given

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What Do I Do Next?

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 * If no birthplace is indicated, begin your search for a birth/baptismal record in the town where he/she claims residence
 * Use the civil/marital status to determine whether a marriage record exists, then use the name of the spouse (if given) and the residence to begin your search for a marriage record
 * Where an orphan/foundling was baptized is a clue to where the child was born. If possible, find the birth, marriage, and death record of the individual, for, sometimes, one or both of the parents of that child will claim him/her later on in life, and the marriage and death record would indicate that

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 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct
 * Search using the parents' names, spouse's name, or children's names
 * Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Spain.
 * Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies

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 * Collection Citation:"España, Provincia de Granada, registros varios, 1592-1900." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Archivo de la Diputación de Granada (Granada Province Historical Archives, Granada).