Template:Spain Adoption Records

Europe Spain

Orphan registers (Registros niños expositos)
Research use: Provides unique information on adoption that has an important bearing on determining lineage.

Record type: Record of orphan adoptions.

General: Kept by orphan asylums.

Time period: 1700-1900.

Contents: Date of admission and birthplace of the child, the date of adoption and the names of the adoptive parents. Information on payments made to the adoptive parents.

Location: Provincial historical archives.

Population coverage: Less than 1 percent.

Reliability: High.