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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How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Check the image the index was taken from to see if there is additional information
 * Make sure to fully transcribe and cite the record entry for future reference; see the section Citing This Collection for assistance. Save or print a copy of the image
 * Use the information to find more. For instance, use the age listed in the record to estimate a year of birth, if that is yet undetermined
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each spouse to find a couple's birth records and parents' names
 * Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions
 * Or your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or Spain Emigration and Immigration
 * New information is constantly being indexed, microfilmed or updated. Periodically check back to see if your ancestor’s records have been added.  You can see if the area you’ve been looking in has been recently updated by going to Historical Records Collections.  Watch for an asterisk for recently added or updated records
 * Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name. Click here for a list of Spanish name abbreviations

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

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.