Names in the register
Abravanel
8 archival units in this register name Abravanel. That means a person of this name appears in the document — nothing more. Whether they are your ancestor, and whether they were Jewish or converso, is what the document itself has to answer.
| Reference | Archive | Date |
|---|---|---|
| AGS, RGS, LEG 148811, 216 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1488 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 148811, 46 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1488 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149102, 335 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1491 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149205, 251 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1492 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149206, 95 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1492 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149206, 96 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1492 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149206, 97 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1492 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149306, 218 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1493 |
There is no official list of Sephardic surnames, and there never was. The commonest names in Portuguese Inquisition trials are Rodrigues, Lopes and Fernandes — a fact about Portuguese demography, not about Jewish descent.