Names in the register
Abulafia
3 archival units in this register name Abulafia. 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 148011, 167 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1480 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 148911, 277 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1489 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 148912, 232 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1489 |
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. Why the surname is not the evidence.