Names in the register
Benveniste
3 archival units in this register name Benveniste. 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 148410, 109 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1484 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149303, 276 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1493 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149510, 200 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1495 |
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.