Names in the register
Cohen
3 archival units in this register name Cohen. 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 148709, 236 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1487 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149005, 163 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1490 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149105, 21 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1491 |
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.