Names in the register
Fernández
6 archival units in this register name Fernández. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AHN, Inquisición, 156, Exp. 2 | Archivo Histórico Nacional | — |
| AHN, Inquisición, 1930, Exp. 1 | Archivo Histórico Nacional | — |
| AHN, Inquisición, 1930, Exp. 10 | Archivo Histórico Nacional | 1497 |
| AHN, Inquisición, 1930, Exp. 13 | Archivo Histórico Nacional | — |
| AHN, Inquisición, 1930, Exp. 16 | Archivo Histórico Nacional | — |
| AHN, Inquisición, 1930, Exp. 29 | Archivo Histórico Nacional | 1497 |
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.