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Names in the register

given name only

10 archival units in this register name given name only. 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.

ReferenceArchiveDate
AHN, Inquisición, 137, Exp. 3Archivo Histórico Nacional
AHN, Inquisición, 137, Exp. 4Archivo Histórico Nacional
AHN, Inquisición, 137, Exp. 5Archivo Histórico Nacional1485
AHN, Inquisición, 1930, Exp. 23Archivo Histórico Nacional1930
AHN, Inquisición, 5311, Exp. 25Archivo Histórico Nacional1502
PT/TT/TSO/IC/025/10676Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo1600
PT/TT/TSO/IE/010/646Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
PT/TT/TSO/IL/028/03161Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
PT/TT/TSO/IL/028/05738Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 12, 29Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid1488

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.