Names in the register
Malamea
3 archival units in this register name Malamea. 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 148506, 41 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1485 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 148906, 191 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1489 |
| AGS, RGS, LEG 149007, 70 | Archivo General de Simancas | 1490 |
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.