Names in the register
Melo
2 archival units in this register name Melo. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PT/TT/TSO/IE/021/3652 | Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo | — |
| ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 284, 38 | Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid | 1513 |
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.