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Burial - Alcaraz, Spain - 1766


Below is an example of a parish burial record. This example is from the city of Alcaraz, which is located in the province of Albacete, Spain.

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León MembrillaEn la Yg.a Parrochial del S.r S.nLeón MembrillaIn the parish church of Mister Saint
PobreIg.o Martir de esta Ciu.d deAlcarazPoor   Ignatius Martir of this town of Alcaraz,
en siete dias del mes de Julio de mil3
on the seventh day of the month of July of the year, one thousand
setecientos sesenta, y seis fue sepulta-4seven hundred and sixty-six, was buried

 
do Leon de edad de once años, aviendo
 
León, of eleven years of age, having

 
recivido los S.tos Sacram.tos de Peniten= 
received the Holy Sacraments of Penitence,

 
cia eucharistia, y extremauncion, y 
Eucharist, and last rites, and

 
no testado por Hijo de familia, y Pobre8 
not [having] testated because he was under parental authority, and for being

 
de solemnidad Hijo lexitimo de Miguel9 
extremely poor. Legitimate son of Miguel

 
Membrilla, y Xaviera Sanchez Parro=10 
Membrilla and Javiera Sánchez, parish-

 
chianos de dha Ig.a y para que conste11 
ioners of the said church. And in witness thereof,
 lo firme=12 I signed it.
Dn Joseph Marz13Don Joseph Martinez

Diocese of Albacete, Alcaraz, San Ignacio, Spain, Catholic Church Records 1504-1979, Defunciones 1766-1802; FamilySearch.org/Microfilm # 004048504, Digital Image 814 of 981.

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