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The Inquisition^[1] was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. The christian subjects, i.e. baptized Catholics, were under its jurisdiction.

The objective of this page is to gather information about the existent Inquisition archival records that are useful for genealogical research.

The Inquisition records are a very important source for genealogy. In a process, of the early modern Inquisition (e.g Portuguese Inquisition), the defendants had to testify about their genealogy (parents, grand parents uncles/aunts, cousins, brothers), there is information about the accused, his or her whereabouts, assets, social relations, etc.

The records about the agents of the Inquisition are also a very rich source for genealogy. Because of the statutes of "purity of blood" (in Portuguese "limpeza de sangue" or in Castilian "limpieza de sangre") the New-Christians could not be agents (in Portuguese "Familiares do Santo Ofício"), held some government posts, belong to honorific orders, or even to enroll at an University. For this reason, to be recognized as a "Familiar do Santo Ofício" (Inquisition Agent) was a highly regard objective and honor for the upper classes and to someone that was searching for some social mobility. Before someone be admitted as an agent ("familiar") the Inquisition did a thoroughly research about his ancestor and conduct. Interviewed several witness from his and his parents hometown, in the records we can sometimes find genealogical trees or transcriptions of birth records that otherwise are lost.

Contents 1 Medieval Inquisition 2 Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834)[2] 2.1 Inquisition courts in Castile, Aragon, Naples 2.2 Mexico Inquisition (1569 - 1820)[3] 2.3 Lima Inquisition (1569 - 1820)[4] 2.4 Cartagena das Indias (1610 - 1821) 3 Portuguese Inquisition (1536-1821)[5] 3.1 Coimbra Inquisition 3.2 Évora Inquisition 3.3 Lisbon Inquisition 3.4 Goa Inquisition (1560-1812)[6] 3.5 Other courts (1536-1548) 3.5.1 Lamego 3.5.2 Porto 3.5.3 Tomar 4 Roman Inquisition (1542-)[9] 5 Notes about categorization 5.1 Experiments with personal categories 5.2 Attributes 5.3 For an eventual sticker proposal 6 Sources

Medieval Inquisition

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Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834)^[2]

Inquisition courts in Castile, Aragon, Naples

• Sevilla (1482)
• Toledo (1485)
• Llerena (1485)
• Valladolid (1488)
• Murcia (1488)
• Cuenca (1489)
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1505)
• Logroño (1512)
• Granada (1526)
• Santiago de Compostela (1574)
• Zaragossa (1482)
• Valencia (1482)
• Barcelona (1484)
• Mallorca (1488)
• Palermo, Sicilia (1513)
• Sardinia (1513)

Mexico Inquisition (1569 - 1820)^[3]

Lima Inquisition (1569 - 1820)^[4]

Cartagena das Indias (1610 - 1821)

Portuguese Inquisition (1536-1821)^[5]

All the documentation produced by the Portuguese Inquisition is kept at the national archives in Lisbon (Arquivo National da Torre do Tombo).

Documentation available (Reference code): PT/TT/TSO)

• Inquisition agents - qualification records (Ministros e Familiares Diligências de Habilitação): PT/TT/TSO-CG/A/008-002

These records are digitized. The title of the record is the name of the applicant with the prefix "Diligência de habilitação".

There is an incomplete index of these records at the site Repositório Histórico - Diligências de Habilitação do Santo Ofício It contains besides the name of the applicant, the parents, grand parents and spouses.

Coimbra Inquisition

Documentation available at Torre do Tombo Archives (Reference code: PT/TT/TSO-IC )

• Processes: PT/TT/TSO-IC/025

Évora Inquisition

Documentation available at Torre do Tombo Archives (Reference code: PT/TT/TSO-IE)

• Processes: PT/TT/TSO-IE/021

Lisbon Inquisition

The records are digitized and available online.

Documentation available at Torre do Tombo Archives (Reference code: PT/TT/TSO-IL )

• prosecuting attorney (cadernos do Promotor 1541-1802): PT/TT/TSO-IL/030
• Processes: PT/TT/TSO-IL/028

Goa Inquisition (1560-1812)^[6]

Around 16,000 persons were charged. Most of the Goa Inquisition's records are lost The burnt of the documents was proposed by count of Sarzedas, the Viceroy of Portuguese India and accepted by the prince regent. A small part, the mail received from Inquisition general council (Concelho Geral) was sent to Rio de Janeiro (at that time was the seat of Portuguese court). There are also copies of some processes that were sent to Lisbon when the court was active, and a list containing information about the processes tried in the first 62 years of the court.

• A database of Goa Inquisition processes of 3444 processes (1561-1623)^[7]

The database contains 8130 names, with several atributes like gender, parents, place of birth, spouse. It transcribes the information of a manuscript written by João Delgado Figueira, an Inquisition prosecuting attorney ("promotor"), available at Biblioteca Nacional, titled:

"Reportorio geral de tres mil oito centos processos, que sam todos os despachados neste sancto Officio de Goa & mais partes da India, do anno de Mil & quinhentos & secenta & huum, que começou o dito sancto Officio atè o anno de Mil & seiscentos & e vinte & tres, com a lista dos Inquisitores que tem sido nelle, & dos autos públicos da Fee, que se tem celebrado na dita Cidade de Goa"^[8]

It was build by a 4 persons team, lead by Bruno Feitler.

Other courts (1536-1548)

Lamego

Porto

Documentation available at Torre do Tombo Archives (Reference code: PT/TT/TSO-IP)

• Processes: PT/TT/TSO-IP/002

Tomar

Roman Inquisition (1542-)^[9]

The "Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition" was established in 1542, in 1910 was renamed as "Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office", and in 1965 as "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith".

Notes about categorization

There are no categories or stickers related to the Inquisition.

Experiments with personal categories

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Inquisition]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Portuguese Inquisition]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Portuguese Inquisition Agent-familiar do Santo Ofício]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Coimbra Inquisition]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Lisbon Inquisition]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Évora Inquisition]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Goa Inquisition]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Spanish Inquisition]]]

[[Category:Anonymous-2977 Roman Inquisition]]]

Attributes

Parameter	Description	Values
Inquisition		Portuguese, Roman, Spanish
Court		Coimbra, Évora, Lisbon, Barcelona, Cuenca, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Llerena, Logroño, Mallorca, Murcia, Palermo, Santiago de Compostela, Sardinia, Sevilla, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragossa, MISSING ROMAN COURTS
Social_status		New-Christian, Old-Christian, 1/2 New-Chirstian, 1/4 New-Christian, 1/8 New-Christian
Crime		Judaism, heresy, apostasy, bigamy, solicitation, sodomy, witchcraft, Islamism, protestantism, heretical propositions, offenses against the Holy Office
Arrest_Date
Presented_Date
Sentence
Release_Date
Auto-da-Fé_Date

For an eventual sticker proposal

Parameter	Usage	Type	Description	Values
Inquisition	Required	Text		Portuguese, Roman, Spanish
Court	Required	Text		Coimbra, Évora, Lisbon, Barcelona, Cuenca, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Llerena, Logroño, Mallorca, Murcia, Palermo, Santiago de Compostela, Sardinia, Sevilla, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Zaragossa, MISSING ROMAN COURTS
Social_status	Optional	Text		New-Christian, Old-Christian, 1/2 New-Chirstian, 1/4 New-Christian, 1/8 New-Christian
Crime	Required	Text		Judaism, heresy, apostasy, bigamy, solicitation, sodomy, witchcraft, Islamism, protestantism, heretical propositions, offenses against the Holy Office

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Inquisition
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Spanish Inquisition
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Mexican Inquisition
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Peruvian Inquisition
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Portuguese Inquisition
6. ↑ Wikipedia: Goa Inquisition
7. ↑ “Reportorio Uma Base de Dados dos Processos da Inquisição de Goa (1561-1623).” http://www.i-m.mx/reportorio/reportorio/base.html. Accessed 31 Oct. 2022.
8. ↑ "Reportorio geral de tres mil oito centos processos, que sam todos os despachados neste sancto Officio de Goa & mais partes da India, do anno de Mil & quinhentos & secenta & huum, que começou o dito sancto Officio atè o anno de Mil & seiscentos & e vinte & tres, com a lista dos Inquisitores que tem sido nelle, & dos autos públicos da Fee, que se tem celebrado na dita Cidade de Goa". Códice 302. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal. https://catalogo.bnportugal.gov.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=bn&uri=full=3100024~!816401~!0. Accessed 31 Oct. 2022.
9. ↑ Wikipedia: Roman Inquisition