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5 eras · 1035–2026 · 17 places

Aragon — Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel

Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel, Calatayud. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
1035–1137 Kingdom of Aragon PARES · FamilySearch

The County of Aragon was linked to the Kingdom of Pamplona until 1035.
1137–1469 Crown of Aragon (union with the County of Barcelona) PARES · FamilySearch

The dynastic union with the County of Barcelona in 1137 gave rise to the Crown of Aragon.
1469–1707 Crown of Aragon after the marriage of Ferdinand II and Isabella I (1469) PARES · FamilySearch

The marriage of Ferdinand II and Isabella I in 1469 led to the union of the crowns.
1707–1833 Kingdom of Spain — Nueva Planta decrees abolish the fueros PARES · FamilySearch

The Nueva Planta decrees dated 1707 abolished the fueros; Aragon and Valencia are dated to 1707 or 1712 depending on the source.
1833–2026 Spain — provinces of Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel; autonomous community (1982) PARES · FamilySearch

The 1833 provincial division created the three provinces. The Statute of Autonomy dates from August 1982 (10 or 16 August depending on the source). The civil register law of 20 June 1870 took effect on 1 January 1871; earlier baptisms, marriages and burials are in parish books.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

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The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

17 places on this ground

47 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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