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5 eras · 812–2026 · 2 places

Baix Empordà coast — Palafrugell, Palamós and Platja d'Aro

Palafrugell, Palamós, Castell-Platja d'Aro. 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
812–1325 County of Empúries no registers survive

Before registers. The County of Empúries is dated 812 (Ermenguer's separate county forms about 813); it was merged with the County of Roussillon from 817 until 989 and its dynasty ended in 1322. It corresponds to the historic comarca of Empordà.
1325–1402 County of Empúries — Crown of Aragon PARES · FamilySearch

Hugh VI sold the county to Peter IV of Ribagorza in 1325 and it became an apanage of the Crown of Aragon in 1341.
1402–1716 Principality of Catalonia PARES · FamilySearch

The county is listed as annexed into the Principality of Catalonia in 1402; Empúries escheated to the crown between 1410 and 1436.
1716–1871 Spain — Catalonia after the Nueva Planta PARES · FamilySearch

The Nueva Planta decree for Catalonia was dispatched on 16 January 1716; the Generalitat, General Court and Consell de Cent were abolished.
1871–2026 Spain — civil registration; Baix Empordà comarca PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Spanish civil registration began in 1871, although some municipalities have records from 1837. The Empordà was divided into Alt Empordà and Baix Empordà in the comarcal division of 1936.

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.

2 places on this ground

47 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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