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5 eras · 1128–2026 · 1 places

Southern Galicia — Ponteareas, O Porriño, Nigrán and Baiona

Ponteareas, O Porriño, Nigrán, Baiona, Mondariz. 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
1128–1230 Kingdom of León and Galicia no registers survive

Before registers. Portugal separated from Galicia in 1128 (the Battle of São Mamede).
1230–1715 Kingdom of Galicia — Crown of Castile PARES · FamilySearch

Ferdinand III's accession in 1230 brought Galicia under the Crown of Castile. Ferdinand I of Portugal was a rival claimant in 1369. Galicia is dated as administered within the Crown of Castile from 1490 to 1715.
1715–1833 Kingdom of Galicia — Crown of Spain PARES · FamilySearch

Galicia was under Napoleonic occupation from January to July 1809. The kingdom is dated as dissolved in 1833 or 1834 depending on the passage.
1833–1871 Spain — Pontevedra province PARES · FamilySearch

Ponteareas, O Porriño, Nigrán and Baiona are municipalities of the province of Pontevedra today.
1871–2026 Spain — civil registration PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Spanish civil registration began in 1871, although some municipalities have records from 1837; the records are kept in each municipality's archive.

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.

See the whole span, 1128–2026, on the map →

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.

1 places on this ground

47 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

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