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7 eras · 1235–2026 · 4 places

Ibiza and Formentera (the Pitiusas)

Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Sant Antoni de Portmany, Formentera. 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
1235–1349 Conquest of Ibiza — the Kingdom of Majorca (from 1276) no registers survive

Before registers. Ibiza fell in 1235; the Kingdom of Majorca created in 1276 included Ibiza and Formentera. It passed to the Crown of Aragon in 1344 or 1349 depending on the source.
1349–1715 Crown of Aragon — Kingdom of Majorca FamilySearch

The Kingdom of Majorca remained separate, with its own viceroy, until the Nueva Planta decree of 1715.
1715–1871 Kingdom of Spain — Nueva Planta (Balearic province from 1833) FamilySearch

The diocesan archive's index of sacramental books for Eivissa and Formentera says the books it does not list were destroyed in 1936; later ones are in the parishes. Listed baptism books begin in 1784 (Sant Antoni) and 1786 (Santa Agnès); for Sant Josep they begin only in 1888, and Formentera's Pilar parish lists baptisms from 1856 and deaths from 1784. Parish registers are the record until civil registration in 1871.
1871–1931 Kingdom of Spain PARES · FamilySearch

Civil registration begins in 1871 under the law of 17 June 1870, though some municipalities have records from as early as 1837. The registers stay in each municipality's local archive; certified copies come from the Ministerio de Justicia or the local Juzgado de Paz / Oficina del Registro Civil.
1931–1936 Second Spanish Republic PARES · FamilySearch

The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931.
1936–1975 Francoist Spain — the Nationalist zone, after a Republican interlude PARES · FamilySearch

Republican forces recaptured Ibiza early in the war and the Nationalists retook it in September 1936. Sources conflict on whether Formentera stayed loyal to the Republic. Under Franco's State.
1975–2026 Kingdom of Spain — Balearic Islands autonomous community PARES · FamilySearch

The islands gained self-government under their first Statute of Autonomy in 1983.

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.

4 places on this ground

47 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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