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Search for VILANOVA and MARSAL, Spain

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Re: Search for VILANOVA and MARSAL, Spain

Posted: 28 Dec 2006 12:59AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Marsal, Vilanova
The “Marsal” surname is properly spelt “Marçal” (c cedilla) in Catalan. This language, however, was banned in Spain in 1707 in Valencia (Eastern Spain) and in 1716 in Catalonia (Northeastern Spain), so by the time you mention your ancestors were married, particularly in official documents, Marsal will be the norm. Their birth registers may, however, be in the correct spelling, and any earlier records may be as Marçal, so try looking that up too.
Also remember that convention here rules that children inherit both parents’ surnames, with the father’s first, and the mother’s second. Thus, Esteve (in Catalan) or Esteban (in Spanish) would have the surnames Vilanova Marsal (or Marçal) in that order in birth, or rather christening records.
However, just to make things a bit more fun, wives would adopt their husbands’ surnames, with their fathers’ second. So don’t think, as I did at first when researching christening records, that I was finding that only cousins were marrying.
Good luck!
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Ruben_Nazario 10 Aug 2000 9:49AM GMT 
ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ 27 Aug 2000 5:19PM GMT 
Ruben 31 Aug 2000 2:00PM GMT 
tnazarios 8 Jul 2006 12:45PM GMT 
YuriBCN 28 Dec 2006 7:59AM GMT 
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