Complation of Colonial Spanish Terms and Document Related Phrases

Compiled and edited by Ophelia Marquez and Lillian Ramos Navarro Wold
Published by SHHAR PRESS, 1998 (Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research)

This pamphlet has been compiled in response to the need for a handy, lightweight dictionary of Colonial terms to use while reading documents. This is a supplement to the first edition with additional words and phrases included. Refer to pages 57 and 58 for the most commonly used phrases in baptismal, marriage, burial and testament documents.

In your hands you hold the results of an exhaustive search and compilation of historical terms of Hispanic researchers. Sensing the need, Ophelia Marquez and Lillian Ramos Wold scanned hundreds of books and glossaries looking for the most correct interpretation of words, titles, and phrases which they encountered in their researching activities. Many times words had several meanings. No attempt was made to identify the document reference for each word, tile or phrase; however, the primary sources are listed in the bibliography.