Thank you, Danny, Manny, Paige, Chris and Armando for introducing me to Dropbox. I’ve created a folder "Juan Montañez Testament" and scanned my 2003 transcription of his 1648 testament. An archivist read from the original while I wrote in pencil in a small 6 x 9.5 spiral notebook. There were gaps and missing portions. Look at page four. You can see a small sketch that gives you an idea of the deteriorated condition of the document. There are twelve pages of my transcription. Some of these files are .pdf and others are .jpg. The scanner did this automatically.

I first saw the will on 4 July 1996 and reported on it in the SHHAR Genealogical Journal Vol. IV 1998 compiled by Ophelia Marquez and me. A copy of that research paper is also included in this link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8c743np18qj1oa5/AABKfo6y64THKEKu9NduSZ1La?dl…

Regards,
Mary Lou Montagna