Isabel Aguiló died at the auto-da-fé of 6 May 1691, after the Marquis of Leganés pleaded in vain for her life. Quiteria Martí, widow of Bernardo Aguiló, was tried in the same wave, and Spain's National Historical Archive also holds the trial file of Francisca Aguiló. A tradition, without documentary proof, gives the family Levite origins.
The order to arrest Quiteria Martí was a printed form. Someone filled in her name and street by hand. Below it, instructions to charge her for her food.
They were children of Rafael José Tarongí and Francisca Tarongí. Six appeared at the auto-da-fé of 6 May. No two met the same fate.
Start with what your family has: baptism, marriage and death records of your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, including their second surnames (Spanish naming uses both parents' surnames).
With those details you can search the parish registers of Palma, above all Santa Eulàlia, the parish of the old Jewish quarter, and the Diocesan Archive of Majorca.
The trial records of the Majorcan Inquisition are held in Spain's National Historical Archive, and many can be viewed online through the PARES portal.
Carrying the surname does not prove descent; the chain of documents does. Tell us your story and we will point you in the right direction.
