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Bonnín

Isabel Bonnín was the wife of Rafael Valls, the man burned alive in 1691 after swearing by the God of Israel. She was tried with him, and their three sons were reconciled at the first auto-da-fé. The surname appears in many files from the 1678–1691 trials.

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Stories with the Bonnín surname

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Around 1681

Moixina's love letter

Moixina wrote Margarita Ana Piña a letter proposing marriage, argued with Bible verses. Her answer had nothing to do with faith.

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17Garau, 1691
7 March 1691

The cage and the green candle

The first auto-da-fé was held at Santo Domingo. Each prisoner walked a railed corridor, the «alley of bitterness», to a hanging cage where the sentence was read.

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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.

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