In the 19th century, Gabriel Fuster and Ignasi Forteza were thrown out of a ball at the Palma Casino purely because of their surnames. They took the case to court and won what became known as the «Cartagena lawsuit». Fuster is also a common surname across Catalonia and Valencia with no Chueta connection.
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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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