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Tarongí

Catalina Tarongí and her brother Rafael Benet were burned alive on 6 May 1691 for refusing to recant. Six Tarongí siblings appeared at that same auto-da-fé, and their sister Francisca was tried after her death. A tradition links the surname to the Catalan Jewish lineage Gerondí («from Girona»).

Stories with the Tarongí surname

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March 1688

The night it rained

Several families from Palma's silversmiths' quarter decided to leave Majorca by night, on a ship arranged by Rafael Valls. It rained so hard the ship could not sail.

How to trace your branch

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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