Spain, Valencia, Miscellaneous Records, 1251-1950

What is in This Collection?

The “Diputación de Valencia” is an institution composed of senators and other politicians, and is at the service of the provincial municipalities. This collection includes several types of records, which are housed at the Diputación Provincial de Valencia Archive. The original records are kept at the Archivo de la Diputación Provincial de Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. These records are the property of the Diputación de Valencia, ADPV.

Most of the types of records in this collection were created to record the historical events in the life of the people. Events were recorded in registers, which were to be kept for the history of civilians and for civilians’ and governmental benefits. This collection includes various types of records, such as military drafts, censuses, and other miscellaneous records for the years 1251-1950 from the Valencia province in Spain. Each is reliable depending on the reliability of the person supplying the information and the person creating the record.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Brigham Young University: Spanish Script Tutorial

FamilySearch Learning Center:

• Reading Spanish Handwriting
• Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction
• Registros Civiles y Parroquiales (In Spanish)

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Spain, Province of Valencia, Miscellaneous Records, 1251-1950.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Military draft and enlistment Name and age of soldier Occupation Date and place of birth Literacy Parents’ names

Census Name of head of the household Names of every person living in the house Relationship to the head of the household of every person in the household Age Occupation Residence Nationality or place of origin Parents Parish of baptism Municipality Event year

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1916 Military Draft Record

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  Census Record