Mike,   I am not sure of the actual translation, but we analyze the word and think...I believe it's much a Notary Public.  I know it was Colonial times, but even then there were Officials who would do these services.  Remember Cuba was colonized by Spain.  So "de Reino" would be refering to El Reino de España.  Notario well you know what that means.  Now who in fact was a notary in those times we don't know.  Here in the US anyone can be a Notary, but in most countries (including Cuba) you have to be an Attorney or Judge to be Notary.    I was able to find the 1862 Laws of being a Notary in Spain. http://www.jurisweb.com/legislacion/civil/Ley%20del%20Notariado.htm    If you don't mind me asking why do you want to know?  Are you trying to translate a document or have you found old family papers which state those words?  If the paper you have is from 1862 and so on then these laws would apply.    I hope this helped.  If you want to discuss it further it would be no problem for me. t, 11/1/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: CUBA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 212 To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 3:00 AM Today's Topics: 1. Notario de Reino (gonzalez mike) 2. Re: Notario de Reino (Ona Casta ? eda) 3. Re: Notario de Reino (Alfonso VALLE-GARAY) 4. Re: Notario de Reino (Alfonso VALLE-GARAY) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:07:05 +0000 (GMT) From: gonzalez mike <[email protected]> Subject: [CUBA] Notario de Reino To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hola a todos, ?? sabe alguien que queria decir, en el contexto colonial cubano del Siglo 19, "notario del reino"? (termino en ingles?) ?? gracias, Mike Gonzalez en Long Island, NY ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:55:33 -0700 From: Ona Casta ? eda <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CUBA] Notario de Reino To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <C5312F55.3FED%[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Mike: Notario mayor del reino : Minister of Justice Notario del Reino: Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General Ona Casta?eda, in Roseville, CA On 10/31/08 8:07 PM, "gonzalez mike" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hola a todos, ?? sabe alguien que queria decir, en el contexto colonial > cubano del Siglo 19, "notario del reino"? (termino en ingles?) ?? gracias, > Mike Gonzalez en Long Island, NY > ========================================== To reply to a message from the > surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not > directly to the list. ~~~~~~ Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de > pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a > la > lista. ========================================== ---------------------------- > --- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 01:05:32 -0400 From: "Alfonso VALLE-GARAY" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CUBA] Notario de Reino To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Considering that at the times there was not such thing as the "cuban colonial context", the meaning of the phrase (spanish, at worst) notario del rey, meant "escribano" a sort of Registrar appointed to the service of the King. (Escribanos wrote accounts of doings, accounts of everything that happened in the Colonies, including births, deaths, promotions. grants of lands, appointments by the provincial governors, etc. They wrote their Actas (documents) in 5 copies, and these were distributed to the differente Archives. 1 to de Archives of Indies, 1 to the Vice-Roy, 1 to the Province, 1 to the "interested parties" and 1 (sometimes, remained in the book of the notary: "anotador". Saludos, Alfonso ----- Original Message ----- From: gonzalez mike<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:07 PM Subject: [CUBA] Notario de Reino Hola a todos, sabe alguien que queria decir, en el contexto colonial cubano del Siglo 19, "notario del reino"? (termino en ingles?) gracias, Mike Gonzalez en Long Island, NY ========================================== To reply to a message from the surname Bulletin Board you must post your answer on the Bulletin Board and not directly to the list. ~~~~~~ Para contestar un mensaje del tablero de pesquisas es necesario que conteste por medio del tablero y no directamente a la lista. ========================================== ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 01:15:50 -0400 From: "Alfonso VALLE-GARAY" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CUBA] Notario de Reino To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I beg to differ, because I have never heard of any one in the Spanish hierarchys been called the "Anotador Mayor del Reino" or any such phrase. Notario del Reino, does not have the actual connotation of Attorney General or District Attorney, which are actually connotations within the American System of Justice. Much more different that the use in colonial times, and nothing to do with " the cuban colonial context", inasmuch as in those time Cuba was not colonizing anyone, but was instead colonized. But, I stand to be corrected. Best regards. Alfonso ----- Original Message ----- From: Ona Casta?eda<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [CUBA] Notario de Reino Mike: Notario mayor del reino : Minister of Justice Notario del Reino: Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General Ona Casta?eda, in Roseville, CA On 10/31/08 8:07 PM, "gonzalez mike" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hola a todos, sabe alguien que queria decir, en el contexto colonial > cubano del Siglo 19, "notario del reino"? 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