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