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The Local Government of the City of Cartagena this morning approved an agreement with various entities for restoration, study and digitization of notarial Cartagena sixteenth century.
Specifically it is an agreement with the Autonomous Community, the University of Murcia and the Chamber of Notaries of Murcia.
The agreement was promoted by the General Archive of the Region of Murcia, current custodian of these documents, more than a century of antiquity.
Cartagena district there are about 1,416 volumes for the years 1558-1858. Protocols of the sixteenth century, the most ancient and interesting, are generally in poor condition and some at risk of irreversible degradation.
As explained sources Cartagena Municipal Archives of the notarial importance for social and economic history of our city is extraordinary.
In fact it is the most valuable source for such studies, because at that time all kinds of economic transactions and personal and family issues were recorded ..
The agreement now offered would solve, at once, all the problems and difficulties affecting these documents: firstly slow down spoilage and ensure their conservation, both physically and so refers to the information they contain, and that a copy would be in Cartagena Municipal Archive, and moreover allow systematic study and eventually would put within the reach of anyone interested in inquiry.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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