Peralta Family History
Peralta Name Meaning
Aragonese, Catalan, and Spanish: habitational name from any of the
places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre called Peralta, from Latin
petra alta ‘high rock’. This name is also established in Italy.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Peralta
Name Distribution of Peralta Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Peralta census records
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While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Peralta Family Origin
Peralta Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Peralta Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Peralta census records
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Military Service by Peralta
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