There are some problems with the index – where the author was unsure of spelling of names, a “?” is used beside the queried entry. There may be some transcription errors by the native English-speaking author interpreting Spanish. Similarly many names have been changed to the Spanish equivalent (Diego for David etc) at the time of entry; the author has resisted attempts to transcribe these back into the Welsh/English spelling. Also not all of the marriages in the time span 1865-1900 have been recorded, or properly recorded in some cases. This key explains how to interpret the index on names of brides and grooms in the Chubut Colony, and contains a wealth of information on families.
| Column 1 | Marriage id |
| Column 2 | Bride’s family name |
| Column 3 | Bride’s first names |
| Column 4 | Age of bride |
| Column 5 | Place – where the bride came from/ nationality/ property |
| Column 6 | Previous husband |
| Column 7 | Date of marriage |
| Column 8 | Groom’s family name |
| Column 9 | Groom’s first names |
| Column 10 | Age of groom |
| Column 11 | Place – where the groom came from/ nationality/ property |
| Column 12 | Previous wife |
| Column 13 | Groom’s father |
| Column 14 | Groom’s mother |
| Column 15 | Associated place – where the groom’s parents may have come from/ nationality/ property |
| Column 16 | Bride’s father |
| Column 17 | Bride’s mother |
| Column 18 | Associated place place – where the bride’s parents may have come from/ nationality/ property |
| Column 19 | Reference which is the volume and folio reference to the official registers in Rawson, (except the diary of R J Berwyn and the Vrondeg Church records, copies of which are held in the Gaiman Museum). The references are as follows:
ES = Esquel 1900 G = Gaiman 1890-1899 GA = 1900 GM = Gaiman 1878-1889 R = Rawson 1900 RA = Rawson 1889-1899 RAM = Rawson 1889-1899 RJB = 1865-1975 T = Trelew 1899, 1900 VC = Vrondeg Church records for 1881-1887 by William C Rhys, Baptist Minister. |