Welcome! This site is for
people who are interested in the genealogy of
the Seminarios and related families.
The Seminario surname originated with an Italian
family that moved to Spain in the 16th
century. One of their descendants, Martin
Seminario Gandino, was born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa,
Spain, and baptized in the church of Santa Maria
on February 7, 1646. He emigrated to Peru,
arriving around 1673. The families of
Martin's descendants grew rapidly during the
centuries that followed and lived mainly in the
region of Piura, Perú. Today, descendants
of the Seminario families live all over the
world, even in Jefferson, Georgia, USA.
The surnames Seminario, De Seminario and Del
Seminario are uncommon in Spain, Italy and
Perú. It is likely that all, or nearly
all, the Seminarios are descended from the same
root.
As an aid to studying our early ancestry, this
website contains information, documents and
images for 251 Seminario relatives who lived
between 480 and 1800. You can find
documents and available images for each person
using our
Search.
The lineages of these early ancestors are shown
in
Trees, which also
have links to information for each person.
The
Sources page
has reference materials in support of
genealogical research.
Our focus is the study and documentation of the
links between the Seminario family and the noble
families of Spain, Corsica, Italy and
Tawantinsuyu (the Inca Empire): the
families Yupanqui, Gonzaga, Colonna, Lecca,
Medici, Farfán de los Godos, Jofré, Manrique de
Lara, Pizarro, and others. Our
Nobility page
summarizes what we know about the links to
nobility, and what we are still trying to find
out.
Our
Articles page
contains reports on the status of our research
and related posts. If you are interested
in participating in our research projects, we
recommend the article
How
you can help.
We are also interested in exploring the ancestry
of the early Seminario spouses: the families
Mora, Valladolid, Prado, Canales, Navarrete, Del
Castillo, Rodriguez de Taboada, Tolosano,
Céspedes, Velasco, Jaime De Los Rios, Neyra,
Reinalte, Coronel, Saldivar, Valdivieso, Erique
and others.
Our point of departure for studying the early
ancestors is Manuel Joseph Seminario Saldivar,
who was born in Lima in 1706 and died in Piura
in 1794. He and his wife Isabel Jaime de
los Rios y Rodriguez de Taboada had 10
children. Cipriano Seminario Calderón, the
father of Manuel Joseph, had 11 children with
Isabel Saldivar Soto y Fernandez Coronel.
Most of the Seminarios of Peru can trace their
ancestry to one of these children.
If you are a Seminario descendant but do not
know if Cipriano is your ancestor, do a name
search on the Internet for the earliest ancestor
you know, and you may find a family tree that
will show your ancestry. If that does not
work, establish a free account on
Geneanet.
Then do your name search, and you will probably
find a page with your known ancestor's name and
his or her ancestry. As a last resort,
send me a question and I'll try to help.
My name is Bob Bordier, and I am the author and
administrator of the site. It exists in
both English and Spanish, though most Seminarios
are Spanish speakers. The reason is that I'm an
American and it's easier for me to write in
English and then translate into Spanish.
Please forgive my Spanish. It is
understandable but stiff and awkward. I
sincerely appreciate any "así no se dice"
messages.
If you have any questions or comments, or wish
to contribute some information to the site,
please email me at
bob@noblezaseminario.com. All of our
contributors are mentioned on the
Recognition page,
unless they prefer to remain anonymous.
I am not a Seminario. My wife is a
Seminario descendant. Her father's
surnames were Carranza Seminario. From the
day I first saw her in 1988, she struck me as
the most naturally noble person I've ever known,
though I knew nothing of her ancestry then.
I began to research the genealogy of both our
families in 2008 and became fascinated with the
history of the Seminarios. This site has
been created to share what I have learned and
encourage others to do the same. I hope it
is useful.