Ottawa Stake Family
History Center
May 26, 2007

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Council of Trent (1564) mandates that priests keep a records of all baptisms, marriages and deaths in the parish
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Until 1911 records are kept by the Church
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After 1911 all records become the responsibility of Civil registration
Offices
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Records are not indexed
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 Access
– Access to Portuguese vital records is not restricted.
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Current records can be obtained, by anyone, for a fee.
– Can be requested online
 Where from?
– Civil Registry Offices
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Records from 1912 until today
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National Archives and District Archives
• Records prior to 1911
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– Name, date and parish of birth and baptism, names of parents, grandparents and godparents and where they’re from
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– Name, date and parish of marriage, names and ages of bride and groom, names of parents and godparents and where they’re from.
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– Name, date and parish where death occurred, name and age of deceased, status, name of husband/wife if known, cause of death.
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 Archives
– Books with last record at least 90 years old
– You can check the records yourself
– About 80% available in microfilm
– It is faster if parish is known
– Photocopies provided at very low cost
 Civil Registry Offices
– Records from 1912 to today
– You have to request a certificate
– Expensive: about $25 per certificate
– You must know the parish and the year
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– http://www.portaldocidadao.pt/PORTAL/pt/certidoes_online/
– Need to provide:
 Name
 Date or at least year of birth, marriage, death
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Parish where it happened
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Parents names, if known
– Cost Eu$16.65 (about $25)
– Very fast turnaround
– Make sure you ask for a “cópia integral” (full copy) and in the comments ask for a photocopy of the record, otherwise the transcription will not include all data
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 Gene Web Roglo
– http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=en
 A database of 2 million persons. Contains trees from all over Europe. Many well known Portuguese genealogists contributed info.
 Braga District Archive
– http://www.adb.uminho.pt/index.htm
 Searchable database on the contents of 37,800 records of seminarians. Dates: 1620-1910. Name of person, parentage; where from and references to other processes.
 Porto District Archive
– http://www.adporto.org/
 In collaboration with the Genealogical society of Utah, making available online images of parish records.
 NEPS (University of Minho, Portugal)
– http://www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/index.html
 Several databases from various parishes in the north of Portugal. Not intuitive to use. Uses rolo software but leading pages are in Portuguese.
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 Portuguese National Archives (Torre do Tombo)
 http://www.iantt.pt/index.html
– All records pertaining to Portuguese royal house, title grants, inquisition, etc. Records date from the creation of Portugal, around 1128.
 Genea Portugal
 http://genealogia.netopia.pt/home/
– Portuguese genealogy site. Includes published trees, photos, and a forum. Cost: $30 per year
 Cindy’s List
 http://www.cyndislist.com/portugal.htm
– 148 links to excellent sites, mostly in English
 Portuguese Genealogist Masterlist
 http://www.dholmes.com/master-l.html
– People put their contact information and the names they are researching to find others doing the same
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 Associação Online de Autores de Genealogia em Portugês
– http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0437301501/gene/links.htm
 Excellent page of links for sites of genealogical importance for the Portuguese genealogist. Includes
English sites.
 Portuguese Mailing Lists on Rootsweb
– http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/PRT/
 Portugal, Madeira Exiles (Portuguese Presbyterian exiles from Madeira who emigrated to Trinidad and
Illinois), Azores, Azores-DNA, Portuguese-Nobility, and PRT-Madeira
 LusaWeb
– http://www.lusaweb.com/
 Very useful site, dedicated to Americans from Portuguese descent. Cost: US$25 per year. Cannot do much unless a member
 Short Portuguese Lessons
– http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/spl/
 From the University of Minho
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 Vital record kept by the Church, start in 1616
 Civil Registration starts in big cities around 1863
 After 1888 all records officially become the responsibility of Civil registration Offices ( Ofício do Registro Civil das Pessoas
Naturais)
 Records are not indexed
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Access to Brazilian vital records is not restricted.
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Current records can be obtained, by anyone, for a fee.
– Can be requested online
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– Family Search
• http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frame set_fhlc.asp
– Available for purchase online
• http://www.cartoriobrasileiro.com.br/
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– Name, date and parish of birth and baptism, names of parents, grandparents and godparents and where they’re from
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– Name, date and parish of marriage, names and ages of bride and groom, names of parents and godparents and where they’re from.
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– Name, date and parish where death occurred, name and age of deceased, status, name of husband/wife if known, cause of death.
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 Church records from 1616 to 1940’s
 Civil registration from 1863 to 2005
 Mostly in eastern states
 Not many records from the states in the interior (Amazonia, Acre, Mato Grosso, etc.)
 Available in microfilm from Family History
Library
– Births until about 1950’s
– Marriages until about 1960’s
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Deaths until 2005
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 Surname Navigator – Brazil
– http://www.kuijsten.de/navigator/brazil/
 Excellent link. Searches all of LDS databases from Brazil, Geneanet, Genforum Brazil, Rootsweb, and the
Brazilian White pages
 Projeto Imigrantes
– http://www.projetoimigrantes.com.br/
 Database with almost 3 million names of immigrants arrived since 1737. Expensive! R50. (about $27) for a listing of surname researched
 Cart ório Brasileiro
– http://www.cartoriobrasileiro.com.br/
 Online service for the request of birth, marriage, and death certificates. It uses electronic translation services. Costs vary depending on where is the certificate from. Between $30 and $40 per certificate.
 Payment via international money order.
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 Genealogias.org
– http://www.genealogias.org
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 Lots of useful info. Contains several databases and articles by Brazilian genealogists. Links to genealogical societies in Rio Grande do Sul and Paran á
 Brazil Genweb
– http://www.rootsweb.com/~brawgw
 Lbase with almost 3 million names of immigrants arrived since 1737
 Brazil Research Outline
– http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Guide=Brazil.asp
 From the Family History Library, a 37-page downloadable PDF document
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 Immigrant Ancestors Project
– http://immigrants.byu.edu/
– Sponsored by the Center for Family History and Genealogy at
Brigham Young University
– Uses emigration registers to locate information about the birthplaces of immigrants, usually not found in port registers and naturalization documents.
– Data transcribed by volunteers across the globe, available on the web
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– Conversion of microfilm images into digital images. Fully indexed.
– Depending on the laws of the country of origin, some images might be available on the web.
– Presently doing US, Canada, British Isles and
Wales.
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– In collaboration with the Genealogical Society of Utah, bringing into the web the images of parish records. Fully indexed.
– Expect to scan and make available on the web all the parish records in the Porto District (416 parishes)
– Already in progress. No completion date given.
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– Project to scan and make available on the web more than a million records of births or marriages, among others documents from
1459 until now .
 13,000 parish books of births, marriages, and deaths
 21,000 land and property documents, wills and probate records
– Project will cost 30,000 euros and is funded by the Portuguese
Ministry of Science and Technology.
– Expected completion by mid-2008
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