Cabo Verde Genealogy

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Cabo Verde

Guide to Cabo Verde ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Cabo Verde, formerly called, Cape Verde, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It was formerly a colony of Portugal. The official language is Portuguese.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Cabo Verde.

Jurisdictions

The nine inhabited islands of Cabo Verde are divided into two geographical groups, the Barlavento (windward) Islands (Boa Vista, Sal, Santa Luzia, Santo Antão, São Nicolau, and São Vicente) and the Sotavento (leeward) Islands (Brava, Fogo, Santiago, and Maio). Each of these islands is hosts one or more municipalities, plus towns and parishes; all but towns are as follows:

Barlavento Islands (island group)

Santo Antão (island) Ribeira Grande (municipality) Nossa Senhora do Rosário (parish) Nossa Senhora do Livramento (parish) Santo Crucifixo (parish) São Pedro Apóstolo (parish) Paul (municipality) Santo António das Pombas (parish) Porto Novo (municipality) São João Baptista (parish) Santo André (parish)

São Vicente and Santa Luzia (islands) São Vicente (municipality) Nossa Senhora da Luz (parish) São Nicolau (island) Ribeira Brava (municipality) Nossa Senhora da Lapa (parish) Nossa Senhora do Rosário (parish) Tarrafal de São Nicolau (municipality) São Francisco (parish)

Sal (island) Sal (municipality) Nossa Senhora das Dores (parish) Boa Vista (island) Boa Vista (municipality) Santa Isabel (parish) Sao João Baptista (parish)

Sotovento Islands (island group)

Brava (island) Brava (municipality) São João Baptista (parish) Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) Fogo (island) São Filipe (municipality) São Lourenço (parish) Nossa Senhora da Conceição (parish) Santa Catarina do Fogo (municipality) Santa Catarina do Fogo (parish) Mosteiros (municipality) Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (parish) Maio (island) Maio (municipality) Nossa Senhora da Luz (parish)

Santiago (island) Praia (municipality) Nossa Senhora da Graça (parish) São Domingos (municipality) Nossa Senhora da Luz (parish) São Nicolau Tolentino (parish) Santa Catarina (municipality) Santa Catarina (parish) São Salvador do Mundo (municipality) São Salvador do Mundo (parish) Santa Cruz (municipality) Santiago Maior (parish) São Lourenço dos Órgãos (municipality) São Lourenço dos Órgãos (parish) Ribeira Grande de Santiago (municipality) Santíssimo Nome de Jesus (parish) São João Baptista (parish) São Miguel (municipality) São Miguel Arcanjo (parish) Tarrafal (municipality) Santo Amaro Abade (parish)