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Guide to '''Cape Verde ancestry, family history, and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | Guide to '''Cape Verde ancestry, family history, and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | ||
{{Cape Verde-sidebar}}<div style="width: 74%; float: right;"> | {{Cape Verde-sidebar}}<div style="width: 74%; float: right;"> | ||
== Getting started with Cape Verde research == | |||
[[Image:Flag of Cape Verde.png|right|200px|Flag of Cape Verde.png]] Cape Verde was probably discovered in 1456 by Luigi da Cadamosto, who at that time was in service to Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (Henrique o Navegador); the islands showed no signs of any previous human settlement. In 1462, São Tiago was the first island to receive settlers. Plantation agriculture was established by the Portuguese community and worked by African slaves, who were brought in from the adjacent Guinea coast. [http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Cape-Verde-HISTORY.html Read more...] | |||
[[Image:Flag of Cape Verde.png|right|200px]] | |||
Cape Verde was probably discovered in 1456 by Luigi da Cadamosto, who at that time was in service to Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (Henrique o Navegador); the islands showed no signs of any previous human settlement. In 1462, São Tiago was the first island to receive settlers. Plantation agriculture was established by the Portuguese community and worked by African slaves, who were brought in from the adjacent Guinea coast. [http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Cape-Verde-HISTORY.html Read more...] | |||
== Did you know? == | == Did you know? == | ||
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*[http://www.looking4kin.com/group/cape-verde-genealogy Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Cape Verde] | *[http://www.looking4kin.com/group/cape-verde-genealogy Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Cape Verde] | ||
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[[Category:Countries_in_Africa]] [[Category:Countries]] [[Category:Cape_Verde]] | [[Category:Countries_in_Africa]] [[Category:Countries]] [[Category:Cape_Verde]] | ||