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== Types of Records == | == Types of Records == | ||
The following information may be found in these records: | |||
=== Baptisms (''Batismos'')=== | === Baptisms (''Batismos'')=== | ||
Catholic tradition dictates that baptism is essential to salvation. Because of this, infants were usually baptized soon after their birth. | Catholic tradition dictates that baptism is essential to salvation. Because of this, infants were usually baptized soon after their birth. | ||
* Child's name | * Child's name | ||
* Father's name | * Father's name | ||
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*Grandparent's names and residences | *Grandparent's names and residences | ||
*Witnesses' residences | *Witnesses' residences | ||
=== Marriages (''Casamentos'')=== | === Marriages (''Casamentos'')=== | ||
Couples usually married in the bride’s parish. Catholic parish register marriage records usually contain: | Couples usually married in the bride’s parish. Catholic parish register marriage records usually contain: | ||
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*Profession of groom and bride | *Profession of groom and bride | ||
*Age of groom and bride | *Age of groom and bride | ||
=== Marriage Proceedings (''Processos de Casamento'') === | === Marriage Proceedings (''Processos de Casamento'') === | ||
Marriage proceedings were pre-nuptial documentation compiled by potential partners and provided to church authorities in order to qualify for marriage. They can be used to augment marriage records and possibly provide additional biographical information on the potential bride or groom. | Marriage proceedings were pre-nuptial documentation compiled by potential partners and provided to church authorities in order to qualify for marriage. They can be used to augment marriage records and possibly provide additional biographical information on the potential bride or groom. | ||
*Name of bride and groom | *Name of bride and groom | ||
*Name of parents | *Name of parents | ||
*Birthdates and birthplaces of bride and groom | *Birthdates and birthplaces of bride and groom | ||
*Any former marriages | *Any former marriages | ||
Because of record loss, these records are more likely to be found in nineteenth and twentieth-century research. | Because of record loss, these records are more likely to be found in nineteenth and twentieth-century research. | ||
=== Marriage Dispensations (''Dispensação'') === | === Marriage Dispensations (''Dispensação'') === | ||
When an impediment was discovered for a couple who wished to marry, a bishop's dispensation was required in order for the couple to wed within the Catholic church. Impediments included child marriage, inability to consummate the relationship, a previous marriage, abduction, marriage to a non-Catholic, being closely related by blood (consanguinity), or being closely related by marriage (affinity). | When an impediment was discovered for a couple who wished to marry, a bishop's dispensation was required in order for the couple to wed within the Catholic church. Impediments included child marriage, inability to consummate the relationship, a previous marriage, abduction, marriage to a non-Catholic, being closely related by blood (consanguinity), or being closely related by marriage (affinity). | ||
Unlike birth, marriage, and death records, marriage dispensations are kept at Diocesan archives, and most have not been digitized. | Unlike birth, marriage, and death records, marriage dispensations are kept at Diocesan archives, and most have not been digitized. | ||
*Names of potential bride and groom | *Names of potential bride and groom | ||
*Residences of potential bride and groom | *Residences of potential bride and groom | ||
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*(Occasionally) Names of parents | *(Occasionally) Names of parents | ||
*(Occasionally) Charts, graphs, or documents showing relationship between potential bride and groom | *(Occasionally) Charts, graphs, or documents showing relationship between potential bride and groom | ||
=== '''Legitimation (''Legitimações'')''' === | |||
Legitimations establish a legal relationship between parents and children who were born out of wedlock. This usually took place after the parents were married, or if they were not married, when the father legally recognized a child as his heir. | |||
*Name of child | |||
*Date of birth | |||
*Place of birth | |||
*Date of parent's marriage | |||
*Date of legitimization | |||
*Date of court-ordered legitimization | |||
=== Burials (''Obitos'') === | |||
A burial usually took place in the deceased’s parish a few days after the death. | |||
* Burial date | |||
*Death date | |||
* Name of the deceased. | |||
*Name of spouse, if married at time of death | |||
*Names of parents if deceased is a minor | |||
*Age | |||
*Sex | |||
After the mid-1850s | |||
*Parish of residence of deceased | |||
*Residence of parents or spouse of deceased | |||
*Occasionally, names of grandparents of deceased | |||
Burial registers may mention infant children who were not baptized, including stillbirths. | |||
=== Wills (''Testamentos'') === | === Wills (''Testamentos'') === | ||
Record of the estate distribution at the death of the testator.<br> | Record of the estate distribution at the death of the testator.<br> | ||
*Name of testator | *Name of testator | ||
*Residence of testator | *Residence of testator | ||