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| Civil cemetery records generally begin after 1840.
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| In São Paulo the first cemeteries of Consolação and Santo Amaro date from 1856. Some minority churches had their own cemeteries, including:
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| *'''Gamboa''', an early English cemetery in Rio de Janeiro that was established in 1810.
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| *'''São Francisco Xavier in Rio de Janeiro''', a cemetery for other nationalities that was established in 1840.
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| *'''São João Batista''', a cemetery established in Rio de Janeiro in 1852 for other nationalities.
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| *'''Cemitério dos Protestantes''' (Cemeteries of the Protestants) in São Paulo that was established in 1858.
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| *'''Cemitério da Vila Formosa''' in São Paulo is the largest cemetery in Latin America, that is, everything south of the contiguous 48 states of the United States. Located in the east of the city, it was started in 1949 and presently has over 1.5 million burials, with around 300 more taking place each month.
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| *The Lutheran cemetery in Nova Friburgo that was established in 1824.
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| Besides cemeteries, consult newspapers and other publications in the cities where the death occurred.
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| == Online Records == | | == Online Records == |
| *[http://www.interment.net/brazil/index.htm Brazil Cemeteries by State] at [http://www.interment.net/ Internment.net] Limited collection | | *[http://www.interment.net/brazil/index.htm Brazil Cemeteries by State] at [http://www.interment.net/ Internment.net] Limited collection |