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Duplicate copies of all civil records are made in separate books. Copies of surviving records and duplicates from the municipality archive are sent to the Arquivo Geral dos Tribunais in the federal district and to the judicial or state archives in the various states. | Duplicate copies of all civil records are made in separate books. Copies of surviving records and duplicates from the municipality archive are sent to the Arquivo Geral dos Tribunais in the federal district and to the judicial or state archives in the various states. | ||
Birth, marriage, and death records may be found by contacting or visiting local civil registration offices or district and state civil archives in Brazil. The present location of records depends on whether the local office has sent its records to the higher jurisdiction. Most recent records will be found in the local civil registry offices. Older records may be found in the municipality, district archive, or state archive. | |||
Civil registration records in Brazil can be obtained by writing to the local civil registry in the municipality. Civil officials will generally answer correspondence in Portuguese. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to state archives. | |||
After deciding who has jurisdiction over the records for the time period you need, write a brief request to the proper office. Write a brief request in Portuguese to the proper office using this address as guide replacing the information in parentheses:<br> | |||
:'''Cartório de Registro Civil''' | |||
:'''([http://postalcode.globefeed.com/Brazil_Postal_Code.asp postal code]), (city), (state)''' | |||
:'''BRASIL'''<br><br> | |||
*[http://postalcode.globefeed.com/Brazil_Postal_Code.asp '''Find the Brazilian postal code here.'''] | |||
== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||