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| == Notarial Records (''Registros de Catório'') == | | ===Wills (''Testamentos'')=== |
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| Notarial records refer to all records created by an area's notary. These include wills, land records, powers of attorney, marriage and death inventories, marriage contracts, and testimonies prepared for a court trial. Notarial records can provide a wealth of information about an individual's relationships and possessions, and can be used as substitute records in areas where civil and church records have been destroyed.
| | Research use: Helps establish family relationships and connect the more current to ancestral generations. |
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| Although the position of notaries existed in Portugal since the thirteenth century, the office was institutionalized in the fourteenth century. Originally called ''tabelião'', the title changed to ''notário'' in 1900.
| | Record type: Notarial record of estate distribution at the death of the testator. |
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| There are three main types of notaries.
| | General: Notarial practice is rooted in the Roman heritage of Portuguese civilization. Notaries have validated legal documents for centuries on the Iberian peninsula. |
| *Public notaries (''Tabeliães de Notas''/''Cartório Notarial'') authenticated wills, codices, inventories, contracts, and transactions.
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| *Ecclesiastic notaries (''Tabeliães/ eclesiásticos'') authenticated wills for members of the Catholic church.
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| *Court notaries (''Tabeliães de Audiências'') served various functions within the court system.<ref>"História Institucional," in ''Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta'', http://www.amap.com.pt/page/83. Visited 19 June 2017.</ref>
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| For the purpose of genealogy, public notaries recorded the most relevant information.<br>
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| == Online Records ==
| | Time period: 1700-present. |
| In certain cases, wills (testamentos) were recorded by the Catholic Priest, and the records were transferred to district archives. Some of these records have been digitized. *{{RecordSearch|1928598|Portugal, Aveiro, Testaments, 1900-1936}} at FamilySearch.
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| *{{RecordSearch|1928597|Portugal, Coimbra, Testaments, 1801-1935}} at FamilySearch.
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| == Types of Records ==
| | Contents: Name of testator, residence, names of family members and other relations and their relationship to the testator. |
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| | Location: District archives (legal repository for notarial records more than 30 years old), district and local notarial archives and offices. |
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| === Wills (''Testamentos'') ===
| | Population coverage: 40% of the population. |
| Record of the estate distribution at the death of the testator.<br>
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| *Name of testator
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| *Residence of testator
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| *Names of family members and their relationship to the testator
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| *Description of all personal and real estate of the testator<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Portugal,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref>
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| === Death Inventories (''Inventários da mortes'') ===
| | Reliability: Excellent.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Portugal,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref> |
| Record of the personal and real estate owned by the deceased individual.<br>
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| *Name of deceased
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| *Residences of deceased
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| *Description of all personal and real estate of the deceased
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| === Purchases and Sales (''Vendas e compras'') ===
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| Sales of real estate (land) and personal estate (movable goods).<br>
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| *Description of estate being sold<ref>"Compra Venda e Permuta," en ''Ordem Dos Notários Portugal'', http://www.notarios.pt/OrdemNotarios/PT/PrecisoNotario/CompraVenda. Visited 19 June 2017.</ref>
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| === Power of Attorneys (''Procuraçãos'') ===
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| Grants someone else the legal authority to act in onces behalf.<br>
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| *Names and residences of persons granting and being granted power of attorney<ref>"Procuraçãos," en ''Ordem Dos Notários Portugal'', http://www.notarios.pt/OrdemNotarios/PT/PrecisoNotario/Procuracoes/. Visited 19 June 2017.</ref>
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| == Notarial Archives ==
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| Most notarial records have not been digitized, and require on-site research to obtain. Consult the [[Portuguese Letter-writing Guide| Portuguese Letter Writing Guide]] for guidance on composing a letter or email asking for a record lookup or arranging for an archival visit.<br>
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| While some notarial records have been placed in district archives, many remain in notarial archives. Both archives should be consulted to find the notarial records pertaining to ones ancestors.
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| *[[Portugal Archives and Libraries#District Archives|District Archives of Portugal]] contains a list of the district archives, with contact information and links to the archive's catalog.
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| *[https://ordem.notarios.pt/OrdemNotarios/PT/PrecisoNotario/Antigos+Arquivos/ Order of Notaries, List of Ancient Archives] has a listing of ancient notarial archives, where the records are currently located, and contact information for the archive.<br>
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| Most notarial records are organized by the name of the notary who kept the record. This becomes complicated in towns and cities that contained multiple notaries, as an individual may have gone to several different notaries across the course of their lifetime.<br>
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| Many archives have create catalogs that identify the notaries in each area, alongside their years of service. These can be used to locate the names of all notaries who worked in the town where ones ancestor lived. Once the names of all the relevant notaries are located, their individual records can be searched for records pertaining to the ancestor.<br>
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| == Notarial Records at the FamilySearch Library ==
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| The FamilySearch Library has a select number of notarial records for Portugal.<br>
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| To access them, perform a subject search at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] for PORTUGAL - NOTARIAL.
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| == Wiki Articles Describing Online Collections ==
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| *[[Portugal, Aveiro Testament Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Portugal, Aveiro Testament Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
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| *[[Portugal, Coimbra Testaments - FamilySearch Historical Records|Portugal, Coimbra Testaments - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Portugal]] | | [[Category:Portugal]] |
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| [[pt:Portugal, Registros Notariais]]
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