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[[Category:Record Finder]]The table below can help you decide which records to search.  
[[Category:Record Finder]]The table below can help you decide which records to search.  


Step 1. '''In column 1''' select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?


Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
:&gt; Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library. <br><br>
Step 3. '''In column 3''' find additional record types that may be useful.
:&gt; Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.<br><br>
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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| Ages
| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Brazil Census|Census]], [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| Birth dates  
| Birth dates  
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| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Schools, [[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Schools, [[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
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| Customs
| [[Brazil Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
| [[Brazil History|History]], [[Brazil Minorities|Minorities]]
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| Deaths  
| Deaths  
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| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]  
| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]  
| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Brazil Societies|Societies]]
| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Brazil Societies|Societies]]
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| Historical backgrounds
| [[Brazil History|History]]
| [[Brazil Societies|Gazetteers]], [[Brazil Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| Immigration dates  
| Immigration dates  
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| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Brazil Census|Census]]
| [[Brazil Census|Census]]
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| Municipal origins and boundaries
| [[Brazil Societies|Gazetteer]], [[Brazil Maps|Maps]]
| [[Brazil History|History]]
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| Occupations  
| Occupations  
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| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
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| Place-finding aids
| [[Brazil Societies|Gazetteers]]
| [[Brazil Maps|Maps]], [[Brazil History|History]]
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| Places of residence  
| Places of residence  
| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]  
| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]  
| [[Brazil Census|Census]], [[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
| [[Brazil Census|Census]], [[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
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| Previous research
| [[Brazil Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| [[Brazil Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Brazil Biography|Biography]], [[Brazil Societies|Societies]], [[Brazil Nobility|Nobility]]
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| Religions  
| Religions  

Revision as of 21:22, 26 January 2021

Brazil Wiki Topics
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The table below can help you decide which records to search.


Birth dates Civil Registration, Church Records Emigration and Immigration
Cities or parishes of foreign birth Civil Registration, Church Records Emigration and Immigration, Schools, Military Records
Deaths Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Newspapers
Ethnicity Civil Registration, Church Records Emigration and Immigration, Societies
Immigration dates Emigration and Immigration Census, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship
Living relatives Directories Newspapers, Biography, Court Records
Maiden names Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Military Records
Marriages Civil Registration, Church Records Census
Occupations Civil Registration, Church Records Census, Directories
Parents, children, and other family members Civil Registration, Church Records Emigration and Immigration, Census, Probate, Genealogy
Physical descriptions Emigration and Immigration Military Records
Places of residence Civil Registration, Church Records Census, Biography
Religions Church Records History
Social activities Social Life and Customs

Biography, History, Genealogy