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Record Finder Table for Brazil[edit | edit source]

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Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

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Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Birth date and place	Church Records Civil Registration	Emigration and Immigration
Marriage place and date	Church Records Civil Registration	Notarial Records Census
Death date, place, and burial	Church Records Civil Registration	Notarial Records

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

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Maiden name	Church Records Civil Registration	Census
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Emigration and Immigration Probate Genealogy
Living relatives	Genealogies Societies	Directories Biography

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

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Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration	Census Biography Naturalization and Citizenship
Country and town of origin	Emigration and Immigration Civil Registration Church Records	Schools Military Records

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

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Residence	Census	Notarial Records Biography

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

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Nobility	Nobility	Periodicals
Occupation	Church Records Civil Registration	Census
Religion	Church Records Civil Registration	History
Social activities	Social Life and Customs Societies	History Biography
Physical description	Military Records	Emigration and Immigration

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary	Portuguese Genealogical Word List
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Naming patterns	Naming patterns
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States of Brazil[edit | edit source]

The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each state of Brazil, including links to actual records.

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-Many of Brazil's records are kept at the state and local level and may include&nbsp;civil registrations, censuses, inventories and wills, land records, notarial records, and military records to name a few. States are also divided into counties, and the cities and towns 'municipios' are in the counties, it is possible that a city, especially the larger ones such as Recife and São Paulo , may have a number of counties in them since a state like São Paulo can have over 200 counties.
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-| [[Brazil Census|Census]], [[Brazil Biography|Biography]], Naturalization and Citizenship
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-| Newspapers, [[Brazil Biography|Biography]], [[Brazil Court Records|Court Records]]
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-| Maiden names
-| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
-| [[Brazil Minorities|Cemeteries]], [[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
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-| [[Brazil Census|Census]], Directories
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-| Parents, children, and other family members
-| [[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
-| [[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Brazil Census|Census]], [[Brazil Probate Records|Probate]], [[Brazil Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
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-| [[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
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-| [[Brazil Census|Census]], [[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
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