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The table below can help you decide which records to search.In column 1 find the goal you selected.In column 2 find the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need. Then turn to that section of this outline. (The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the topic headings used in this outline and in the “Locality Search” section of the Family History Library Catalog.)Column 3 contains additional records that may also be useful.Records containing previous research (genealogies [including family histories], biographies, histories, periodicals, and societies) could provide information for nearly all of the goals. These have been repeatedly listed if they are especially helpful for the goal.
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== Record Finder Table for Brazil ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
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 ==
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This Record Finder table links to the Brazil topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Ages
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Census, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Birth dates
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Brazil Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Cities or parishes of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Schools, Military Records
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | History, Minorities
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Deaths
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Newspapers
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Societies
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Census|Census]]
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Brazil Probate Records|Probate]]
*[[Brazil Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Historical backgrounds
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | History
*[[Brazil Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Periodicals
*[[Brazil Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Directories|Directories]]
*[[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Immigration dates
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Census, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Directories
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Court Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Census|Census]]
*[[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
*Naturalization and Citizenship
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | Maiden names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Military Records
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Schools
*[[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Marriages
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Census
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Municipal origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteer, Maps
*[[Brazil Census|Census]]
| align="left" | History
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Census, Directories
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Nobility|Nobility]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Census, Probate, Genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Physical descriptions
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Military Records
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers
*[[Brazil Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Maps, History
*[[Brazil Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Brazil Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| align="left" | Census, Biography
*[[Brazil Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil History|History]]
*[[Brazil Biography|Biography]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Genealogy
*[[Brazil Military Records|Military Records]]
| align="left" | Periodicals, Biography, Societies, Nobility
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Portuguese Genealogical Word List]]
 
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| align="left" | Religions
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Brazil Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
| align="left" | History
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
 
| align="left" | Biography, History, Genealogy
|}
 
==States of Brazil==
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|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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<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Acre, Brazil Genealogy|Acre]]</li>
    <li>[[Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy|Alagoas]]</li>
    <li>[[Amapa, Brazil Genealogy|Amapá]]</li>
    <li>[[Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy|Amazonas]]</li>
    <li>[[Bahia, Brazil Genealogy|Bahia]]</li>
    <li>[[Ceara, Brazil Genealogy|Ceará]]</li>
    <li>[[Distrito Federal, Brazil Genealogy|Distrito Federal Includes Brasília]]</li>
    <li>[[Espirito Santo, Brazil Genealogy|Espírito Santo]]</li>
    <li>[[Goias, Brazil Genealogy|Goiás]]</li>
    <li>[[Maranhao, Brazil Genealogy|Maranhão]]</li>
    <li>[[Mato Grosso, Brazil Genealogy|Mato Grosso]]</li>
    <li>[[Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Genealogy|Mato Grosso do Sul]]</li>
    <li>[[Minas Gerais, Brazil Genealogy|Minas Gerais]]</li>
    <li>[[Para, Brazil Genealogy|Para]]</li>
    <li>[[Paraiba, Brazil Genealogy|Paraiba]]</li>
    <li>[[Parana, Brazil Genealogy|Parana]]</li>
    <li>[[Pernambuco, Brazil Genealogy|Pernambuco]]</li>
    <li>[[Piaui, Brazil Genealogy|Piaui]]</li>
    <li>[[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Genealogy|Rio de Janeiro]]</li>
    <li>[[Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Genealogy|Rio Grande do Norte]]</li>
    <li>[[Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Genealogy|Rio Grande do Sul]]</li>
    <li>[[Rondonia, Brazil Genealogy|Rondonia]]</li>
    <li>[[Roraima, Brazil Genealogy|Roraima]]</li>
    <li>[[Santa Catarina, Brazil Genealogy|Santa Catarina]]</li>
    <li>[[São Paulo, Brazil Genealogy|São Paulo]] Includes the City</li>
    <li>[[Sergipe, Brazil Genealogy|Sergipe]]</li>
    <li>[[Tocantins, Brazil Genealogy|Tocantins]]</li>
</ul>
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[[Category:Brazil Research_Guidance]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Revision as of 15:37, 16 January 2008

The table below can help you decide which records to search.In column 1 find the goal you selected.In column 2 find the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need. Then turn to that section of this outline. (The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the topic headings used in this outline and in the “Locality Search” section of the Family History Library Catalog.)Column 3 contains additional records that may also be useful.Records containing previous research (genealogies [including family histories], biographies, histories, periodicals, and societies) could provide information for nearly all of the goals. These have been repeatedly listed if they are especially helpful for the goal.

1. If You Need 2. Look First In 3. Then Search
Ages Civil Registration, Church Records Census, Emigration and Immigration
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
Customs Social Life and Customs History, Minorities
Deaths Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Newspapers
Ethnicity Civil Registration, Church Records Emigration and Immigration, Societies
Historical backgrounds History Gazetteers, Periodicals
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
Municipal origins and boundaries Gazetteer, Maps History
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
Place-finding aids Gazetteers Maps, History
Places of residence Civil Registration, Church Records Census, Biography
Previous research Genealogy Periodicals, Biography, Societies, Nobility
Religions Church Records History
Social activities Social Life and Customs Biography, History, Genealogy
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