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Portalegre, Portugal
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Location of Portalegre, Portugal
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Record Description
Record Type:	Civil Registration and Miscellaneous
Collection years:	1816-1935
Languages:	Portuguese
Title in the Language:	Portugal, Portalegre, Registro Civil e Outros Registros Vários
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Portugal Genealogical Record
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Portalegre District Archives

What is in This Collection?

These miscellaneous records from the years 1816-1935 are housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Portalegre and the Arquivo da Câmara Municipal de Elvas, Portugal. This collection includes civil registration records of birth, legitimization, marriage, and death, passports registers, testaments, and deaths records from the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Portalegre.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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Reading These Records

These records are in Portuguese. For help reading them see:

• Portuguese Genealogical Word List
• Portuguese Letter-writing Guide

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Portugal, Portalegre, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1816-1935.

Collection Content

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth records

• Child’s name
• Birth date
• Child’s gender and race
• Birthplace
• Parents’ names

Marriage

• Date and place of marriage
• Full name and age of groom
• Full name and age of bride
• Witnesses

Death

• Name of deceased
• Date and place of death
• Age or date of birth of deceased

Passport

• Name of person traveling
• Age or date of birth
• Place of origin
• Residence
• Occupation

How Do I Search This Collection?

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

• Name of the person
• Approximate date of the event

Search the Index

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View the Images

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How Do I Analyze the Results?

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

• Add any new information to your records
• Make sure to fully transcribe and cite the record entry for future reference
• Use the information to find more. For instance, use the age listed in the record to estimate a year of birth, if that is yet undetermined
• Compile information for every person who has the same surname as your ancestor; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
• Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church records
• Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent

I Can’t Find The Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

• Check for variant spellings of the names
• Portugal’s emigration rate is one of the highest in the world. Check Portugal Emigration and Immigration for more information
• Look for an index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume. In addition, local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records
• Search the records of nearby localities (or military unties, counties, parishes, etc.)

Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in Portugal.

• Portugal Record Finder
• Portugal Research Tips and Strategies

Other FamilySearch Collections

These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Historical Records

• Portugal, Civil Records, 1437-2023
• Portugal, Aveiro, Civil Registration, 1911-1915
• Portugal, Beja, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1609-1950
• Portugal, Coimbra, Civil Registration, 1893-1980
• Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1554-1938
• Portugal, Faro, Civil Registration, 1880-1920
• Portugal, Portalegre, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1816-1935
• Portugal, Setúbal, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1649-1936

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