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Anuário católico de Portugal: 1988-1990. By Portugal Secretariado de Informação Religiosa. Lisboa, Portugal: Secretariado Geral do Epsicopado, 1989. FS Catalog book 946.9 K24a; At various libraries (WorldCat)

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The Catholic church kept all records of birth, marriage, and death in Portugal until 1878, and continued to record these events for members of their church until 1911.

All parish records were moved to District and National archives in 1911. Although the majority of these records have been digitized, few have been indexed. Thus, researchers need to know the name of the parish their ancestors attended in order to locate baptism, marriage, and burial records. This can be done through a church directory.

Church directories list all of the parishes in a given area. Once the name of the parish nearest an ancestor's town of origin has been located, the records for that church can be searched at the corresponding district archive.

A church directory lists dioceses, parishes, and possibly ministers. They can provide information such as

Parish address.
Addresses for church officials.
Lists of church jurisdictions and headquarters.
Chronological lists of principal church officials.
Addresses of church schools or other institutions.

Once the parish has been located, refer to Portugal Church Records for information on accessing and reading the parish records.

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-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From the dark ages until the middle of the 1500s, the parish priests registered births, marriages and deaths, but only for the royalty and nobility.&nbsp; In 1563, the Council of Trent was convened by the Catholic Church to consider some of the reforms started by Martin Luther.&nbsp; One of the public notices of this counsel was that from then on, the parish priests were going to register the events of birth, marriages and deaths for all.&nbsp; About seven per cent of the parishes in Portugal had already started maintaining the vital records of the peasants, some as early as 1520.
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+<div class="online_records_button">[[Portugal Online Genealogy Records]]</div>
+<div class="community_button">[https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/75-familysearch-portugal Ask the FamilySearch Community]</div>
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-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1910, one revolution rejected the royal family, abolished all the nobility titles, wrote a constitution, and approved new laws.&nbsp; The result of this revolution was that all of the documents with vital information that were previously recorded and maintained by the Catholic Church were given to the government.&nbsp; Some of those records are now in the Lisbon National Archives, called "Torre do Tombo."&nbsp; Some are in archives that were established in each district and some, sadly, got lost in that transference.
+=== Online Resources ===
+*[http://www.conferenciaepiscopal.pt/v1/dioceses/ Províncias Eclesiásticas e Dioceses] at Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa
+*[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/PT.htm Catholic Church in Portuguese Republic] at GCatholic.org
+*{{FSC|763210|title-id|disp=Inventário Colectivo dos Registos Paroquiais}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
+*''Anuário católico de Portugal: 1988-1990.'' By Portugal Secretariado de Informação Religiosa. Lisboa, Portugal: Secretariado Geral do Epsicopado, 1989. {{FSC|119152|item|disp=FS Catalog book 946.9 K24a}}; {{WorldCat|865820541|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December, 1993, the national archive printed one book in two volumes under the title of ''Collected Inventory of Parish Records ''(Family History Library book 946.9A31) relating each parish and which of its records were in the national archive and which ones were in the district archives.
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of these original records in the national archives and varied district archives were microfilmed and are listed in the catalog of the Family History Library.
+=== Portugal Church Directories ===
+The Catholic church kept all records of birth, marriage, and death in Portugal until 1878, and continued to record these events for members of their church until 1911.
+All parish records were moved to District and National archives in 1911. Although the majority of these records have been digitized, few have been indexed. Thus, researchers need to know the name of the parish their ancestors attended in order to locate baptism, marriage, and burial records. This can be done through a church directory.
+Church directories list all of the parishes in a given area. Once the name of the parish nearest an ancestor's town of origin has been located, the records for that church can be searched at the corresponding district archive.
+A church directory lists dioceses, parishes, and possibly ministers. They can provide information such as
+*Parish address.
+*Addresses for church officials.
+*Lists of church jurisdictions and headquarters.
+*Chronological lists of principal church officials.
+*Addresses of church schools or other institutions.
+Once the parish has been located, refer to [[Portugal Church Records|Portugal Church Records]] for information on accessing and reading the parish records.
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+[[pt:Portugal, Diretórios da Igreja]]