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Effective family research requires some understanding of the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and the time he or she lived in. This information is particularly helpful if you choose to write a history of your family. Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each area and time period and are affected by the local customs and traditions.  
Effective family research requires some understanding of the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and the time he or she lived in. This information is particularly helpful if you choose to write a history of your family. Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each area and time period and are affected by the local customs and traditions.  


The Family History Library has collected a few sources that discuss a variety of subjects related to the social life and customs in Brazil. Following are some that might be helpful:
*Besselaar, J. J. von den. ''Brasilien: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit (Brazil: Claim and Actuality''). Wiesbaden: F. A. Brockhaus. {{FHL|981 H2bj}} This book, published in German, is a description and analysis of social, cultural, and economic life in Brazil.
*Torres Londoño, Fernando. ''El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial (The Concubinage and the Church in Colonial Brazil''). São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, 1988. {{FHL|981 H6t}} This book, written in Spanish, presents indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil.
Additional sources for social customs in three cities in Brazil include:
*Metcalf, Alida Christine. ''Families of Planters, Peasants, and Slaves: Strategies for Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil, 1720–1820''. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, c1983. {{FHL|981.61/S4 H6m}}
*Marques, Gabriel. ''Ruas e tradições de São Paulo: Uma história em cada rua (Streets and Traditions of São Paulo: A story in every street''). São Paulo: Conselho Estadual de Cultura, 1966. {{FHL|981.61/S1 H6m}}
*Silva, Maria Beatriz Nizza da. ''Cultura e Sociedade no Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821) (Culture and Society in Rio de Janeiro, 1808–1821''). São Paulo: Nacional, 1977. {{FHL|981.53/R1 H6s}}
Other books of this nature may help you in your research and help you understand your ancestor’s environment. Additional sources may be found in larger universities and libraries.


== Online Resouces ==
== Online Resouces ==
*[http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft3s2005k7&chunk.id=d0e2465&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=eschol Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Families of Planters]
*[http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft3s2005k7&chunk.id=d0e2465&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=eschol Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Families of Planters]
*[https://www.tota.world/culture/brazilian/#overview Brazilian Culture] - TOTA, gives general information about Brazilian Culture


<br> [[en:Brazil Social Life and Customs]][[pt:Brasil, Vida Social e Costumes]]  
===Publications===
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! Topic !! Time period !! Resource !! Locations Covered
|-
|Urban life
||1900s to 1920s|
|Bruce, George James. ''[https://www.tota.world/article/1484/ Brazil and the Brazilians].'' Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914.
||Brazil
|-
|History, colonization
||16th to 19th centuries
||Bell, Alured Gray. ''[https://www.tota.world/article/2711/ The Beautiful Rio de Janeiro]''. William Heinemann, 1914.
||Rio de Janeiro
|-
|Government, leadership, holidays, upper-class life
||1880s
||Andrews, C. C. ''[https://www.tota.world/article/2720/ Brazil: Its Condition and Prospects].'' D. Appleton and Company, 1887.
||Rio de Janeiro
|-
|Description and analysis of social, cultural and economic life in Brazil||||Besselaar, J. J. van den. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/7223?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Brasilien: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit'']. Wiesbaden, Germany: F.A. Brockhaus, 1970||Brazil
|-
|Indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil||||Londoño, Fernando Torres. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/657962?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial'']. São Paulo, Brazil : Universidade de São Paulo, CEDHAL, 1988||Brazil
|-
|History, Social life and customs||||Macedo, Roberto. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2369536?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Curiosidades cariocas'']. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Distribuidora Record, 1965||Brazil
|-
|Slavery and bondage, Social life and customs |||| Lara, Silvia Hunold. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/393806?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Escravidão'']. São Paulo, Brazil: Ed. ANPUH/Marco Zero, 1988||Brazil
|-
|History, religious history, Social life and customs||18th, 19th centuries||Guedes, Roberto; Fragoso, João; Ribeiro, Luís;  Graça, Filho; de Alencastro, Afonso. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3749030?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''História social em registros paroquiais : (Sul-Sudeste do Brasil, séculos XVIII-XIX)'']. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Mauad X, 2016||Brazil
|-
|Trade, potitics and government, social life and customs||Modern||Weil, Thomas E. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/83391?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Area handbook for Brazil'']. Washington, D.C.: Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1971||Brazil
|-
|Life and Customs of the People||1900||Carpenter, Frank George. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/south-america-social-industrial-and-political-a-twenty-five-thousand-mile-journey-in-search-of-information-in-the-isthmus-of-panama-and-the-lands-of-the-equator-colombia-ecuador-peru-boliva-chile-tierra-del-fuego-the-falklands-argentina-paraguay-uruguay-brazil-the-guianas-venezuela-and-the-orinoco-basin-the-resources-and-possibilities-of-the-various-countries-the-life-and-customs-of-the-people-their-governments-business-methods-and-trade/oclc/5723248&referer=brief_results '''South America, social, industrial, and political'']. Western W Wilson, 1900||Brazil
|-
|Customs and Culture||Modern||Branco, Sandra; Williams, Rob. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil-culture-smart/oclc/969045023&referer=brief_results ''Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture'']. Kuperard, 2014||Brazil
|-
|Culture and Life||Modern||Poelzl, Volker. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil-a-survival-guide-to-customs-and-etiquette/oclc/609854876&referer=brief_results ''CultureShock! Brazil: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette'']. Marshall Cavendish, New York, 2009 ||Brazil
|-
|Culture and Life||Modern||Vincent, Jon S.; Woodyard, George. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/culture-and-customs-of-brazil/oclc/1028427059&referer=brief_results ''Culture and Customs of Brazil'']. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003||Brazil
|-
|Women, family, social change||1600-1900||Nazzari, M. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/disappearance-of-the-dowry-women-families-and-social-change-in-so-paulo-brazil-1600-1900/oclc/1294423569&referer=brief_results ''Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sã o Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900'']. Stanford University Press, 1991||San Paulo, Brazil
|-
|Social life and customs||19th Century||Freyre, Gilberto. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2506062?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents ''Social Life in Brazil in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century'']. Duke University Press, 1922||Brazil
|-
|Ten Disciples including art, food, music||Modern||Chiodetto, Eder; Chagas, Carolina; Brant, Maria Abramo Caldeira. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil/oclc/890937296&referer=brief_results ''Brazil'']. London: Phaidon Press Inc, 2014||Brazil
|-
|Travel, history, Social life and customs||Modern||Fletcher, James C.; Kidder, Daniel P. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil-and-the-brazilians/oclc/126875213&referer=brief_results ''Brazil and the Brazilians'']. London; New York: Kegan Paul, 2005||Brazil
|-
|Travel, history, Social life and customs||1940||Brown, Rose. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/land-and-people-of-brazil/oclc/1613413&referer=brief_results ''The land and people of Brazil''.] Philadelphia, New York, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1946||Brazil
|-
|Travel, history, Social life and customs||19th Century||Ewbank, Thomas. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/life-in-brazil-or-a-journal-of-a-visit-to-the-land-of-the-cocoa-and-the-palm/oclc/643555345?referer=di&ht=edition ''Life in Brazil; or, A journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm'']. Detroit, Mich., Blaine Ethridge--Books, 1971||Brazil
|-
|Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil
||||Metcalf, Alida Christine. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/306734?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Families of Planters, Peasants, and Slaves: Strategies for Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil, 1720–1820'']. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1983||Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil
|-
|Traditions of São Paulo
||||Marques, Gabriel. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/97545?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Ruas e tradições de São Paulo: Uma história em cada rua (Streets and Traditions of São Paulo: A story in every street'')]. São Paulo: Conselho Estadual de Cultura, 1966||São Paulo
|-
|Culture and Society in Rio de Janeiro
||||Silva, Maria Beatriz Nizza da. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/11660?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Cultura e Sociedade no Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821) (, 1808–1821'')]. São Paulo: Nacional, 1977.||Rio de Janeiro
|}
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Effective family research requires some understanding of the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and the time he or she lived in. This information is particularly helpful if you choose to write a history of your family. Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each area and time period and are affected by the local customs and traditions.


Online Resouces[edit | edit source]

Publications[edit | edit source]

Topic Time period Resource Locations Covered
Urban life 1900s to 1920s| Bruce, George James. Brazil and the Brazilians. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914. Brazil
History, colonization 16th to 19th centuries Bell, Alured Gray. The Beautiful Rio de Janeiro. William Heinemann, 1914. Rio de Janeiro
Government, leadership, holidays, upper-class life 1880s Andrews, C. C. Brazil: Its Condition and Prospects. D. Appleton and Company, 1887. Rio de Janeiro
Description and analysis of social, cultural and economic life in Brazil Besselaar, J. J. van den. Brasilien: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Wiesbaden, Germany: F.A. Brockhaus, 1970 Brazil
Indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil Londoño, Fernando Torres. El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial. São Paulo, Brazil : Universidade de São Paulo, CEDHAL, 1988 Brazil
History, Social life and customs Macedo, Roberto. Curiosidades cariocas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Distribuidora Record, 1965 Brazil
Slavery and bondage, Social life and customs Lara, Silvia Hunold. Escravidão. São Paulo, Brazil: Ed. ANPUH/Marco Zero, 1988 Brazil
History, religious history, Social life and customs 18th, 19th centuries Guedes, Roberto; Fragoso, João; Ribeiro, Luís; Graça, Filho; de Alencastro, Afonso. História social em registros paroquiais : (Sul-Sudeste do Brasil, séculos XVIII-XIX). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Mauad X, 2016 Brazil
Trade, potitics and government, social life and customs Modern Weil, Thomas E. Area handbook for Brazil. Washington, D.C.: Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1971 Brazil
Life and Customs of the People 1900 Carpenter, Frank George. 'South America, social, industrial, and political. Western W Wilson, 1900 Brazil
Customs and Culture Modern Branco, Sandra; Williams, Rob. Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture. Kuperard, 2014 Brazil
Culture and Life Modern Poelzl, Volker. CultureShock! Brazil: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. Marshall Cavendish, New York, 2009 Brazil
Culture and Life Modern Vincent, Jon S.; Woodyard, George. Culture and Customs of Brazil. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003 Brazil
Women, family, social change 1600-1900 Nazzari, M. Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sã o Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900. Stanford University Press, 1991 San Paulo, Brazil
Social life and customs 19th Century Freyre, Gilberto. Social Life in Brazil in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Duke University Press, 1922 Brazil
Ten Disciples including art, food, music Modern Chiodetto, Eder; Chagas, Carolina; Brant, Maria Abramo Caldeira. Brazil. London: Phaidon Press Inc, 2014 Brazil
Travel, history, Social life and customs Modern Fletcher, James C.; Kidder, Daniel P. Brazil and the Brazilians. London; New York: Kegan Paul, 2005 Brazil
Travel, history, Social life and customs 1940 Brown, Rose. The land and people of Brazil. Philadelphia, New York, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1946 Brazil
Travel, history, Social life and customs 19th Century Ewbank, Thomas. Life in Brazil; or, A journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm. Detroit, Mich., Blaine Ethridge--Books, 1971 Brazil
Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil Metcalf, Alida Christine. Families of Planters, Peasants, and Slaves: Strategies for Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil, 1720–1820. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1983 Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil
Traditions of São Paulo Marques, Gabriel. Ruas e tradições de São Paulo: Uma história em cada rua (Streets and Traditions of São Paulo: A story in every street). São Paulo: Conselho Estadual de Cultura, 1966 São Paulo
Culture and Society in Rio de Janeiro Silva, Maria Beatriz Nizza da. Cultura e Sociedade no Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821) (, 1808–1821). São Paulo: Nacional, 1977. Rio de Janeiro
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