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=== Portugal Research Strategies === | === Portugal Research Strategies === | ||
Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Portugal. | |||
*[[Portugal Getting Started|Getting Started]] | *[[Portugal Getting Started|Getting Started]] | ||
*[[Portugal Quick Start Guide]] | *[[Portugal Quick Start Guide]] | ||
*[[Portugal Websites]] | |||
*[[Portuguese Genealogical Word List]] | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/54 Reading Portuguese Handwritten Records] | |||
=== Research Tips === | === Portugal Research Tips === | ||
*'''Birth, Marriage, and Death Information:''' Vital information was recorded by the civil registrar from 1878 onwards for non-Catholics and from 1911 onwards for all residents of Portugal. [[Portugal Civil Registration|Learn more about Portugal Civil Registration.]]<br> Prior to that date, all such events were recorded by the Catholic Church. [[Portugal Church Records|Learn more about Portuguese Catholic Church Records.]] | |||
*'''Finding Parents:''' [[Portugal Church Records|Catholic church records]] frequently recorded the parents and grandparents of the person being baptized or married. This tradition was carried into [[Portugal Civil Registration|civil registration records]]. | |||
=== Portugal Record Finder === | |||
This Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. For a more complete list, visit [[Portugal Record Selection Table|Portugal Record Finder]]. | |||
[[ | {| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ||
[[ | |- | ||
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:''' | |||
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:''' | |||
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:''' | |||
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| Age | |||
| [[Portugal Church Records|Church Records]], [[Portugal Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] | |||
| [[Portugal Census|Census]] | |||
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| Birth date and birthplace | |||
| [[Portugal Church Records|Church Records]], [[Portugal Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] | |||
| [[Portugal Census|Census]], Nobility Records | |||
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| Death information | |||
| [[Portugal Church Records|Church Records]], [[Portugal Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] | |||
| Newspapers | |||
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| Marriage information | |||
| [[Portugal Church Records|Church Records]], [[Portugal Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] | |||
| [[Portugal Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], Nobility Records | |||
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| Naming customs | |||
| [[Portugal Names, Personal|Portugal Names]] | |||
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| Emigration information | |||
| [[Portugal Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
| [[Portugal Church Records|Church Records]], Newspapers, Societies | |||
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| Parents, children, and other family members | |||
| [[Portugal Church Records|Church Records]], [[Portugal Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] | |||
| [[Portugal Notarial Records|Notarial Records]], [[Portugal Census|Census]] | |||
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| Language helps | |||
| [[Portuguese Genealogical Word List|Word List]], Handwriting | |||
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=== Genealogy Records Available for Portugal by Time Period === | === Genealogy Records Available for Portugal by Time Period === | ||
[[File:Genealogical records in portugal.png]]<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Portugal,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref> | [[File:Genealogical records in portugal.png]]<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Portugal,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref> | ||
=== Further Portuguese Research === | |||
For more research on Portugal, including research at the district level, visit the [[Portugal Genealogy|Portugal]] page on the Wiki. | |||
Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927058?region=Portugal Portugal record collections] at FamilySearch.<br> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Portugal]] | |||
[[Category:Search Strategies]] | |||