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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.
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]]  
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*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/54 Reading Portuguese Handwritten Records]
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/54 Reading Portuguese Handwritten Records]


=== Portugal 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.]]
*'''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]].  
*'''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  ===
== 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]].
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]].
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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  ===
== Further Portuguese Research  ==


For more research on Portugal, including research at the district level, visit the [[Portugal Genealogy|Portugal]] page on the Wiki.  
For more research on Portugal, including research at the district level, visit the [[Portugal Genealogy|Portugal]] page on the Wiki.  

Revision as of 12:42, 23 June 2017

Portugal Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Portugal Background
Local Research Resources

Portugal Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Portugal.

Portugal Research Tips[edit | edit source]

Portugal Record Finder[edit | edit source]

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 Finder.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Church Records, Civil Registration Census
Birth date and birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Nobility Records
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration Newspapers
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration Notarial Records, Nobility Records
Naming customs Portugal Names
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Church Records, Newspapers, Societies
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration Notarial Records, Census
Language helps Word List, Handwriting

Genealogy Records Available for Portugal by Time Period[edit | edit source]

Genealogical records in portugal.png[1]

Further Portuguese Research[edit | edit source]

For more research on Portugal, including research at the district level, visit the Portugal page on the Wiki.

Search all of the Portugal record collections at FamilySearch.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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.