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In the state archives of São Paulo there is a collection of inventories and wills ('''inventários e testamentos''') covering 1578 to about 1800. This collection contains about 2,000 volumes. These records were originally compiled by notaries and orphan-court judges. They often give the deceased persons’ names, places of birth in Portugal, and children’s names and ages. A few of these (from 1633 to 1651) have been published by the archive in:  
In the state archives of São Paulo there is a collection of inventories and wills ('''inventários e testamentos''') covering 1578 to about 1800. This collection contains about 2,000 volumes. These records were originally compiled by notaries and orphan-court judges. They often give the deceased persons’ names, places of birth in Portugal, and children’s names and ages. A few of these (from 1633 to 1651) have been published by the archive in:  


*''Inventários e testamentos (Inventories and Wills''). Vol. 41. São Paulo: Departamento do Arquivo do Estado de São Paulo, 1966. {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|981.61 V4s}}; film {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|0962230}} item 1.
*''Inventários e testamentos (Inventories and Wills''). Vol. 41. São Paulo: Departamento do Arquivo do Estado de São Paulo, 1966. {{FSC|981.61 V4s}}; film {{FSC|0962230}} item 1.


See [[Brazil Archives and Libraries|Archives & Libraries]] for contact information for federal and state archives.
See [[Brazil Archives and Libraries|Archives & Libraries]] for contact information for federal and state archives.
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