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'''Step 1: Identify what you know'''<br> | '''Step 1: Identify what you know'''<br> | ||
To start your research first search family and home sources. Search for names as well as dates and places of important life events for your ancestors on varios records you have close to come: certificates, diaraies, journals, obituaries, etc. Talk with living relatives to learn additional information they might have on your ancestors. You may have an | To start your research first search family and home sources. Search for names as well as dates and places of important life events for your ancestors on varios records you have close to come: certificates, diaraies, journals, obituaries, etc. Talk with living relatives to learn additional information they might have on your ancestors. You may have an aunt, grandparent, cousin, or other relative who has already gathered some family information. Organize your findings on pedigree charts and family group records. You can obtain blank pedigree charts and family group sheets [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Use_Appropriate_Forms here].<br> | ||
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'''Step 3: Select Records to Search'''<br> | '''Step 3: Select Records to Search'''<br> | ||
<br> | This step involves identifying the category of record you need to search in order to find out what you would like to know. This record category might be a compiled record, an original record, or a reference source. Identifying the specific record to be searched next, and describe it in your research log.<br> | ||
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*<u>Civil Registration</u>: Civil registrations of births, marriages, and deaths of individuals became standardized by the 1880s in Brazil. For help with using and locating civil registration records for Brazil see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Civil_Registration-_Vital_Records Brazil Civil Registration.]<br> | |||
*<u>Church Records</u>: The Roman Catholic Church has long been an integral part of Brazilian society and culture. Most of your ancestors from Brazil were Catholic and were recorded in local church records called parish registers (registros paroquias). The catholic church recorded births, marriages, deaths, and burials in parish registers. Catholic parish records are some of the best in the world, stretching back hundreds of years to the earliest settlements of Brazil. For help with using and locating Catholic Church records for brazil see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Church_Records Brazil Church Records.]<br> | |||
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