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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>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> | *<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> | ||
*<u>Land and Property</u>: Brazilian Land grants known as ''sesmarias'' where available | *<u>Land and Property</u>: Brazilian Land grants, known as ''sesmarias'', where available contain rich genealogical information for ancestors who owned land, often containing relationship details (names of spouse, children), dates, residences, petitions, etc. While the vast majority of people weren't land owners in Brazil, these records are a valuable source for ancestors who did own land. For help with using and locating Land and Property records for Brazil see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Land_and_Property Brazil Land and Property].<br> | ||
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