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The most important civil records for genealogical research are the birth, marriage, and death registers. These records may be either handwritten or typed and are most often indexed by given name rather than surname. | The most important civil records for genealogical research are the birth, marriage, and death registers. These records may be either handwritten or typed and are most often indexed by given name rather than surname. | ||
Other civil records include emancipações (''emancipations'') made by fathers when their sons reached 18 years of age (not required after 21 years old), land sales (''imóveis''), and corrections of children’s names (''comunicaçes''). For the most part, only birth, marriage, and death records have been filmed by the | Other civil records include emancipações (''emancipations'') made by fathers when their sons reached 18 years of age (not required after 21 years old), land sales (''imóveis''), and corrections of children’s names (''comunicaçes''). For the most part, only birth, marriage, and death records have been filmed by the FamilySearch Library, and these will be of most help in doing genealogical research. | ||
The information recorded in civil registration records varied over time. Later records generally give more complete information than the earlier ones. | The information recorded in civil registration records varied over time. Later records generally give more complete information than the earlier ones. | ||
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Duplicate copies of all civil records are made in separate books. Copies of surviving records and duplicates from the municipality archive are sent to the Arquivo Geral dos Tribunais in the federal district and to the judicial or state archives in the various states. | Duplicate copies of all civil records are made in separate books. Copies of surviving records and duplicates from the municipality archive are sent to the Arquivo Geral dos Tribunais in the federal district and to the judicial or state archives in the various states. | ||
=== Civil Registration Records at the | === Civil Registration Records at the FamilySearch Library === | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has microfilmed the civil registration records of many municipalities in Brazil. Civil records from the late 1800s to the 1920s and 1930s, and often up to the 1990s, have been filmed for the states of Pará, Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. Some civil registration records have also been filmed for the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, and Paraíba. | ||
You will need to know the town your ancestor lived in. Although more than one town may comprise a municipality, the civil records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog for each town and not just by the municipality. Some municipalities are small and only have one civil registration office, but in the larger cities there might be several civil registration offices. | You will need to know the town your ancestor lived in. Although more than one town may comprise a municipality, the civil records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog for each town and not just by the municipality. Some municipalities are small and only have one civil registration office, but in the larger cities there might be several civil registration offices. | ||
The specific holdings of the | The specific holdings of the FamilySearch Library are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog. To find civil registration records in the FamilySearch Library, search in the "Subject" section of the catalog for: | ||
BRAZIL, [STATE], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION | BRAZIL, [STATE], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION | ||
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If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in other state or ecclesiastical archives. | If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in other state or ecclesiastical archives. | ||
Directories of the civil registration offices of Brazil for 1981 and 1993 are available through the | Directories of the civil registration offices of Brazil for 1981 and 1993 are available through the FamilySearch Library. The following publications list the addresses of the municipality civil registration offices and will help you identify the municipality a particular town belongs to: | ||
*''Cadastro de cartórios do Registro Civil 1981 (Survey of Offices of the Civil Registrar 1981''). Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 1982. (FS Library book 981 J54; film 1667140 item 1) | *''Cadastro de cartórios do Registro Civil 1981 (Survey of Offices of the Civil Registrar 1981''). Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 1982. (FS Library book 981 J54; film 1667140 item 1) | ||
*''Cadastro de municípios 1993 (Directory of Municipalities 1993''). 2 vols. Rio de Janeiro: IBGE: 1993–1994. (FS Library book 981 E5c) | *''Cadastro de municípios 1993 (Directory of Municipalities 1993''). 2 vols. Rio de Janeiro: IBGE: 1993–1994. (FS Library book 981 E5c) | ||
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