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*<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 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> | *<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> | ||
*<u>Notarial Records</u>: Notarial records were records made out by a public notary. They include legal documents such as wills, codicils, land transactions, powers of attorney, contracts, dowry arrangements, bonds, mortgages, complaints, etc. Notarial records for Brazil date back to 1594. While they contain valuable genealogical information, they are more difficult to through, being organized chronologically by name of notary, without any indexes. For help with using nad locating notarial records for Brazil see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Notarial_Records Brazil Notarial Records.]<br> | *<u>Notarial Records</u>: Notarial records were records made out by a public notary. They include legal documents such as wills, codicils, land transactions, powers of attorney, contracts, dowry arrangements, bonds, mortgages, complaints, etc. Notarial records for Brazil date back to 1594. While they contain valuable genealogical information, they are more difficult to through, being organized chronologically by name of notary, without any indexes. For help with using nad locating notarial records for Brazil see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Notarial_Records Brazil Notarial Records.]<br> | ||
*<u>Military Records:</u> Ancestors who served in the military or militias in Brazil may have been recorded in military records. For further help in using and locating military records see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Military_Records Brazil Military Records.] | |||
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