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Colonial Records

Portugal Colonization (1500-1822)

In 1500, a Portuguese ship landed in the area which is now Brazil and claimed it for Portugal. Independence came on September 7, 1822 ending 322 years of Portugal rule over Brazil.

Record collection	Years covered	Record type	Language	Who is in the records

Colonial Records

Online Resources

• 1623-1654 A study of Brazilian Jewish history 1623-1654, based chiefly upon the findings of the late Samuel Oppenheim(*); Bloom, Herbert I. at FamilySearch - images
• 1808-1820 Os franceses residentes no Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1820(*); Arquivo Nacional do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) at FamilySearch - images
• 1808-1922 Registros de imigrantes, 1808-1922(*); Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro). Hospedaria de Imigrantes at FamilySearch - images
• 1880-1889 Imigração italiana em São Paulo (1880-1889), os primeiros contactos do imigrante com o Brasil:(*); Hutter, Lucy Maffei at FamilySearch - images
• 1882-1925 Matrícula dos imigrantes, 1882-1925(*); Arquivo da Promoção Social at FamilySearch - images
• Arquivo da Paróquia de Santa Felicidade(*); Paraná (estado), Brasil. Universidade Federal. Departamento de História at FamilySearch - images
• Arquivos de Prudentópolis(*); Paraná (estado), Brasil. Universidade Federal. Departamento de História at FamilySearch - images
• Colônia Helvetia no Brasil, (Estado de São Paulo):(*); Weizinger, Francisco at FamilySearch - images
• Emigracja polska w Brazylii, 100 lat osadnictwa:(*); Kaczmarek, Aniela at FamilySearch - images
• Holandeses no Brasil, verbetes do novo dicionário holandês de biografias:(*); Moonen, Francisco José at FamilySearch - images
• North American immigration to Brazil, tombstone records of the Campo cemetery, Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo State, Brazil:(*); Oliveira, Betty Antunes de at FamilySearch - images
• Os primitivos colonizadores nordestinos e seus descendentes(*); Barreto, Carlos Xavier Paes at FamilySearch - images

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