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Effective family research requires some understanding of the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and the time he or she lived in. This information is particularly helpful if you choose to write a history of your family. Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each area and time period and are affected by the local customs and traditions.
The Family History Library has collected a few sources that discuss a variety of subjects related to the social life and customs in Brazil. Following are some that might be helpful:
- Besselaar, J. J. von den. Brasilien: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit (Brazil: Claim and Actuality). Wiesbaden: F. A. Brockhaus. FHL 981 H2bj This book, published in German, is a description and analysis of social, cultural, and economic life in Brazil.
- Torres Londoño, Fernando. El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial (The Concubinage and the Church in Colonial Brazil). São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, 1988. FHL 981 H6t This book, written in Spanish, presents indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil.
Additional sources for social customs in three cities in Brazil include:
- Metcalf, Alida Christine. Families of Planters, Peasants, and Slaves: Strategies for Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil, 1720–1820. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, c1983. FHL 981.61/S4 H6m
- Marques, Gabriel. Ruas e tradições de São Paulo: Uma história em cada rua (Streets and Traditions of São Paulo: A story in every street). São Paulo: Conselho Estadual de Cultura, 1966. FHL 981.61/S1 H6m
- Silva, Maria Beatriz Nizza da. Cultura e Sociedade no Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821) (Culture and Society in Rio de Janeiro, 1808–1821). São Paulo: Nacional, 1977. FHL 981.53/R1 H6s
Other books of this nature may help you in your research and help you understand your ancestor’s environment. Additional sources may be found in larger universities and libraries.
Online Resouces[edit | edit source]
- Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Families of Planters
- Brazilian Culture - TOTA, gives general information about Brazilian Culture
Publications[edit | edit source]
| Topic | Time Frame | Resource | Location |
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| Urban life | 1900s to 1920s | Bruce, George James. Brazil and the Brazilians. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914. | Brazil |
| History, colonization | 16th to 19th centuries | Bell, Alured Gray. The Beautiful Rio de Janeiro. William Heinemann, 1914. | Rio de Janeiro |
| Government, leadership, holidays, upper-class life | 1880s | Andrews, C. C. Brazil: Its Condition and Prospects. D. Appleton and Company, 1887. | Rio de Janeiro |
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Description and analysis of social, cultural and economic life in Brazil. Published 1970 J. J. van den Besselaar https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/7223?availability=Family%20History%20Library Brasilien : Anspruch und Wirklichkeit Wiesbaden, Germany : F.A. Brockhaus 1970 Brazil | |||
| Indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil | Londoño, Fernando Torres. El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial. São Paulo, Brazil : Universidade de São Paulo, CEDHAL, 1988 | Brazil | |
| History, Social life and customs ? Roberto Macedo https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2369536?availability=Family%20History%20Library Curiosidades cariocas Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Distribuidora Record, 1965 Brazil | |||
| Slavery and bondage, Social life and customs ? Silvia Hunold Lara https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/393806?availability=Family%20History%20Library Escravidão São Paulo, Brazil : Ed. ANPUH/Marco Zero, 1988 Brazil | |||
| History, religious history, Social life and customs 18th, 19th centuries Guedes, Roberto, Fragoso, João Luís Ribeiro, Graça Filho, Afonso de Alencastro https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3749030?availability=Family%20History%20Library História social em registros paroquiais : (Sul-Sudeste do Brasil, séculos XVIII-XIX) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Mauad X 2016 Brazil | |||
| Trade, potitics and government, social life and customs Modern Weil, Thomas E. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/83391?availability=Family%20History%20Library Area handbook for Brazil [Washington, D.C. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1971 Brazil | |||
| Life and Customs of the People 1900 Frank George Carpenter https://www.worldcat.org/title/south-america-social-industrial-and-political-a-twenty-five-thousand-mile-journey-in-search-of-information-in-the-isthmus-of-panama-and-the-lands-of-the-equator-colombia-ecuador-peru-boliva-chile-tierra-del-fuego-the-falklands-argentina-paraguay-uruguay-brazil-the-guianas-venezuela-and-the-orinoco-basin-the-resources-and-possibilities-of-the-various-countries-the-life-and-customs-of-the-people-their-governments-business-methods-and-trade/oclc/5723248&referer=brief_results South America, social, industrial, and political Western W Wilson 1900 Brazil | |||
| Customs and Culture Modern Sandra Branco, Rob Williams https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil-culture-smart/oclc/969045023&referer=brief_results Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Kuperard 2014 Brazil | |||
| Culture and Life Modern Volker Poelzl https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil-a-survival-guide-to-customs-and-etiquette/oclc/609854876&referer=brief_results CultureShock! Brazil: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette Marshall Cavendish, New York 2009 Brazil | |||
| Culture and Life Modern Jon S. Vincent, George Woodyard https://www.worldcat.org/title/culture-and-customs-of-brazil/oclc/1028427059&referer=brief_results Culture and Customs of Brazil Greenwood Publishing Group 2003 Brazil
Women, family, social change 1600-1900 M Nazzari https://www.worldcat.org/title/disappearance-of-the-dowry-women-families-and-social-change-in-so-paulo-brazil-1600-1900/oclc/1294423569&referer=brief_results Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sã o Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900 Stanford University Press 1991 San Paulo, Brazil | |||
| Social life and customs 19th Century Gilberto Freyre https://www.jstor.org/stable/2506062?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents Social Life in Brazil in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century Duke University Press 1922 Brazil
Ten Disciples including art, food, music Modern Eder Chiodetto; Carolina Chagas; Maria Abramo Caldeira Brant https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil/oclc/890937296&referer=brief_results Brazil London : Phaidon Press Inc 2014 Brazil | |||
| Travel, history, Social life and customs Modern James C Fletcher; Daniel P Kidder https://www.worldcat.org/title/brazil-and-the-brazilians/oclc/126875213&referer=brief_results Brazil and the Brazilians London ; New York : Kegan Paul, 2005 Brazil | |||
| Travel, history, Social life and customs 1940 Rose Brown https://www.worldcat.org/title/land-and-people-of-brazil/oclc/1613413&referer=brief_results The land and people of Brazil Philadelphia, New York, J.B. Lippincott Co. 1946 Brazil | |||
| Travel, history, Social life and customs 19th Century Thomas Ewbank https://www.worldcat.org/title/life-in-brazil-or-a-journal-of-a-visit-to-the-land-of-the-cocoa-and-the-palm/oclc/643555345?referer=di&ht=edition Life in Brazil; or, A journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm Detroit, Mich., Blaine Ethridge--Books 1971 Brazil |