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Brazil

Guide to Brazil ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Brazil is a country in South America bordered by French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay. It was formerly a colony of Portugal. The official language is Portuguese.

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Brazil is a republic comprised of 26 states and a federal district (Distrito Federal), which comprises the capital city of Brasilia.

States

Many of Brazil's records are kept at the state and local level. States are also divided into counties, and the cities and towns ("municipios") are located within the counties. It is possible that a city, especially larger ones such as Recife and São Paulo, may contain several counties since a state like São Paulo can have over 200 counties.

Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Includes Brasília Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Includes the City Sergipe Tocantins

Military History

Online Resources

• 1865-1870 Aurelio Garcindo Fernandes de Sá, capitão teniente do corpo da armada brasileira, 1865-1870:(*); Sá, Aurelio Garcindo Fernandes de, 1829-1873 at FamilySearch - images
• 1600s Nobiliário colonial, fidalgos da Casa Real e cavaleiros do hábito das Ordens Militares com serviços prestados no Brasil, principalmente na guerra holandesa - século XVII:(*); Carvalho Franco, Francisco de Assis, 1886-1953 at FamilySearch - images
• História militar do Brasil(*); Barroso, Gustavo, 1888- at FamilySearch - images
• 1981 Cadastro de cartórios do Registro Civil 1981(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images