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Brazil Research Outline |
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Helps For Using This Research Outline
References To Other Family History Library Publications
Archives And Libraries
National Government Archives And Libraries
State Archives
Civil And District Civil Registry Offices
Diocese And Parish Archives
Libraries And Archives Of Portugal
Private And Public Libraries
Historical And Genealogical Societies
Inventories, Registers, And Catalogs
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Bahia State Census
São Paulo State Census
Paraná State Census
Polish Census
Searching Census Records
Searching In Big Cities
Church Directories
Church History
Roman Catholic
Judaism
Other Religions
Church Records
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Church Registers
Records Not At The Family History Library
Search Strategies
Civil Registration
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Locating Civil Registration Records
Records At The Family History Library
Locating Records Not At The Family History Library
Search Strategies
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Finding Your Ancestor’s Town Of Origin
Passenger Lists
Immigration To Brazil
Records Of Brazilian Emigrants To The United States
Other Records Of Departure
Encyclopedias And Dictionaries
Gazetteers
Finding Place Names In The Family History Library Catalog
Modern Place Names
Historical Place Names
Genealogy
Major Collections And Databases
Family Histories
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Heraldry
Historical Geography
The Captaincies
States
History
Local Histories
Jewish Records
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Language Aids
Maps
Using Maps
Finding The Specific Town On The Map
Finding Maps And Atlases
Military Records
Military History
Minorities
Names, Personal
Surnames
Given Names
Native Races
Nobility
Notarial Records
Occupations
Periodicals
Obtaining Periodicals
Probate Records
Slavery And Bondage
Social Life And Customs
Societies
Taxation
Other Records Of Brazil
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
MINORITIES Many ethnic or religious minorities such as Jews, Germans, Italians, Spanish, Poles, and Japanese have settled in Brazil. It is important to learn the history of the ethnic, racial, and religious groups your ancestors belonged to. For example, you might study a history of the Americans in Brazil, Germans in Brazil, or Japanese in São Paulo. This historical background can help you identify where your ancestors lived, when they lived there, where they migrated to, the types of records they might be listed in, and other information to help you understand your family’s history.
There are some unique records and resources for most minorities in Brazil. These include histories, gazetteers, biographical sources, settlement patterns, church records, and handbooks.
The Family History Library collects some published histories. These are listed in the “Locality Search” section of the Family History Library Catalog under:
Examples of some of these books and records include:
Azevedo, Thales de. Italianos e gaúchos: os anos primeiros da colonização italiana no Rio Grande do Sul (Italians and Gauchos: the first years of the Italian colonization of Rio Grande do Sul). Porto Alegre: A Nação/Instituto Estadual do Livro, 1975. (FHL book 981.65 F2a.; computer number 0019591.)
Cenni, Franco. Italianos no Brasil: Andiamo in America (Italians in Brazil: Let’s Walk in America). São Paulo: Martins, Ed. da Universidade de São Paulo, 1975. (FHL book 981 F2c; computer number 0103128.)
Auswandererkartei de Rußlanddeutschen na Brasilien: 1870–1940 (Emigration Card Index of Russian Germans to Brazil: 1870–1940). Stuttgart: Deutsches Ausland- Institut, N.p., (1988). (FHL film 1552796 item 1; computer number 0516664.)
Famílias brasileiras de origem germânica (Brazilian Families of German Origin). 5 vols. São Paulo: Instituto Genealógico Brasileiro e Instituto Hans Staden, 1962–1967. (FHL book 981 D2i; films 0564388 and 1149534 items 1–2; computer number 0017675.)
Much research and published information is available on the German immigrants to southern Brazil. Background information about these groups and a useful bibliography of studies can be found on the Internet at:
In the United States and other countries that Brazilians emigrated to, various local and national societies may have been organized to gather, preserve, and share the cultural contributions and histories of Brazilian minority groups. See the “Societies” section of this outline for more information.
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Other sources are also in the “Subject Search” section of the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the minorities such as Jews, Germans, or Italians.
www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/WELT/brasil.html
The Family History Library also has books on North Americans in Brazil. For some references, see the “Emigration and Immigration” section of this outline.
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