Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo, Burial Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Foreign Language Title
Registros de Sepultamentos dos Cemit�rios no Municipio de S�o Paulo, S�o Paulo, Brasil.

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Collection Time Period
This collection of burial records from the municipality of S�o Paulo covers the years1870 to 1984.

Record History
In earlier years the burial was performed by the Catholic Church as a charitable work and they kept the records in their parish registers. Later private cemeteries began to be created; therefore the Provincial Legislation of S�o Paulo approved the first statutes for cemeteries in May of 1856. With this regulation in effect the first municipal cemetery was opened in1858 with the name of Cemit�rio da Consola��o. Then an authorized cemetery administration officer was put in charge of recording in a book each burial performed in the cemetery, including personal information of the deceased person and the location of the grave.

Why This Record Was Created
It was necessary for cemetery administrators to keep a registration of all the burials including vital information of the deceased and the gravestone place in the cemetery.

Record Reliability
These records may be useful to find ancestors if other vital records have not been found or may not exist anymore. These records may also help when the gravestones are illegible or have been destroyed. These burial records may be the only record of infant deaths. Gravestones may also have been engraved with the date of birth, date of marriage, military service, occupation, religion, place of residence at time of death, and place of origin. To find the burial record of an ancestor, you need to have at least the death date of the ancestor. A person can discover where an ancestor was buried by checking in the church death/burial records or the civil registry of the locality the ancestor lived. Sometimes the burial place of an ancestor may have been transferred to another cemetery or may have been cremated.

Record Description
This collection of burial records covers some of the cemeteries in the municipality of S�o Paulo, such as: Ara��, Consola��o, Fregues�a do �, Lajeado, Lapa, Penha, Santana, S�o Paulo, Vila Mariana, and the villas of Br�s, S�o Miguel, and Col�nia Alem�. All the burial records are written in narrative style and include the burial location in the cemetery. There are three to six burial records per page. These registers have been preserved well.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found in most of the cemetery burial records: 


 * Location within the cemetery where the deceased was buried
 * Date of burial
 * Name of deceased
 * Parents� names
 * Place of origin
 * Age at time of death
 * Date of death
 * Place of death
 * Cause of death
 * Witness name

How to Use the Record
These records may be useful to find ancestors if other vital records have not been found or may not exist anymore. These records may also help when the gravestones are illegible or have been destroyed. These burial records may be the only record of infant deaths. Gravestones may also have been engraved with the date of birth, date of marriage, military service, occupation, religion, place of residence at time of death, and place of origin. To find the burial record of an ancestor, you need to have at least the death date of the ancestor. A person can discover where an ancestor was buried by checking in the church death/burial records or the civil registry of the locality the ancestor lived. Sometimes the burial place of an ancestor may have been transferred to another cemetery or may have been cremated.

Related Wiki Articles
Brazil Cemeteries

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Sources for This Collection
Digital images of originals housed at the Arquivo Hist�rico Municipal de S�o Paulo, Brazil.


 * Cemit�rio do Ara�� (Pinheiros e Pacaembu, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1887
 * Cemit�rio da Consola��o (Consola��o, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1858 (First municipal cemetery)
 * Cemit�rio da Quarta Parada (Quarta Parada, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1880 (Before known as Cemit�rio do Br�s)
 * Cemit�rio da Freguesia do � (Fregesia do �, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1908
 * Cemit�rio de Santana (Imirim, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1897 (AKA Cemit�rio do Chora Menino)
 * Cemit�rio da Penha (Penha, S�o Paulo. Burial records since 1910
 * Cemit�rio da Lapa (Lapa, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1918 (Before known as Cemit�rio da Goiabeira)
 * Cemit�rio de Santo Amaro (Santo Amaro, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1856
 * Cemit�rio da Saudade (S�o Miguel Paulista, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1960
 * Cemit�rio de Lajeado (Guaianases, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1903 (Before known as Cemit�rio de Guaianazes)
 * Cemit�rio de Vila Mariana (Vila Mariana, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1904
 * Cemit�rio Cat�lico da Ordem Terceira do Carmo (Consola��o, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1862
 * Cemit�rio Protestante de Col�nia Alem� (Parelheiros, S�o Paulo). Burial records since 1842

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