Almeirim, Santarém, Portugal Genealogy

This is a historical and genealogical guide to the municipality of Almeirim.

History

 * Almeirim is a city and municipality in Santarém District, Portugal.
 * Almeirim shows signs of being from the mid-Paleolithic to Mesolithis period as well as traces from Neolithic, Calcolithic and Bronze Age remnants. The Iron Age also marked this region.
 * Roman legions also occupied the territory around the 1st century A.D.
 * The municipality appeared to begin in the 14th century.
 * Between 1411 and 1423, King John I ordered the establishment of the town.
 * Almeirim was elevated to the status of municipality in 1483.
 * Almeirim is divided into 4 parishes.
 * The population of Almeirim is roughly 23,400 people.

Online Records
After 100 years, all civil registration records are sent to the municipality's district office.

To view online civil registration records, visit Santarém Civil Registration.

Contact a Civil Registration Office
There are no known civil registration offices within the municipality of Almeirim. Contact a civil registration office in a nearby municipality to find out if they have the records for Almeirim.

Communicate your request in Portuguese whenever possible. For writing a letter or email in Portuguese, use the translated questions and phrases in this Portuguese Letter-writing Guide.

Online Records
In 1910, the Portuguese government transferred all birth, marriage, and death records from all the country's parishes to the district offices. These records are now in either District or National archives. Many of these records have been digitized and can be viewed at the District Archive's website or on FamilySearch.

To view online records, visit Santarém Church Records.

Contact a Parish
If you are seeking church records created more recently than 1910, it is possible to obtain them by writing to the parish where the record was created. Writing to a parish is not always a reliable way to obtain information, because officials may or may not respond.

Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa lists websites for the 20 Dioceses of Portugal. Once on the Diocesan website, use the listing of parishes (paróquias) to locate contact information for the parish in question.

Communicate your request in Portuguese whenever possible. For writing a letter or email in Portuguese, use the translated questions and phrases in this Portuguese Letter-writing Guide.

Cemeteries
Cemeteries did not become popular in Portugal until the late nineteenth century. Prior to this, individuals were buried in their parish church cemetery, and their bones were later removed to an unmarked burial place.

Family History Centers
Alverca Portugal Family History Center Rua do Açougue Velho ALVERCA 2615-025 PORTUGAL Phone: 351 -219584919 Email: [mailto:pt_alverca@ldsmail.net pt_alverca@ldsmail.net] Website: Alverca Portugal Family History Center