Vidigueira, Beja, Portugal Genealogy

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

History

 * Vidigueira is a town and a municipality in the District of Beja in Portugal.
 * The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama was made count of Vidigueira by King D. Manuel I.
 * Vidigueira is the birthplace of the hmanist poet and commentator Achilles Statius.
 * In the 17th century a Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza's father lived in Vidigueira, before he escaped the Portuguese Inquisition and returned to the Dutch Republic.
 * No other significant information is available.
 * The population of Vidigueira is roughly 6,000 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 Beja Civil Registration.

Contact a Civil Registration Office
The following is a list of civil registration offices within the municipality.

Conservatória do Registo Civil de [MUNICIPALITY NAME] address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Conservatória do Registo Civil de [MUNICIPALITY NAME] address phone number [mailto:email email address]

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 Beja Church Records.

Contact a Parish
The following is a list of parishes within the municipality of Vidigueira. There may be additional parishes not listed on this page.

Parish Name address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Parish Name address phone number [mailto:email email address]

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 their parish church, and their bones were later removed to an unmarked burial place. The following list may be helpful in twentieth-century research.

Name of Cemetery Website Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]

Name of Cemetery Website Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]

Family History Centers
Name of nearest center Website/page on FS wiki Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]