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Genealogy : Brazil

 

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Provides a listing of electronic resources relating to genealogy in Brazil, Brazilians, family history and heraldry as well.

For information about general genealogical resources available at the Library of Congress, consult its Local History and Genealogy Reading Room (http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/).   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of genealogical subjects relating to Brazil is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/genealogy/).


Arquivos Históricos: Centro de Memória Unicamp (http://www.unicamp.br/suarq/cmu/arqhist/)
Historical archives of the Centro de Memória UNICAMP (Universidade de Campinas). Features information about the institution–its facilities, services, collections, and staff as well as related links; microfilms about the Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, etc.; immigrants from 1882 to 1924; the society of the city of Campinas, Sáo Paulo, from 1793 to 1940; lawsuits of the Law Court of Campinas, and more. In Portuguese.

Brazilgen Web Project (http://www.rootsweb.com/~brawgw/)
Includes links to local genealogy sites such as family and cemetery records. In Portuguese, some English.

The Data Banks on Italian Emigrants to the United States, Argentina and Brazil (http://www.italians-world.org/Italy/BancaDatiSp.htm)
For Brazil, the information is based on the registers of clearances of ships leaving Italy–covering about 27,000 Italian emigrants in Vitoria between 1858 and 1899. In Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish.

Genealogy: German Migration to Brazil (http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/WELT/brasil.html)
This site provides information about the German migration to Brazil. Links includes general information, associations and societies, genealogical and historical records, other Internet resources; and so on.

Genealogy: Links Interessantes (http://www.memorialdoimigrante.sp.gov.br/Links/Genealog.html)
Part of the Immigrant's Memorial's site from São Paulo. Links to genealogy sites about Spanish ancestors, databases of surnames, and information about Brazilian heraldry and history. It also provides access to family databases. In Portuguese.

AOL. Hispanic Genealogy. Special Interest Group. Hispanic Genealogy Address Book: Brazil (http://members.aol.com/mrosado007/brazil.htm)
Includes selected genealogical sites about Brazil that provide information about archives, cemetery records, censuses, church records, directories, heraldry, immigration and notorial records, a newsletter, and so on.

Imigrantes Italianos (http://www.imigrantesitalianos.com.br/)
Databases of Italian surnames from Italians who emigrated to Brazil. Includes links for Brazilians to search their Italian ancestors or origins. In Portuguese.

Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research of Brazil (http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-SAmerBrazil.htm)
Directory and guide links for genealogical and historical research of Catholic churches and Catholic ancestors in Brazil. In Portuguese, some in English.

Rootsweb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Brazil (http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/BRA/)
Organized by state. Includes acceptable use policy, privacy statement, and contact information.

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