Portugal, Faro, Catholic Church Records, 1544-1911
Catholic Church records created by parishes in the district of Faro. These records include: baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Additional images will be published as they become available. These records are housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Faro.
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Portugal, Faro, Catholic Church Records
What is in This Collection?
This is a collection of church records from parishes in the Diocese of Faro for the years 1587 to 1880. It includes baptisms, marriages, and burial/deaths. These parish records have been preserved relatively well. Some of the older registers may have some physical damage due to natural causes; therefore, some data may be difficult to read or some even may be lost. However, in general, they are in good condition for extracting genealogical information.
The original parish records were kept in the parish archive under the custody of the priest and a duplicate register was regularly sent to the diocesan archive where the records were centralized and kept at a higher state of preservation. These records are written in Portuguese. Earlier records were handwritten in narrative style, but newer records were handwritten in formatted registers.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are in Portuguese. For help reading them see:
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Portugal, Faro, Catholic Church Records, 1587-1880. |
Collection Content
The following information may be found in these records:
Baptism
- Date and place of baptism
- Child's name and gender
- Child's date and place of birth
- Father's name, occupation and residence
- Mother's name and residence
- Paternal grandparents
- Maternal grandparents
- Godparents, their civil status, occupation and residence
- Sometimes, a death date is noted in this record
Marriage
- Date and place of marriage
- Groom's name and age
- Groom's civil status and occupation
- Names of groom' parents
- Names of groom's paternal grandparents
- Names of groom's maternal grandparents
- Bride's name, age and civil status
- Names of bride's parents
- Names of bride's paternal grandparents
- Names of bride's maternal grandparents
- Witnesses' names, their occupation and civil status
Death
- Date and place of death
- Name, age and gender of deceased
- Civil status of deceased
- Name of spouse, if married
- Parents names, if deceased is a minor
- Sometimes, burial information
Collection Details
Language
Portuguese
Location of Original Records
Faro District Archives
"Portugal, Faro, Registros Paroquiais, 1544-1911 ." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 20 April 2025. Arquivo Distrital de Faro, Faro (Faro District Archives, Faro).
