Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Miscellaneous Records, 1748-1998

What is in This Collection?

The collection contains slave records, notarial records, and copies of some of the state's civil registration from the Arquivo Público do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul for the years 1748-1998.

Generally, the registration of civil records was created in books sequentially numbered and preceded by a letter, according to the type of registry: “A” for births, “B” for Marriages and “B-Aux” for religious marriages with civil effect, “C” for death, and “E” for other type of registry. The civil records of birth, marriage, and deaths are usually listed in chronological order by the date of registration. The older registry books were handwritten in narrative style, but the newer and current registries are handwritten in formatted records. These civil records include a vast of reliable information for doing family history research after 1888.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Portuguese. For help reading them see:

• Portuguese Genealogical Word List
• Brazil Language and Languages

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The information in these records usually include the following:

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1931 Birth Record

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  1913 Declaration of age

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  1952 Couple's declaration

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  1925 Marriage Record

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  1932 Death Record

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  1885 Slave Record