Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2014

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains civil registration of birth, marriage, and death records includes the period of 1845-2013 from civil registry offices (cartórios) in the Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Regularly, the registration of civil records was created in books sequentially numerated preceded by a letter A, B, C, or E according to the type of registry as follows: “A” for births, “B” for Marriages, and “B-Aux” for religious marriages with civil effect, “C” for death, and “E” for other types of registries. The records are usually listed in chronological order by the date of registration. The old registry books were handwritten in a narrative style, but the newer and current registries are handwritten in formatted records. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Computer Aided Indexing (CAI)

Some or all of the indexed records for this collection were created using Computer Aided Indexing (CAI) from records digitized by FamilySearch or its partners. For more information on CAI see FamilySearch Computer Aided Indexing.

Reading These Records

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

• Portuguese Genealogical Word List
• Portuguese Letter-writing Guide
• Brigham Young University: Portuguese Script Tutorial

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth Event date and location Presenter's name (usually the father) Date, time, and place of birth Name of child and gender Mother's name Names of paternal grandparents Names of maternal grandparents Names of witnesses

Marriage Date, place, and time of marriage Names of bride and groom Groom's birth date, nationality, civil status, origin, and residence Names of groom's parents and place of residence Bride's birth date, nationality, civil status, and occupation Names of bride's parents Names of witnesses

Death Date and place of registration Informant's name Name, gender, and age of deceased (Keep in mind that the death record for women may be filed under her married name.) Birth date Death date, time and place of death Age, and nationality Cause of death Names of parents Burial place

Collection Content

For details about these records and help using them see the wiki article: Brazil Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Sample Images

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  1974 Birth Certificate

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  1982 Marriage Certificate 1

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  1982 Marriage Certificate 2

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  1989 Death Certificate