Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1554-1938

Various record types housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Évora, Portugal. This collection includes: civil registration records of births, marriages, and deaths, passport registers, Catholic Church marriage dispensations, testaments and death records from the Santa Casa da Misericórdia. Additional images will be published as they become available. The municipality labeled “Vários” includes the concelhos of Évora, Estremoz and Vila Viçosa.

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Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records

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What is in This Collection?

This collection contains index & images of will include civil registration records of births, marriages, and deaths, as well as passport registers, and testaments from the Arquivo Distrital de Évora, Portugal. This collection includes Catholic marriage dispensations and death records from the Santa Casa da Misericórdia charity.

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
Portuguese Letter-writing Guide
Brigham Young University: Portuguese Script Tutorial

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You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1554-1938.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

These records may contain the following information

Birth

Place and date of registration
Informant's name, age and residence
Child's name
Place and date of birth
Parents' names

Marriage

Place and date of registration
Name of groom
Groom’s place of origin and residence
Groom’s age
Groom’s marital status
Name of bride
Bride’s place of origin and residence
Bride’s age
Bride’s marital status
Groom’s parents' names and their place of origin
Bride’s parents' names and their place of origin

Death

Place and date of death
Name of deceased person
Deceased's place of origin
Deceased's age at time of death
Deceased's marital status, name of spouse if married
Cause of death
Deceased's place of residence
Place of burial
Parents’ names and their place of origin

Testaments (wills)

Name of notary public
Date and place issued
Name of testator
Place of residence and sometimes place of origin
Age or date of birth
Spouse’s name and age or birth date
Names of heirs and their ages or birth date
Place of residence

Collection Details

Record Type: Miscellaneous

243,079 Images

Language

Portuguese

Location of Original Records

Évora District Archive

Cite This Collection

"Portugal, Évora, Registro Civil e Outros Registros Vários, 1554-1938." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2024. Arquivo Distrital de Évora (Évora District Archives, Évora).

Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records, 1554-1938