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Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957

Catholic Church records created by parishes on the islands of Cape Verde. These records include: baptisms, marriages, and deaths. These records are housed at the Arquivo Nacional de Cabo Verde. Some of these records have been indexed and are searchable as part of this collection. Additional images and indexed records will be published as they become available.

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Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records

Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Cape_Verde,_Catholic_Church_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes baptism, marriage, and death records from Catholic Church parishes of Cape Verde and dates from 1787-1957. Cape Verde is an island country which includes ten volcanic islands. Nine of the islands are inhabited and are called Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Sal, Santiago, Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente. The island of Santa Luzia is the lone uninhabited island. These records are housed at the Arquivo Nacional de Cabo Verde.

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:

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The information in these records may include the following:

Baptism

  • Name of child
  • Name of parents
  • Birthdate of child
  • Birthplace of child

Marriage

  • Name of groom
  • Name of bride
  • Marriage date
  • Marriage place

Death

  • Name of deceased
  • Place of death
  • Date of death

Collection Content

Sample Images

  • 1893 Baptism

    1893 Baptism

  • 1874 Marriage

    1874 Marriage

  • 1887 Death

    1887 Death

Collection Details

Record Type: Vital
127,954 Records
1,000,518 Personas
105,781 Images

Language

Portuguese

Location of Original Records

Arquivo Nacional de Cabo Verde

Cite This Collection

"Cabo Verde, Registros Paroquiais, 1787-1957." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 29 April 2026. Arquivo Nacional de Cabo Verde (Cape Verde National Archives), Praia.

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