Carrazeda de Ansiães, Bragança, Portugal Genealogy

This is a historical and genealogical guide to the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães.

History

 * Carrazeda de Ansiães is a municipality in the district of Bragança in northern Portugal.
 * Ansiães was a Roman city, designated Aquas Quintianas.
 * There are visible remains of the Roman roads over many Roman era bridges.
 * The Roman era reached its end with barbarian invasions, with the Suebi controlling the territory with their administrative seat in Pagus Auneco, which ultimately led to the growing influence of the walled settlement of Ansiães.
 * The Berber settlers committed to a Moorish influence after 711.
 * The town of Ansiães began to take on a strategic role; it was a walled outpost that defended Christian territory.
 * Ferdinand I of León and Castile issued a foral (a kind of city charter) in the 11th century, about 1055 - 1065 AD. This foral was the first to be issued for lands that today pertain to Portugal.
 * Ansiães importance maintained itself and a final foral was issued in 1510 by Manuel I.
 * In 1277, Ansiães received a Market Charter which in the Portuguese is called "Carta de Feira," signed by King Afonso III.
 * Ansiães was encircled by a double-wall: the interior wall protected the administrative and military facilities, while the outer wall protected the local population.
 * The principal settlements were Ansiães, Vilarinho da Castanheira and Linhares, and included the ecclesiastical parishes of São Salvador, São João, Santa Maria and São Miguel.
 * On 23 May 1320, a Bull by Pope John XXII conceded to King Denis of Portugal a three-year war subsidy, from a tithe of ecclesiastical rents within his Kingdom.
 * Ansiães was remarkable during the Portuguese Interregnum after the death of King Ferdinand, when its population positioned themselves on the side of John I.
 * Diogo de Sampaio, donatorio of Ansiães, with 14 squires and many infantrymen, supported King Afonso V in the Battle of Toro of 1476.
 * During the War of Spanish Succession of 1704 to 1715, Portugal joined the English, Dutch and Austrian Empires against Philip V, which included many men from the farms and villages of Ansiães.
 * The Liberal Revolution of 1820 resulted in appeals from liberalist forces of Peter IV in Porto, arriving to swear allegiance to the 1822 Constitution years later.
 * With the First World War, the municipality lost many lives, which included the loss of life in Infantry Regiment 30 which was stationed in Mozambique.
 * The military coup on 28 May 1926 ushered in during the Estado Novo dictatorship was the impetus for the creation of the Comissão da Aliança Republicana Socialista (Commission for Republican Socialist Alliance).
 * The population of Carrazeda de Ansiães was roughly 6,400 people in 2011.

Online Records
After 100 years, all civil registration records are sent to the municipality's district office.

To view online civil registration records, visit Bragança Civil Registration.

Contact a Civil Registration Office
The following is a list of civil registration offices within the municipality.

Conservatória do Registo Civil de [MUNICIPALITY NAME] address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Conservatória do Registo Civil de [MUNICIPALITY NAME] address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Communicate your request in Portuguese whenever possible. For writing a letter or email in Portuguese, use the translated questions and phrases in this Portuguese Letter-writing Guide.

Online Records
In 1910, the Portuguese government transferred all birth, marriage, and death records from all the country's parishes to the district offices. These records are now in either District or National archives. Many of these records have been digitized and can be viewed at the District Archive's website or on FamilySearch.

To view online records, visit Bragança Church Records.

Contact a Parish
The following is a list of parishes within the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães. There may be additional parishes not listed on this page.

Parish Name address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Parish Name address phone number [mailto:email email address]

Communicate your request in Portuguese whenever possible. For writing a letter or email in Portuguese, use the translated questions and phrases in this Portuguese Letter-writing Guide.

Cemeteries
Cemeteries did not become popular in Portugal until the late nineteenth century. Prior to this, individuals were buried their parish church, and their bones were later removed to an unmarked burial place. The following list may be helpful in twentieth-century research.

Name of Cemetery Website Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]

Name of Cemetery Website Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]

Family History Centers
Name of nearest center Website/page on FS wiki Address Phone number [mailto:email email address]