Brazil, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection contains cemetery records from the four municipal cemeteries in Belo Horizonte: Bonfim, Consolação, Paz, and Saudade from 1897-2012.

Additional images will be published as they become available.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Portuguese; also see the section For Help Reading These Records for translation helps.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Cemetery records may include:


 * Name, age, and gender of the deceased
 * Occupation
 * Marital status/name of spouse
 * Nationality
 * Children's names
 * Birthplace
 * Cause of death
 * Cemetery name (place of burial)
 * Date of burial
 * Plot location

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before using this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Your ancestor's given name and surname
 * Identifying information such as residence
 * Estimated marriage or birth year

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the 
 * 1) Select Cemetery and Record Type
 * 2) Select Volume to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

Burial records are often brief, so it can be easy to confuse individuals of the same name, origin, and birth date.

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

For Help Reading These Records
For help reading these Portuguese records, see the following resources:


 * Portuguese Genealogical Word List
 * Brazil Language and Languages


 * Online interactive slideshow lessons are available to help you learn to read these records:
 * Reading Portuguese Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Portuguese Letters
 * Reading Portuguese Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Dates, Words, and Names
 * Reading Portuguese Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading Portuguese Records. In this lesson, you will explore several types of Portuguese genealogical records, including birth, baptismal, marriage, and death records.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Make sure to fully transcribe and cite the record entry for future reference; see the section Citing this Collection for assistance. Save or print a copy of the image
 * The name of the undertaker or mortuary could lead you to funeral records, which often include the names and residences of other family members
 * Use the age to determine a birth year
 * Use the estimated birth year and birthplace to locate the birth record
 * Use the locality and the spouse's name to locate a marriage record church and/or civil records
 * Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
 * Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the deceased who may have been buried in the same cemetery or nearby

What If I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For?

 * Consult the Brazil Research Tips and Strategies to find other records
 * A boundary change could have occurred, and the record of you ancestor is now in a neighboring provinces or regions. Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions
 * Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name

New information is constantly being indexed, microfilmed or updated. Periodically check back to see if your ancestor’s records have been added. You can see if the area you’ve been looking in has been recently updated by going to Historical Records Collections. Watch for an asterisk for recently added or updated records.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

"Brazil, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Municipal Cemetery Records, 1897-2012." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Fundação de Parques Municipais, Belo Horizonte [Municipal Parks Foundation, Belo Horizonte].
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