Avis, Portalegre, Portugal Genealogy

This is a historical and genealogical guide to the municipality of Avis.

History

 * Avis is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal.
 * Avis has 6 civil Parishes.
 * Avis in 1211, D. Afonso II awarded the "lands of Avis" to the Knights of Évora.
 * In the middle of the year 1215 D. Afonso II granted the settlers of Avis a foral (royal Charter).
 * In August of 1223 Martim Fernandes, Master of the Order of Avis signed a new settlement foral.
 * The population of Avis is roughly 4,600 people.

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

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

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

Conservatória do Registo Civil de Avis Lg. Cândido Reis 7480-116 Avis PORTUGAL Phone: 242412295 Email: [mailto:crcpncom.avis@dgrn.mj.pt crcpncom.avis@dgrn.mj.pt]

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 Portalegre Church Records.

Contact a Parish
If you are seeking church records created more recently than 1910, it is possible to obtain them by writing to the parish where the record was created. Writing to a parish is not always a reliable way to obtain information, because officials may or may not respond.

Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa lists websites for the 20 Dioceses of Portugal. Once on the Diocesan website, use the listing of parishes (paróquias) to locate contact information for the parish in question.

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 in their parish church cemetery, and their bones were later removed to an unmarked burial place.

FamilySearch Centers
Badajoz Spain Family History Center C/ Botánico Vicente Cervantes, Edificio Eurodom BADAJOZ BADAJOZ 06011 PORTUGAL Phone: 34 924-245-517 Email: [mailto:ES_Badajoz@familyhistorymail.org ES_Badajoz@familyhistorymail.org] Website: Badajoz Spain Family History Center