Santa Comba Dão, Viseu, Portugal Genealogy

This is a historical and genealogical guide to the municipality of Santa Comba Dão.

History

 * There are 6 parishes and the following 2 parishes have interesting history, São João de Areias and Treixedo e Nagozela.
 * This municipality has an area of 111.95 km (43.22 square miles)
 * The total population is 11,597 with 3,300 living in the city proper.
 * The town's railway station was formerly a terminal of the Dão line to/from Viseu. This narrow gauge railway was opened in 1890 and was closed to passengers in 1988.
 * Santa Comba Dão was granted city status in 1999.

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

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

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

Conservatória do Registo Civil de Santa Comba Dão Pal Justiça St. Comba Dão 3440-303 Santa Comba Dão PORTUGAL Phone: 232881394

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 Viseu 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.

Santa Comba Dão Cemetery Santa Comba Dao, Santa Comba Dão Municipality, Viseu PORTUGAL Website: FindAGrave

FamilySearch Centers
Coimbra Portugal Family History Center Rua Penedo da Saudade 20 COIMBRA 3000-331 PORTUGAL Phone: +351 351-39-718437 Email: [mailto:PT_Coimbra@familyhistorymail.org PT_Coimbra@familyhistorymail.org] Website: Coimbra Portugal Family History Center