Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Registros civis do Estado de Piauí, Brasil.

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1875 to 2012 and contains digital images of civil registrations of birth, marriage, and death from civil registry offices (cartórios) in the Piauí State, Brazil. Regularly, the registration of civil records was created in books sequentially numerated preceded by a letter A, B, C or E, according to the type of registry as follows: “A” for births, “B” for Marriages and “B-Aux” for religious marriages with civil effect, “C” for death, and “E” for other type of registry. The records are usually listed in chronological order by the date of registration. The old registry books were handwritten in narrative style, but the newer and current registries are handwritten in formatted records. These civil records include a vast of reliable information for doing family history research after 1888. Additional images will be added to this published collection as they become available.

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Record Content
Birth records usually include the following information:


 * Name of parish
 * Name of person making the registration
 * Date and place of birth
 * Name of child
 * Parents' names
 * Paternal grandparents' names
 * Maternal grandparents' names
 * Names of witnesses

Marriage license records usually include the following information:


 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of bride and groom
 * Declaring witnesses' names
 * Groom's birth date and place of birth
 * Groom's profession or occupation
 * Bride's name (maybe be a previous married name)
 * Witnesses' names

Records usually include the following information:


 * Date and place of registration
 * Name of person making the registration
 * Date and place of death
 * Name of deceased
 * Age of deceased
 * Cause of death
 * Parents' names
 * Burial place

How to Use the Record
To browse this collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page ⇒Select the "Municipality" category ⇒Select the "Civil Registration Office" category ⇒Select the "Record Type and Years" category which takes you to the images.

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For Help Reading These Records
These records are in Portuguese. For help reading the records, see the following wiki articles:


 * Portuguese Genealogical Word List
 * Brazil Language and Languages

Related Websites

 * Cadastro de Serventias Públicas do Estado de Piauí
 * Certidões de Registro Civil
 * História do Registro Civil do Brasil
 * Cartórios e Tabeliães

Related Wiki Articles

 * Brazil Civil Registration- Vital Records
 * Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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