Portugal, Évora, Civil Registration and Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Portugal

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What is in the Collection?
This collection will include records from 1554 to 1938. There are various record types housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Évora, Portugal. This collection includes civil registration records of births, marriages, deaths, passport registers, Catholic Church marriage dispensations, testaments and death records from the Santa Casa da Misericórdia. Additional images will be published as they become available.

These records are written in Portuguese.

Collection Content
Birth records may contain the following information:


 * Place and date of registration
 * Informant's name, age and residence
 * Child's name
 * Place and date of birth
 * Parents' names

Marriage records may contain the following information:


 * Place and date of registration
 * Name of groom
 * Groom’s place of origin and residence
 * Groom’s age
 * Groom’s marital status
 * Name of bride
 * Bride’s place of origin and residence
 * Bride’s age
 * Bride’s marital status
 * Groom’s parents' names and their place of origin
 * Bride’s parents' names and their place of origin

Death records may contain the following information:


 * Place and date of death
 * Name of deceased person
 * Deceased's place of origin
 * Deceased's age at time of death
 * Deceased's marital status, name of spouse if married
 * Cause of death
 * Deceased's place of residence
 * Place of burial
 * Parents’ names and their place of origin

Testaments (wills) may contain the following information:


 * Name of notary public
 * Date and place issued
 * Name of testator
 * Place of residence and sometimes place of origin
 * Age or date of birth
 * Spouse’s name and age or birth date
 * Names of heirs and their ages or birth date and place of residence

How Do I Search the Collection?
To browse the collection by image

⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the appropriate "Município" ⇒Select the appropriate "Tipo de registro e anos" which takes you to the images.

Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

When searching: As you are searching it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times.

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


 * Portuguese Genealogical Word List
 * Portuguese Letter-writing Guide
 * Learning Center Resources:
 * Portuguese Handwriting Lesson 1
 * Portuguese Handwriting Lesson 2
 * Portuguese Handwriting Lesson 3

Citing this Collection
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