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

Portugal

Image Visibility
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What is in the Collection?
This collection will include various records housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Beja and dating from 1609 to 1950. These records include diocesan marriage files, marriages dispensations, marriage impediments, priest application files, registers of non-Catholic births, civil registration births, marriages, deaths, legitimization records, passport application files, passport registers, and censuses of military-age men.

These records are written in Portuguese.

Collection Content
Miscellaneous records may contain the following information:


 * Name
 * Date and place of event
 * Date and place of birth
 * Residence
 * Family members

How Do I Search the Collection?
To browse the collection by image: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the appropriate "District" ⇒Select the appropriate "Municipality" ⇒Select the appropriate "Freguesia" ⇒Select the appropriate "Parish" ⇒Select the appropriate "Record Type and Years" 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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