My Portuguese Gen: RESEARCH IN BRAZIL

If you are starting your research in Brazil, I suggest taking a look on the webinar below and learn more about how to conduct your research there. Civil registration differs a lot from what you are used in the United States and other countries. Church records in Brazil are mainly under the Catholic Church and in many ways different from Anglican Church, Episcopalian and other Churches from around the word. So if you are a beginner, go first to see the two webinars available for free from Family Search. You can watch them in the comfort of your home and computer for free.
https://myportuguesegen.blogspot.com/2016/03/brazil-beginning-research-series.html

Although the pages below are not in English, they offer an important resource for your genealogical research in Brazil. I added the most important links we have right now. I will continue adding links as they become available. If you need any help, do not hesitate to contact through my email or leave a message at the bottom of this page.

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Evidence Explained: History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace 3rd Edition Revised

DATABASES INCLUDING MORE THAN ONE STATE

Projeto Ultramar
http://www.liber.ufpe.br/ultramar/

Includes manuscripts from the colonial period from Pernambuco, Sergipe, Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte e Ceará.

Family Search database for Brasil - Scroll down for additional links on each state.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list/?fcs=placeId%3A1927159&ec=region%3ASOUTH_AMERICA%2CplaceId%3A1927159

Also within the Family Search website you will find a series of digitized books online about several genealogies covering more than one state, such as Pernambuco, Ceará, Paraíba, São Paulo, Paraná, etc.; many of these books are important references for the construction of your ancestral tree, such as Borges da Fonseca's Nobiliarquia Pernanbucana collection. It is worth checking. You must have a registered account to access the books. See the list here:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2058230?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Records Preservation – includes the states of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná and São Paulo

http://www.recordspreservation.org/cgi-bin/list_directory_1.cgi?directory=%2CBrasil&submit_directory=submit

BRAZIL NATIONAL ARCHIVES

The Brazilian National Archives requires that you sign up before researching their website in certain pages of their site. Click on the link on the write side of their web page to create your account - Criar Cadastro.

SIAN

https://sian.an.gov.br/sianex/consulta/resultado_pesquisa_new.asp

Portugueses arriving betweent 1808 – 1842

http://www.an.gov.br/baseluso/menu/menu.php

List of steamers and immigrants in a pdf format beginning 1875 - partial database updated constantly. You will find several resources under Favorites on the SIAN red bar.

http://www.an.gov.br/sian/principal_pesquisa.asp?busca=multinivel/multinivel_consulta4.asp?v_codReferenciaPai_ID=567717

This is the direct link to ship manifests from Rio de Janeiro Port. If you are looking for a Santos Port, use the link above.
http://sian.an.gov.br/sianex/consulta/resultado_pesquisa_favorito.asp?v_CodReferenciaPai_id=1194350&v_CodFundo_ID=1326

Roteiro de Fontes para a História Luso-Brasileira

http://www.an.gov.br/anac/index.asp

Other searchable databases under Brazil National Archives
http://www.an.gov.br/Basedocjud/MenuDocJud/MenuDocJud.php

How to contact the Brazilian National Archives
https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/consultar-documentos-do-acervo-do-arquivo-nacional

Biblioteca Nacional

Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira

http://hemerotecadigital.bn.br/

Digitized newspaper

http://memoria.bn.br/hdb/periodico.aspx

Projeto Resgte

http://resgate.bn.br/

STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

Arquivo da Cúria Metropolitana de Niterói
Database of Ecclesiastical Records for Niterói, São Gonçalo, Itaboraí, Maricá, Iguaba Grande, Rio Bonito, Saquarema, Araruama, São Pedro da Aldeia, Cabo Frio, Arraial do Cabo, Silva Jardim, and other cities.
https://acmnit.wixsite.com/acmn/acervo

STATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO

Arquivo Público do Estado do Espírito Santo

http://imigrantes.es.gov.br/

Books for download
https://ape.es.gov.br/colecao-canaa

STATE OF SÃO PAULO

Projeto Compartilhar
http://www.projetocompartilhar.org/

Database covering São Paulo and south of Minas Gerais. Includes family names, ecclesiastical archives, wills, between other records.

Arquivo da Cúria Metropolitana de São Paulo
https://goo.gl/e1WYGY

Records Preservation

www.recordspreservation.org

Database of indexes and search fields for researching different time frames for the State of São Paulo and Paraná. They comprehend several proceeding which includes marriage banns, divorces, annulment of marriages, crimes, wills, etc.