Minas Gerais Genealogical Records

Minas Gerais Birth & Baptism Records

Brazil Baptism Index (1688-1935)

An index to over 3 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Minas Gerais Marriage & Divorce Records

Brazil Marriage Index (1730-1955)

An index to over 470,000 Catholic marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Minas Gerais Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Brazil Catholic Death Index (1750-1890)

An index to around 50,000 death records. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.

Newspapers Covering Minas Gerais

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Minas Gerais Immigration & Travel Records

Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851)

A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.

São Paulo, Brazil Immigration Cards (1902-1980)

An index to and images of millions of documents detailing foreigners with granted permanent residency in São Paulo.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Immigration Cards (1900-1965)

Indexes and images of millions of immigration cards issued by Brazilian consulates around the world and presented at the port of entry by foreigners visiting or immigrating to Brazil.

Swedish Emigration Records (1783-1951)

Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.

Minas Gerais Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Minas Gerais Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Minas Gerais Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Minas Gerais Occupation & Business Records

Slave Voyages Database (1514-1866)

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Minas Gerais

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Minas Gerais Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Minas Gerais Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Most Common Surnames in Minas Gerais

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva1,047,7621:218.32%1
2Pereira707,2561:3012.64%3
3Ferreira646,1311:3313.33%5
4Alves609,7181:3512.51%4
5Rodrigues541,8521:4012.91%6
6de Oliveira531,6321:4113.38%8
7dos Santos520,9491:417.01%2
8de Souza452,0471:4812.56%9
9Silva422,2361:5110.35%7
10Gomes328,9901:6611.30%10
11Ribeiro273,6471:7912.98%13
12Martins269,7591:8015.51%16
13Soares248,1441:8713.89%15
14de Jesus227,7131:9511.60%14
15Fernandes214,9711:10015.02%23
16Oliveira205,6091:1058.93%12
17Santos204,6721:1057.05%11
18Batista199,2571:10813.68%22
19Lopes192,6161:11212.53%20
20Dias190,0901:11314.83%26
21Moreira185,3991:11617.06%30
22Barbosa185,0331:11710.81%17
23Vieira182,9561:11811.68%18
24Costa138,5261:1569.92%24
25Souza137,7681:1578.90%19
26Mendes136,1761:15815.37%37
27Teixeira129,0511:16715.52%39
28Rosa123,0741:17515.75%42
29de Paula121,2491:17826.56%60
30de Almeida115,0301:18712.76%36
31da Costa111,0841:19410.77%32
32Nunes108,7821:19810.24%31
33Marques107,8191:20011.64%34
34dos Reis106,9251:20226.67%68
35Cardoso103,8831:20811.28%35
36Henrique96,5401:22315.87%51
37Ramos87,8811:24510.61%40
38de Sousa86,1461:2506.61%25
39Rocha85,2671:25311.81%46
40Borges81,9941:26313.03%49
41Lima81,8601:2635.42%21
42de Carvalho79,8831:27014.70%53
43Carvalho78,0981:2769.77%41
44de Fatima76,3101:28320.12%75
45de Freitas74,9081:28816.61%61
46do Carmo74,0181:29118.63%70
47da Conceiçao73,9591:2926.02%27
48Aparecido70,9481:30413.97%56
49de Lima69,7021:3095.77%28
50Araujo69,6311:3107.14%33
51Machado69,5701:3109.43%45
52Almeida68,4251:3158.99%43
53Gonçalves65,5101:32917.94%78
54Pinto63,4131:34012.73%58
55do Nascimento62,3721:3465.66%29
56de Araujo60,3471:3578.80%48
57Andrade59,7501:36111.86%57
58Campos59,7471:36116.91%82
59da Cruz58,1311:37112.51%59
60Miranda55,9871:38513.48%65
61Coelho53,0511:40614.21%77
62de Castro52,9711:40717.52%92
63Nogueira52,6951:40912.29%62
64Das Gracas51,6581:41731.36%149
65Reis51,2511:42114.12%80
66Duarte50,6051:42612.85%71
67de Assis49,7231:43418.06%98
68Nascimento49,4831:4365.81%38
69de Andrade48,3311:44612.32%72
70Guimaraes47,8301:45115.28%89
71Correa47,6111:4539.26%55
72Xavier46,4401:46411.65%69
73Pires46,2071:46711.44%66
74Candido45,5001:47416.21%95
75Santana45,4391:4756.51%47
76de Melo44,7001:48212.27%79
77Fonseca43,8191:49219.02%113
78Pinheiro43,4571:4967.91%52
79Viana41,8031:51611.64%81
80de Lourdes41,4351:52015.71%100
81Garcia38,1471:5659.48%67
82Neves38,1201:56612.01%87
83Monteiro36,9231:5846.81%54
84Caetano35,9571:60016.11%114
85Sousa35,5041:6074.80%44
86Braga35,0321:61614.03%105
87Tavares34,9901:6168.27%64
88Leite34,9591:6178.25%63
89Antunes34,5901:62314.04%107
90da Rocha34,5501:62411.22%91
91Faria34,3131:62824.66%169
92Freitas33,8511:6378.71%73
93de Faria32,9791:65438.45%239
94Rezende31,2761:68929.36%199
95Magalhaes31,1361:69315.86%128
96Domingos30,7821:70113.20%110
97Cordeiro30,4981:7079.42%86
98Evangelista30,3041:71215.67%131
99Morais29,8391:72311.91%104
100Candida29,6661:72732.10%222
101Teodoro29,3231:73524.47%187
102Silveira29,2721:73710.39%94
103Inacio28,9921:74413.57%120
104de Moura28,5631:75511.87%109
105Das Dores28,4351:75823.67%186
106Diniz28,3861:76018.20%158
107Resende27,7621:77744.71%297
108da Cunha27,6521:78012.88%117
109Amaral26,6511:80914.53%141
110Siqueira26,3641:81810.71%108
111Chaves24,8531:86812.31%124
112Moura24,6851:8747.82%88
113Maciel24,3871:8849.58%103
114de Morais23,8251:90515.22%157
115Felix23,1001:9346.89%84
116Bernardes23,0561:93527.40%244
117Bento23,0111:93711.97%132
118Carneiro22,6791:9518.04%93
119Afonso22,5681:95623.93%218
120Correia22,4571:9605.79%74
121Dutra22,4301:96115.12%163
122Medeiros22,2061:9718.06%97
123da Silveira21,5101:1,00314.63%165
124da Fonseca21,3631:1,00921.47%209
125dos Anjos20,9691:1,0289.81%119
126Custodio20,9221:1,03118.54%194
127Maia20,7961:1,03710.97%133
128Figueiredo20,5701:1,04813.46%160
129Mariano19,8691:1,08510.60%137
130Lemos19,4081:1,11112.84%161
131Paulino19,2441:1,12111.12%147
132de Paiva19,1891:1,12423.10%246
133Cunha19,0221:1,1349.22%123
134de Abreu18,6691:1,15514.17%175
135Queiroz18,5251:1,1649.43%127
136Vilela18,2421:1,18231.06%309
137Gonzaga18,1111:1,19113.22%171
138Guedes18,0061:1,1989.92%142
139Fagundes17,9861:1,19914.81%184
140Melo17,6621:1,2216.31%96
141Assis17,3631:1,24217.30%207
142Lacerda17,1541:1,25716.88%205
143Vaz16,8841:1,27714.23%189
144Pacheco16,8011:1,28410.48%153
145Mota16,7541:1,2878.60%130
146Camilo16,7111:1,29018.12%223
147Macedo16,5471:1,3037.15%111
148Franco16,5391:1,30410.27%152
149Braz16,4801:1,30913.10%178
150Cruz16,3481:1,3196.35%101
151Santiago16,3441:1,31910.57%159
152Pimenta16,1611:1,33426.11%298
153Simoes16,1081:1,33913.21%183
154de Brito16,0351:1,3457.99%125
155Sales15,9871:1,3497.58%122
156Leal15,8871:1,3578.90%144
157Silverio15,8461:1,36124.67%291
158Azevedo15,8101:1,3648.10%129
159Castro15,7891:1,3667.10%115
160Moraes15,6041:1,3824.57%83
161Amorim15,6011:1,3828.23%134
162de Matos15,5861:1,38412.36%177
163Brito15,4441:1,3964.68%85
164Menezes15,4231:1,3987.10%116
165de Cassia15,3401:1,40621.44%267
166Mendonca15,2031:1,4189.26%150
167Messias15,1411:1,42412.25%181
168Aguiar14,9631:1,4419.54%155
169Barros14,8851:1,4493.96%76
170Torres14,8071:1,4567.99%138
171Matias14,7281:1,4648.47%146
172Bispo14,3001:1,5085.23%99
173Muniz14,2941:1,5099.53%162
174Esteves14,2661:1,51224.79%313
175Neto14,2101:1,51813.48%201
176Franca14,0871:1,5317.64%139
177de Miranda13,8061:1,56218.34%260
178Marinho13,7811:1,5657.49%140
179Magela13,7761:1,56573.97%652
180Matos13,6931:1,5756.47%121
181Tomaz13,5221:1,59516.10%245
182Veloso13,4811:1,60020.53%285
183Damasceno13,3551:1,61513.37%208
184Peixoto13,2391:1,62912.00%197
185Caldeira13,0441:1,65327.74%352
186Sántos12,7901:1,6868.01%154
187de Moraes12,7461:1,6925.95%118
188Venancio12,7391:1,69314.40%231
189Brandao12,7201:1,69510.50%185
190de Azevedo12,6741:1,7018.99%167
191Coutinho12,5991:1,71210.11%179
192Vasconcelos12,5561:1,7178.76%166
193Paiva12,5321:1,7219.39%173
194Cabral12,3611:1,7456.54%135
195Trindade12,2691:1,7588.88%170
196Sabino12,2091:1,76613.02%219
197de Barros12,1471:1,7757.76%156
198Bueno11,9851:1,7996.35%136
199Rabelo11,8871:1,81416.77%268
200Mateus11,8821:1,81517.26%276