Paraná Genealogical Records

Paraná 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.

Paraná 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.

Paraná 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 Paraná

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.

Paraná 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.

Paraná 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.

Paraná Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Paraná 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.

Paraná 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 Paraná

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.

Paraná 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.

Paraná 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 Paraná

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva456,1851:263.62%1
2dos Santos370,4601:314.99%2
3de Oliveira239,4951:496.03%8
4Ferreira214,3591:544.42%5
5Pereira210,0341:553.75%3
6Alves205,6331:574.22%4
7Rodrigues192,3551:604.58%6
8de Souza182,3241:645.07%9
9Ribeiro131,3011:896.23%13
10Martins95,5201:1225.49%16
11de Lima87,2281:1337.22%28
12Gomes83,4721:1392.87%10
13Silva75,5581:1541.85%7
14Fernandes71,8601:1625.02%23
15Batista70,9601:1644.87%22
16Soares69,8401:1673.91%15
17Lopes69,1651:1684.50%20
18Aparecido66,6551:17513.12%56
19Vieira65,9191:1774.21%18
20Santos65,3831:1782.25%11
21Machado63,5781:1838.62%45
22de Jesus61,4481:1893.13%14
23Oliveira59,9691:1942.60%12
24Henrique59,5971:1959.80%51
25Barbosa58,4881:1993.42%17
26Dias57,0151:2044.45%26
27Moreira54,3021:2145.00%30
28de Almeida49,3531:2365.47%36
29de Fatima48,4191:24012.76%75
30Mendes45,3451:2575.12%37
31Cardoso43,3851:2684.71%35
32Rosa42,7951:2725.48%42
33Nunes42,3161:2753.99%31
34de Paula41,6741:2799.13%60
35Cordeiro41,4451:28112.80%86
36Costa41,2901:2822.96%24
37Ramos41,1301:2834.97%40
38Marques39,7491:2934.29%34
39Souza38,9771:2992.52%19
40Teixeira36,9731:3154.45%39
41Gonçalves36,0651:3239.88%78
42Lima34,7331:3352.30%21
43da Costa34,4541:3383.34%32
44Bueno34,0301:34218.03%136
45Borges33,4341:3485.31%49
46do Nascimento32,5151:3582.95%29
47Antunes30,5941:38012.42%107
48Garcia30,2601:3847.52%67
49da Cruz30,0321:3876.46%59
50Carvalho29,5381:3943.70%41
51Correa29,3321:3975.71%55
52Rocha29,1511:3994.04%46
53Camargo27,4481:42416.74%151
54de Andrade25,9031:4496.60%72
55Pires25,8651:4506.40%66
56da Luz25,6731:45318.39%168
57de Freitas25,4671:4575.65%61
58Correia23,8101:4896.14%74
59Pinheiro22,6621:5134.13%52
60de Carvalho22,6471:5144.17%53
61Pinto21,1311:5514.24%58
62de Araujo20,7421:5613.03%48
63Santana20,7091:5622.97%47
64Miranda19,8481:5864.78%65
65Padilha19,7661:58924.68%251
66Carneiro19,5451:5956.93%93
67Almeida19,1721:6072.52%43
68da Rocha19,0691:6106.19%91
69Andrade18,2691:6373.63%57
70Nascimento18,1871:6402.13%38
71Monteiro17,8671:6513.30%54
72Domingues17,7221:65713.03%172
73Araujo17,5581:6631.80%33
74do Carmo17,3591:6704.37%70
75Nogueira16,6811:6973.89%62
76Leite16,6101:7003.92%63
77da Rosa16,5791:7029.42%145
78Xavier16,2421:7164.08%69
79Candido16,1661:7205.76%95
80de Melo15,6001:7464.28%79
81Siqueira15,5651:7476.32%108
82Silveira15,5351:7495.51%94
83de Lourdes15,2891:7615.80%100
84Pedroso15,1421:76816.72%225
85Duarte15,0341:7743.82%71
86da Conceiçao14,8781:7821.21%27
87Maciel14,7861:7875.81%103
88dos Reis14,5891:7973.64%68
89Moraes14,5691:7994.27%83
90Ribas14,3691:81036.32%398
91Neves14,3661:8104.53%87
92Tavares14,2051:8193.36%64
93de Castro14,0571:8284.65%92
94Franco13,5021:8628.38%152
95Lemes13,2891:87615.36%236
96do Rocio13,2851:87691.12%775
97Guimaraes13,2171:8804.22%89
98Mariano13,1841:8827.03%137
99Caetano12,9211:9005.79%114
100Farias12,6781:9184.09%90
101de Moraes12,6151:9225.89%118
102Domingos12,3741:9405.31%110
103Leal12,3571:9426.92%144
104Freitas12,2401:9513.15%73
105Cezar11,9111:97714.10%240
106Campos11,8301:9833.35%82
107Vaz11,5891:1,0049.77%189
108de Lara11,0371:1,05447.75%551
109Franca10,8151:1,0765.87%139
110Felix10,6581:1,0923.18%84
111Inacio10,6261:1,0954.98%120
112de Moura10,6231:1,0954.41%109
113de Assis10,3841:1,1203.77%98
114Viana10,3781:1,1212.89%81
115de Campos10,3031:1,1298.75%190
116Morais10,1281:1,1494.04%104
117Pacheco10,0551:1,1576.27%153
118Fagundes10,0501:1,1588.27%184
119Coelho10,0061:1,1632.68%77
120Prestes9,9531:1,16925.86%409
121Bento9,9491:1,1695.18%132
122de Sousa9,6651:1,2040.74%25
123de Mello9,6381:1,20711.45%242
124Teodoro9,5711:1,2167.99%187
125de Camargo9,5251:1,22114.48%284
126Medeiros9,4051:1,2373.41%97
127dos Anjos9,3921:1,2394.39%119
128Faria9,3551:1,2446.72%169
129Cruz9,2971:1,2513.61%101
130Chaves9,1751:1,2684.54%124
131Amaral8,8661:1,3124.83%141
132do Prado8,7941:1,32312.74%275
133de Morais8,5741:1,3575.48%157
134de Matos8,5201:1,3666.76%177
135Reis8,4891:1,3712.34%80
136Marcondes8,4641:1,37520.77%391
137da Silveira8,4071:1,3845.72%165
138Maia8,4051:1,3844.43%133
139Muller8,3901:1,38713.12%292
140Moura8,2081:1,4172.60%88
141de Brito8,0561:1,4444.01%125
142de Franca8,0521:1,4457.73%202
143Galvao8,0271:1,4498.93%228
144Bezerra7,8271:1,4861.28%50
145da Cunha7,8251:1,4873.64%117
146Macedo7,7901:1,4943.37%111
147do Amaral7,7791:1,4968.17%215
148Paulino7,7521:1,5014.48%147
149Custodio7,6581:1,5196.79%194
150Sanches7,5651:1,5389.61%252
151Matias7,3781:1,5774.24%146
152Barboza7,3711:1,5786.31%191
153Fonseca7,3671:1,5793.20%113
154Vidal7,2871:1,5979.67%259
155Ferraz7,1701:1,6236.55%198
156Dutra7,1211:1,6344.80%163
157de Azevedo6,9691:1,6694.94%167
158Messias6,9671:1,6705.64%181
159Castro6,9191:1,6823.11%115
160de Barros6,8951:1,6874.40%156
161Cabral6,7691:1,7193.58%135
162Braz6,7631:1,7205.38%178
163Taborda6,7271:1,73054.87%871
164Pontes6,7231:1,7317.09%217
165Sántos6,7041:1,7354.20%154
166de Abreu6,7031:1,7365.09%175
167Cunha6,6311:1,7553.21%123
168Barros6,4911:1,7921.73%76
169Braga6,4681:1,7992.59%105
170Sampaio6,3801:1,8243.74%148
171Silverio6,3441:1,8349.88%291
172Evangelista6,3091:1,8443.26%131
173Chagas6,2571:1,8595.07%182
174Veiga6,1881:1,88013.27%357
175Guedes6,1141:1,9033.37%142
176Afonso6,1061:1,9056.47%218
177Simoes6,1031:1,9065.01%183
178Melo6,0991:1,9082.18%96
179Trindade6,0211:1,9324.36%170
180Cavalheiro5,9911:1,94218.31%457
181Bispo5,9311:1,9622.17%99
182Lemos5,9201:1,9653.92%161
183Brito5,9181:1,9661.79%85
184Roque5,9121:1,9686.89%238
185Schneider5,9041:1,97113.23%372
186Lourenço5,8541:1,98710.74%323
187Prado5,8291:1,9966.92%243
188Peres5,8011:2,0066.35%224
189Vargas5,6751:2,0506.51%234
190Azevedo5,6611:2,0552.90%129
191Mateus5,6511:2,0598.21%276
192Diniz5,5861:2,0833.58%158
193Paes5,5781:2,0867.58%263
194Schmidt5,5641:2,09114.83%421
195Torres5,5351:2,1022.99%138
196do Rosario5,4381:2,1407.08%257
197Queiroz5,3491:2,1752.72%127
198Das Gracas5,3331:2,1823.24%149
199Magalhaes5,3161:2,1892.71%128
200Sales5,2851:2,2012.50%122