Paraíba Genealogical Records

Paraíba 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.

Paraíba 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.

Paraíba 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 Paraíba

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.

Paraíba 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.

Paraíba 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.

Paraíba Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Paraíba 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.

Paraíba 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 Paraíba

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.

Paraíba 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.

Paraíba 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 Paraíba

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva389,5351:103.10%1
2dos Santos148,1531:271.99%2
3Pereira131,0341:312.34%3
4Alves111,6931:362.29%4
5Ferreira108,0901:372.23%5
6Gomes87,2281:463.00%10
7Silva74,7491:541.83%7
8de Oliveira66,4441:611.67%8
9Rodrigues60,4471:671.44%6
10de Souza55,1781:731.53%9
11da Conceiçao55,0261:744.48%27
12Barbosa53,8771:753.15%17
13Soares52,6841:772.95%15
14de Lima51,0471:794.22%28
15de Sousa49,1741:823.77%25
16do Nascimento47,4461:854.30%29
17Batista42,8441:952.94%22
18Fernandes39,4651:1032.76%23
19Santos37,9061:1071.31%11
20Bezerra35,5951:1145.83%50
21Oliveira35,2341:1151.53%12
22Araujo32,8331:1233.37%33
23de Araujo31,2231:1304.55%48
24Vieira29,8451:1361.90%18
25Lima29,7861:1361.97%21
26da Costa27,7441:1462.69%32
27Martins25,9441:1561.49%16
28Costa23,7361:1711.70%24
29Dantas22,7761:1788.93%102
30Lopes22,4061:1811.46%20
31Ribeiro21,6571:1871.03%13
32Felix21,6301:1876.45%84
33Nunes21,5211:1882.03%31
34Nascimento17,4621:2322.05%38
35Dias17,3561:2331.35%26
36Marques16,5751:2441.79%34
37Leite16,3891:2473.87%63
38Ramos15,9861:2531.93%40
39Mendes14,6951:2761.66%37
40Souza14,2481:2840.92%19
41Medeiros13,8821:2925.04%97
42de Almeida13,7411:2951.52%36
43de Andrade13,3591:3033.40%72
44Tavares13,0141:3113.07%64
45Monteiro12,7051:3192.34%54
46Galdino12,5841:32210.83%193
47Almeida12,3361:3281.62%43
48Andrade11,8271:3432.35%57
49de Melo11,7611:3443.23%79
50Sousa11,5021:3521.55%44
51Cavalcante11,3151:3584.53%106
52Paulino10,5951:3826.12%147
53Farias10,5661:3833.41%90
54de Lourdes10,5051:3863.98%100
55Moreira10,4341:3880.96%30
56de Assis10,4311:3883.79%98
57Cardoso10,2301:3961.11%35
58Xavier10,1681:3982.55%69
59Candido10,0021:4053.56%95
60Henrique9,9531:4071.64%51
61Guedes9,7971:4145.40%142
62Duarte9,3741:4322.38%71
63de Medeiros9,1111:4458.94%204
64Firmino8,8421:4587.39%188
65Matias8,8371:4585.08%146
66Marinho8,8301:4594.80%140
67Correia8,7421:4632.25%74
68do Socorro8,6771:4679.78%230
69de Fatima8,4311:4812.22%75
70Freire8,4111:4824.71%143
71do Carmo8,2141:4932.07%70
72Cordeiro8,1491:4972.52%86
73Diniz8,1401:4985.22%158
74de Freitas8,0991:5001.80%61
75Carneiro8,0291:5052.85%93
76Santana7,8271:5181.12%47
77de Brito7,7061:5263.84%125
78Bento7,6601:5293.99%132
79Inacio7,5981:5333.56%120
80Barros7,5431:5372.01%76
81Cabral7,5341:5383.99%135
82de Farias7,3631:5509.45%254
83Domingos7,3551:5513.15%110
84Morais7,0671:5732.82%104
85Das Neves6,9711:5816.24%196
86Rocha6,6871:6060.93%46
87Sales6,5031:6233.08%122
88Teixeira6,4501:6280.78%39
89Cavalcanti6,3011:6438.16%256
90de Jesus6,2751:6460.32%14
91Trajano6,2121:65218.39%449
92de Franca6,0461:6705.81%202
93Melo6,0161:6732.15%96
94Borges6,0001:6750.95%49
95Moura5,9191:6841.87%88
96Nobrega5,9171:68523.78%529
97Lira5,9071:6866.57%227
98Carvalho5,8641:6910.73%41
99Brito5,8521:6921.77%85
100Clementino5,8471:69315.68%423
101Nogueira5,8211:6961.36%62
102Pessoa5,7081:7105.85%213
103Das Dores5,5811:7264.64%186
104Lucena5,3101:76314.03%417
105de Carvalho5,3071:7630.98%53
106de Santana5,2771:7682.28%112
107Justino5,1011:7946.28%247
108Targino5,0061:80922.99%574
109Freitas4,9301:8221.27%73
110Faustino4,9271:8225.59%232
111da Cruz4,9061:8261.06%59
112Lins4,7991:8447.00%278
113Maciel4,7871:8461.88%103
114Pontes4,7121:8604.97%217
115Pinheiro4,5891:8830.84%52
116de Moura4,4211:9161.84%109
117Serafim4,3541:9305.63%255
118Campos4,3271:9361.22%82
119Viana4,2961:9431.20%81
120Tomaz4,2581:9515.07%245
121Mariano4,2371:9562.26%137
122Caetano4,2201:9601.89%114
123Das Gracas4,1401:9792.51%149
124Macedo4,1101:9861.78%111
125Neves4,1071:9861.29%87
126Guimaraes4,0801:9931.30%89
127Lacerda4,0531:1,0003.99%205
128Ramalho3,9781:1,0185.93%282
129Figueiredo3,9651:1,0222.59%160
130Amaro3,9101:1,0364.11%216
131Rufino3,9081:1,0375.10%258
132Rosa3,9061:1,0370.50%42
133Feitosa3,8631:1,0492.93%174
134de Morais3,8611:1,0492.47%157
135Sabino3,8431:1,0544.10%219
136Coelho3,8141:1,0621.02%77
137Evangelista3,7861:1,0701.96%131
138Braz3,7391:1,0832.97%178
139Miranda3,7171:1,0900.89%65
140Pinto3,6861:1,0990.74%58
141Cruz3,5841:1,1301.39%101
142Franca3,5761:1,1331.94%139
143Queiroz3,5731:1,1341.82%127
144da Penha3,5491:1,1426.32%321
145Mendonca3,5391:1,1452.15%150
146de Albuquerque3,4851:1,1625.38%289
147Albuquerque3,4821:1,1633.54%212
148Barreto3,4541:1,1731.76%126
149Belarmino3,4531:1,17310.00%445
150da Cunha3,4201:1,1851.59%117
151Gonzaga3,3781:1,1992.47%171
152Torres3,3401:1,2131.80%138
153Azevedo3,3291:1,2171.71%129
154Neto3,3181:1,2213.15%201
155Claudino3,3111:1,2246.75%342
156de Lucena3,2911:1,23117.45%644
157Florencio3,2581:1,2434.69%273
158Vasconcelos3,2101:1,2622.24%166
159Pires3,2071:1,2630.79%66
160Camilo3,2021:1,2653.47%223
161Chaves3,1781:1,2751.57%124
162Machado3,1441:1,2890.43%45
163Venancio3,0931:1,3103.50%231
164Maia3,0691:1,3201.62%133
165da Rocha3,0411:1,3320.99%91
166Gonçalves3,0171:1,3430.83%78
167da Nobrega2,9651:1,36640.89%1,262
168de Lira2,9361:1,3807.20%390
169Cunha2,9311:1,3821.42%123
170Feliciano2,9071:1,3944.57%293
171Belo2,8941:1,4007.33%400
172Amorim2,8751:1,4091.52%134
173de Barros2,8731:1,4101.83%156
174de Queiroz2,8711:1,4113.40%241
174dos Anjos2,8711:1,4111.34%119
176Fidelis2,8441:1,4247.00%392
177Mota2,8411:1,4261.46%130
178Patricio2,7841:1,4556.04%360
179de Macedo2,7661:1,4653.91%269
180Quirino2,7051:1,4984.78%319
181de Azevedo2,6861:1,5081.91%167
182de Pontes2,6711:1,51714.95%675
183Paiva2,6661:1,5202.00%173
184Gouveia2,6351:1,5375.50%349
185Balbino2,6301:1,5404.56%312
186Arruda2,6111:1,5522.73%214
187Braga2,6001:1,5581.04%105
188Souto2,5981:1,5596.31%386
189Francelino2,5841:1,5689.92%518
190Cassiano2,5751:1,5735.27%345
190Januario2,5751:1,5734.49%315
192Garcia2,5741:1,5740.64%67
193Coutinho2,5471:1,5912.04%179
194Muniz2,5341:1,5991.69%162
195Das Chagas2,5201:1,6082.16%192
196Henriques2,5151:1,6118.52%482
197Roque2,4631:1,6452.87%238
198Bandeira2,3851:1,6993.23%262
198de Figueiredo2,3851:1,6995.99%397
200Florentino2,3841:1,6996.05%402
200Santiago2,3841:1,6991.54%159