Pará Genealogical Records

Pará 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.

Pará 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.

Pará 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 Pará

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.

Pará 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.

Pará 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.

Pará Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Pará 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.

Pará 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 Pará

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.

Pará 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.

Pará 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 Pará

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva518,0021:174.12%1
2dos Santos313,7791:284.22%2
3Silva269,3691:326.60%7
4Pereira246,4711:354.41%3
5Ferreira236,5601:374.88%5
6Rodrigues189,7641:464.52%6
7Alves172,4891:503.54%4
8Santos139,0631:624.79%11
9Gomes135,9851:644.67%10
10de Souza134,1621:643.73%9
11Oliveira132,9371:655.77%12
12Costa116,5181:748.35%24
13Lima108,6651:797.19%21
14de Oliveira107,3931:802.70%8
15de Sousa106,2681:818.15%25
16Ribeiro93,6331:924.44%13
17Sousa92,7951:9312.54%44
18Souza92,4851:935.97%19
19Barbosa82,9781:1044.85%17
20Lopes78,4171:1105.10%20
21da Costa77,6211:1117.53%32
22Soares76,8291:1124.30%15
23Martins66,1761:1303.81%16
24Monteiro64,5411:13411.91%54
25Cardoso64,3621:1346.99%35
26Pinheiro61,4951:14011.20%52
27Nascimento60,7951:1427.13%38
28da Conceiçao60,4031:1434.92%27
29Araujo59,9231:1446.14%33
30Correa58,7701:14711.43%55
31Batista57,1381:1513.92%22
32Dias56,7001:1524.42%26
33Vieira55,7601:1553.56%18
34de Jesus54,4881:1582.77%14
35Carvalho48,5111:1786.07%41
36Almeida47,3351:1826.22%43
37Nunes46,7371:1854.40%31
38do Nascimento44,9321:1924.08%29
39Farias43,0231:20113.89%90
40Moraes42,8941:20112.56%83
41Moreira41,0371:2103.78%30
42Fernandes40,5251:2132.83%23
43de Lima40,0111:2163.31%28
44Mendes38,7081:2234.37%37
45Pantoja37,7441:22969.77%327
46Miranda37,3851:2319.00%65
47Brito37,0021:23311.21%85
48Marques36,7301:2353.96%34
49Teixeira36,2031:2394.35%39
50Ramos35,4961:2434.29%40
51Pinto33,7701:2566.78%58
52Borges32,1761:2685.11%49
53Barros31,8431:2718.46%76
54Tavares30,7311:2817.26%64
55Rocha30,5131:2834.23%46
56Reis28,1021:3077.74%80
57Santana26,8941:3213.85%47
58Freitas26,8771:3216.92%73
59de Almeida26,4471:3272.93%36
60Viana25,1891:3437.01%81
61dos Reis24,8471:3486.20%68
62Melo24,5961:3518.78%96
63da Cruz24,4111:3545.25%59
64de Araujo23,5581:3673.44%48
65Castro23,1211:37310.40%115
66Coelho22,0091:3925.90%77
67Machado21,9351:3942.97%45
68Bezerra21,7381:3973.56%50
69Andrade21,6851:3984.30%57
70Trindade20,7901:41515.05%170
71Cunha19,8021:4369.59%123
72Nogueira19,1351:4514.46%62
73Maciel18,8111:4597.39%103
74Braga18,6491:4637.47%105
75Campos18,5691:4655.26%82
76Duarte18,4171:4694.68%71
77Cordeiro17,8661:4835.52%86
78do Carmo17,8121:4854.48%70
79Neves17,4321:4955.49%87
80Lobato17,3791:49742.91%393
81Cruz17,3691:4976.75%101
82Moura17,3511:4985.50%88
83Chaves16,8911:5118.37%124
84Carneiro16,7971:5145.95%93
85Guimaraes16,7311:5165.35%89
86Fonseca16,5381:5227.18%113
87Furtado16,5291:52215.56%200
88Matos16,1071:5367.61%121
89Rosa15,8401:5452.03%42
90Leal15,0631:5738.44%144
91Maia14,6101:5917.70%133
92de Carvalho14,2691:6052.63%53
93Amaral14,1831:6097.73%141
94Mota14,0041:6177.19%130
95de Castro13,5201:6394.47%92
96Siqueira13,1061:6595.32%108
97Cavalcante13,0981:6595.25%106
98Xavier12,9451:6673.25%69
99Garcia12,8511:6723.20%67
100Morais12,8441:6725.13%104
101dos Anjos12,7961:6755.99%119
102Leite12,7951:6753.02%63
103de Melo12,7811:6763.51%79
104de Freitas12,7061:6802.82%61
105Nonato12,2831:7039.88%180
106Azevedo12,2141:7076.26%129
107Damasceno12,1311:71212.14%208
108Macedo12,0421:7175.21%111
109Sales11,7861:7335.59%122
110do Rosario11,7591:73415.31%257
111Pires11,7391:7362.91%66
112Queiroz11,6781:7395.95%127
113Medeiros11,6121:7444.21%97
114da Cunha11,5521:7485.38%117
115Marinho11,3441:7616.16%140
116Pimentel11,2681:76611.18%206
117Figueiredo11,0661:7807.24%160
118Vasconcelos10,5431:8197.35%166
119Menezes10,5031:8224.83%116
120Amorim10,4821:8245.53%134
121da Rocha10,3311:8363.36%91
122Assuncao10,2551:84216.32%295
123de Brito9,8771:8744.92%125
124Paiva9,8521:8777.38%173
125Feitosa9,6241:8977.29%174
126Sena9,4921:9109.17%203
127Abreu9,4741:9128.43%195
128da Luz9,3381:9256.69%168
129Baia9,2891:93053.12%691
130Cabral9,2781:9314.91%135
131Barroso9,2001:93911.41%248
132de Moraes8,7781:9844.10%118
133Magalhaes8,7451:9874.45%128
134Bentes8,6991:99345.51%639
135Saraiva8,5151:1,0149.17%221
136do Espirito Santo8,5101:1,01510.84%253
137Santiago8,4681:1,0205.48%159
138Aguiar8,4521:1,0225.39%155
139Guedes8,4321:1,0244.64%142
140do Socorro8,2511:1,0479.30%230
141de Nazare8,2391:1,04840.33%599
142de Andrade8,2351:1,0492.10%72
143Leao8,2301:1,04913.89%306
144Pacheco8,1681:1,0575.09%153
145Lisboa8,0611:1,0719.18%233
146Gama7,9691:1,0849.28%237
147Felix7,9651:1,0842.37%84
148Sampaio7,9631:1,0844.67%148
149Paixao7,9581:1,08511.74%280
150Evangelista7,9361:1,0884.10%131
151Palheta7,8421:1,10159.19%816
152Correia7,6371:1,1311.97%74
153Lira7,6201:1,1338.48%227
154Mesquita7,5991:1,1367.65%211
155Das Chagas7,2291:1,1956.20%192
156Mendonca7,1151:1,2144.33%150
157Coutinho7,0491:1,2255.66%179
158de Assis7,0321:1,2282.55%98
158Valente7,0321:1,22819.37%430
160Albuquerque6,9441:1,2447.07%212
161Torres6,9071:1,2503.73%138
162Dantas6,7911:1,2722.66%102
163Teles6,7821:1,2735.27%176
164Bastos6,6041:1,3084.47%164
165Diniz6,5711:1,3144.21%158
166Chagas6,4671:1,3355.24%182
167Franco6,3401:1,3623.94%152
168Franca6,3061:1,3693.42%139
169Caldas6,2391:1,38414.06%373
170Barreto5,8681:1,4722.99%126
171Pontes5,8121:1,4866.13%217
172Magno5,7821:1,49419.54%480
173Das Neves5,7601:1,4995.15%196
174Brandao5,7231:1,5094.72%185
175de Paula5,6961:1,5161.25%60
176Freire5,6191:1,5373.14%143
177Quaresma5,6161:1,53822.91%532
178Modesto5,5831:1,54711.31%341
179Meireles5,5511:1,55610.44%330
180de Abreu5,5421:1,5584.21%175
181Sarmento5,5191:1,56520.15%499
182da Paixao5,4821:1,5759.24%305
183Vilhena5,4531:1,58444.03%866
184Vaz5,3901:1,6024.54%189
185Gonçalves5,3861:1,6031.47%78
186Matias5,3601:1,6113.08%146
187Silveira5,3101:1,6261.88%94
188Rabelo5,2881:1,6337.46%268
189de Moura5,0731:1,7022.11%109
190Barata5,0041:1,72655.29%1,081
191Aires4,9931:1,73010.08%339
192Galvao4,9431:1,7475.50%228
193de Matos4,8651:1,7753.86%177
194do Socorro da Silva4,7941:1,80133.51%782
195Raiol4,7831:1,80581.54%1,506
196Gaia4,7071:1,83552.62%1,089
197Lemos4,6101:1,8733.05%161
198Favacho4,6071:1,87486.11%1,627
199dos Passos4,5791:1,8868.43%326
200Alcantara4,5591:1,8947.05%290