Pernambuco Genealogical Records

Pernambuco 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.

Pernambuco 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.

Pernambuco 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 Pernambuco

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.

Pernambuco 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.

Pernambuco 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.

Pernambuco Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Pernambuco 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.

Pernambuco 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 Pernambuco

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.

Pernambuco 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.

Pernambuco 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 Pernambuco

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva1,501,4421:611.93%1
2dos Santos392,4141:255.28%2
3Ferreira282,9801:345.84%5
4Alves247,2311:395.07%4
5Pereira239,0281:414.27%3
6Gomes222,0861:447.63%10
7Silva178,8341:544.38%7
8da Conceiçao175,4451:5514.28%27
9de Souza169,8181:574.72%9
10de Oliveira155,3181:623.91%8
11de Lima154,7921:6312.81%28
12Rodrigues143,6701:673.42%6
13do Nascimento130,7151:7411.86%29
14Barbosa130,3891:747.62%17
15Bezerra121,0251:8019.82%50
16Soares89,8461:1085.03%15
17Santos86,9901:1113.00%11
18Batista73,6271:1315.05%22
19Oliveira71,3501:1363.10%12
20Lima64,4481:1504.26%21
21Lopes61,8731:1564.03%20
22Vieira56,8351:1703.63%18
23de Santana56,7031:17124.53%112
24de Araujo55,9311:1738.16%48
25Ramos52,1741:1866.30%40
26de Melo52,1451:18614.31%79
27Nunes48,3671:2004.55%31
28Martins47,6421:2032.74%16
29Ribeiro46,7061:2072.22%13
30Araujo42,6551:2274.37%33
31Souza42,0171:2302.71%19
32Marques41,3781:2344.47%34
33Nascimento38,1221:2544.47%38
34Correia36,5121:2659.41%74
35Felix36,4841:26510.88%84
36Costa34,0641:2842.44%24
37da Costa33,9871:2853.30%32
38Dias33,9171:2852.65%26
39Mendes33,8731:2863.82%37
40de Andrade33,0041:2938.41%72
41Santana32,6691:2964.68%47
42Leite32,5441:2977.68%63
43do Carmo32,1241:3018.08%70
44de Sousa32,0431:3022.46%25
45Monteiro30,8771:3145.70%54
46Cavalcanti30,7801:31539.88%256
47Fernandes30,7761:3152.15%23
48Tavares30,6901:3157.25%64
49de Almeida30,1161:3213.34%36
50de Jesus29,5571:3281.51%14
51Barros29,4451:3297.83%76
52Henrique29,3221:3304.82%51
53Cordeiro29,0861:3338.99%86
54de Barros27,0871:35717.29%156
55Xavier25,1521:3856.31%69
56de Lourdes24,9591:3889.47%100
57de Moura22,5241:4309.36%109
58de Carvalho22,0491:4394.06%53
59Cavalcante21,5301:4508.63%106
60Andrade21,4081:4524.25%57
61Teixeira21,2251:4562.55%39
62de Franca20,8011:46519.98%202
63Almeida20,0191:4842.63%43
64Melo19,5541:4956.98%96
65de Freitas19,1451:5064.24%61
66Carneiro18,4971:5236.56%93
67Cabral17,9711:5399.51%135
68Carvalho17,8881:5412.24%41
69Torres17,6251:5499.51%138
70Inacio17,3401:5588.12%120
71Candido16,5951:5835.91%95
72Lins16,5331:58624.12%278
73Moreira16,3761:5911.51%30
74de Albuquerque16,2661:59525.13%289
75Amaro15,6871:61716.50%216
76Moura15,5861:6214.94%88
77de Lira15,4461:62737.87%390
78Coelho15,0721:6424.04%77
79de Fatima14,9691:6473.95%75
80Farias14,8651:6514.80%90
81Domingos14,7591:6566.33%110
82Freire14,7531:6568.26%143
83Siqueira14,5491:6655.91%108
84Rocha14,5071:6672.01%46
85Galdino14,3491:67512.35%193
86Tenorio14,1041:68623.24%302
87Marinho14,0621:6897.64%140
88Matias13,9611:6938.03%146
89da Cruz13,9341:6953.00%59
90de Assis13,6171:7114.95%98
91Mariano13,5331:7157.22%137
92do Socorro13,4611:71915.17%230
93Cardoso13,4511:7201.46%35
94Rosa13,4441:7201.72%42
95Nogueira13,4021:7223.13%62
96Lira12,9891:74514.45%227
97de Brito12,9031:7506.43%125
98Albuquerque12,6081:76812.84%212
99Caetano12,4661:7775.59%114
100da Rocha12,1751:7953.95%91
101Paulino12,1511:7977.02%147
102Freitas12,0541:8033.10%73
103Firmino12,0361:80410.06%188
104Guedes11,8951:8146.55%142
105Das Dores11,8661:8169.88%186
106Sales11,7201:8265.55%122
107Pessoa11,6841:82911.97%213
108Feitosa11,5661:8378.77%174
109Viana11,4121:8483.18%81
110Dantas11,1611:8674.38%102
111de Sa11,0151:87911.75%220
112Barboza10,9441:8859.37%191
113Medeiros10,9291:8863.97%97
114dos Anjos10,7841:8985.05%119
115Vasconcelos10,4301:9287.28%166
116Duarte10,4181:9292.65%71
117Borges10,3501:9351.64%49
118de Arruda10,1841:95115.59%287
119Campos10,0141:9672.83%82
120Florencio9,9731:97114.37%273
121Miranda9,9581:9722.40%65
122Maciel9,7341:9953.82%103
123Pinheiro9,7171:9961.77%52
124Das Neves9,6761:1,0018.66%196
125de Farias9,6261:1,00612.35%254
126Brito9,4741:1,0222.87%85
127Menezes9,4671:1,0234.36%116
128Sousa9,3961:1,0301.27%44
129Amorim9,2071:1,0524.86%134
130Franca8,9981:1,0764.88%139
131de Siqueira8,9571:1,08115.27%310
132Queiroz8,9211:1,0854.54%127
133Morais8,7681:1,1043.50%104
134Neves8,6861:1,1152.74%87
135da Paz8,6031:1,12516.48%334
136Guimaraes8,4831:1,1412.71%89
137Santiago8,4011:1,1525.43%159
138Barreto8,3981:1,1534.28%126
139Rufino8,2801:1,16910.80%258
140Braz8,2521:1,1736.56%178
141Das Gracas8,2201:1,1784.99%149
142Bento8,0871:1,1974.21%132
143Machado8,0751:1,1991.09%45
144Arruda7,8301:1,2368.18%214
145Muniz7,7121:1,2555.14%162
146de Morais7,7061:1,2564.92%157
147de Paula7,4991:1,2911.64%60
148Feliciano7,4481:1,30011.71%293
149de Amorim7,4431:1,30110.39%266
150de Vasconcelos7,3901:1,31015.75%355
151Beserra7,3571:1,31622.60%461
152Pinto7,2471:1,3361.46%58
153Faustino7,2341:1,3388.21%232
154Macedo7,1741:1,3503.10%111
155de Macedo7,0491:1,3739.96%269
156Mendonca7,0481:1,3744.29%150
157Justino6,9781:1,3878.60%247
158Moraes6,8771:1,4082.01%83
159Gonzaga6,8091:1,4224.97%171
160Serafim6,7101:1,4438.68%255
161de Azevedo6,6681:1,4524.73%167
162Belarmino6,6201:1,46319.18%445
163de Queiroz6,5231:1,4847.73%241
164da Cunha6,5051:1,4883.03%117
165Sabino6,4611:1,4986.89%219
166Gonçalves6,4161:1,5091.76%78
167Diniz6,3631:1,5224.08%158
168Cruz6,1321:1,5792.38%101
169de Medeiros6,1081:1,5855.99%204
170Silvestre6,0931:1,5898.40%265
171Neto6,0831:1,5925.77%201
172de Moraes6,0661:1,5962.83%118
173de Sena6,0471:1,60110.27%308
174Belo5,9971:1,61415.19%400
175Claudino5,9841:1,61812.20%342
176Azevedo5,9721:1,6213.06%129
177do Espirito Santo5,9371:1,6317.56%253
178Henrique da Silva5,5631:1,7407.90%271
179Leal5,5291:1,7513.10%144
180Florentino5,4871:1,76413.92%402
181Ferreira da Silva5,4721:1,7699.57%317
182Trajano5,4381:1,78016.10%449
183da Luz5,3851:1,7983.86%168
184Clemente5,3351:1,8158.84%303
185Bispo5,3281:1,8171.95%99
186de Castro5,3111:1,8231.76%92
187de Menezes5,2691:1,8377.87%283
188Evangelista5,2621:1,8402.72%131
189Gomes da Silva5,2561:1,84211.63%367
190Peixoto5,2361:1,8494.74%197
191Pereira da Silva5,1941:1,8646.46%250
192de Sales5,1451:1,88210.21%338
193Sántos5,1241:1,8893.21%154
194Quirino5,1211:1,8919.05%319
195Gouveia5,0461:1,91910.53%349
196Pires5,0371:1,9221.25%66
197Alencar5,0051:1,9347.10%270
198Reis4,9811:1,9441.37%80
199Mota4,9791:1,9452.56%130
200Chaves4,9581:1,9532.46%124