Rio de Janeiro Genealogical Records

Rio de Janeiro 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.

Rio de Janeiro 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.

Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro

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.

Rio de Janeiro 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.

Rio de Janeiro 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.

Rio de Janeiro Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Rio de Janeiro 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.

Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro

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.

Rio de Janeiro 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.

Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva1,140,9031:169.06%1
2dos Santos573,0221:317.71%2
3de Souza410,5721:4311.41%9
4de Oliveira398,4091:4510.03%8
5Pereira373,5921:486.68%3
6Ferreira365,3181:497.53%5
7Silva309,8771:577.59%7
8Alves302,8431:596.21%4
9Rodrigues277,8871:646.62%6
10Gomes274,9591:659.44%10
11Ribeiro186,5051:968.85%13
12Santos178,7371:1006.16%11
13Oliveira165,1241:1087.17%12
14Soares153,3351:1168.59%15
15Martins146,0381:1228.40%16
16da Conceiçao142,5551:12511.61%27
17Fernandes128,7391:1388.99%23
18Barbosa128,3151:1397.50%17
19Vieira125,6501:1428.02%18
20da Costa121,9001:14611.82%32
21Lopes118,9841:1507.74%20
22Souza118,7961:1507.67%19
23Costa112,2501:1598.04%24
24Lima106,6131:1677.05%21
25Dias104,1431:1718.13%26
26do Nascimento102,0901:1749.26%29
27de Almeida97,8901:18210.86%36
28Moreira93,5201:1908.61%30
29Teixeira90,3301:19710.86%39
30Batista87,0431:2055.97%22
31de Jesus85,8671:2074.37%14
32Carvalho81,4271:21910.19%41
33Ramos81,2121:2199.81%40
34Machado80,7591:22110.95%45
35Nunes79,6441:2247.50%31
36Nascimento75,4021:2368.85%38
37de Lima73,6771:2426.10%28
38Marques73,6481:2427.95%34
39Rosa72,3801:2469.26%42
40Correa70,6421:25213.74%55
41Cardoso68,1031:2627.39%35
42de Carvalho67,5741:26412.43%53
43Pinto63,6891:28012.79%58
44Monteiro63,3201:28111.68%54
45Mendes63,0301:2837.11%37
46de Araujo62,5561:2859.12%48
47Araujo60,5011:2946.20%33
48Rocha58,2441:3068.07%46
49Almeida55,8611:3197.34%43
50Tavares48,5191:36711.46%64
51de Sousa46,8071:3813.59%25
52Pinheiro46,3421:3848.44%52
53de Paula44,2531:4029.70%60
54Guimaraes43,6721:40813.96%89
55de Freitas42,4271:4209.41%61
56Nogueira42,1361:4239.83%62
57de Andrade42,0751:42310.72%72
58Andrade40,7941:4378.10%57
59Santana40,3161:4425.78%47
60Duarte40,1901:44310.21%71
61Borges39,5781:4506.29%49
62Coelho39,0781:45610.47%77
63da Cruz37,3961:4768.05%59
64Campos36,3261:49010.28%82
65Freitas35,7711:4989.20%73
66Reis34,8941:5109.61%80
67Neves34,8381:51110.98%87
68da Rocha34,4751:51711.20%91
69Moraes33,8311:5269.91%83
70Barreto33,8161:52717.22%126
71Miranda33,6661:5298.10%65
72de Castro33,6051:53011.12%92
73Henrique33,2831:5355.47%51
74Pires33,2511:5368.23%66
75Viana32,3801:5509.02%81
76Barros32,2621:5528.58%76
77de Azevedo31,8011:56022.56%167
78Braga31,3811:56812.57%105
79Rangel31,2741:57044.81%272
80Medeiros31,2511:57011.34%97
81Azevedo31,0551:57415.91%129
82Xavier30,5591:5837.67%69
83Gonçalves30,2461:5898.28%78
84do Carmo30,1021:5927.58%70
85Leite29,7681:5987.02%63
86Siqueira29,6631:60012.05%108
87Moura29,5741:6029.37%88
88Bezerra29,5501:6034.84%50
89da Cunha29,0131:61413.51%117
90Garcia28,9841:6157.21%67
91Cordeiro28,6321:6228.85%86
92de Assis27,0411:6599.82%98
93Cabral26,6371:66914.10%135
94Coutinho26,1881:68021.01%179
95Correia26,1841:6806.75%74
96Bastos26,0351:68417.62%164
97Marinho25,3181:70413.76%140
98Faria24,9101:71517.90%169
99Felix24,8041:7187.39%84
100Fonseca24,5981:72410.67%113
101dos Reis24,4731:7286.10%68
102Cruz23,7791:7499.24%101
103Cunha23,6231:75411.45%123
104Menezes23,4871:75810.81%116
105Pacheco22,7511:78314.19%153
106Macedo22,7151:7849.82%111
107de Melo22,6301:7876.21%79
108Maia22,3871:79611.80%133
109Carneiro22,2671:8007.89%93
110Figueiredo22,1941:80314.52%160
111Candido21,9981:8107.83%95
112Melo21,7271:8207.76%96
113Mendonca21,7111:82013.22%150
114Sousa21,5251:8272.91%44
115Magalhaes21,3721:83310.89%128
116Baptista21,2591:83828.59%261
117Antunes21,0711:8458.55%107
118Farias20,8381:8556.73%90
119de Moraes20,1551:8849.41%118
120Silveira20,0431:8897.11%94
121Leal19,6511:90611.01%144
122Torres19,5981:90910.58%138
123Muniz19,3821:91912.92%162
124Brito19,1841:9285.81%85
125Caetano18,9491:9408.49%114
126Sántos18,6641:95411.69%154
127de Moura18,5721:9597.72%109
128da Silveira18,1101:98412.32%165
129de Abreu18,0741:98513.72%175
130Castro18,0711:9868.13%115
131Domingos18,0461:9877.74%110
132Amaral18,0161:9899.82%141
133Peixoto18,0111:98916.32%197
134de Fatima17,7621:1,0034.68%75
135Maciel17,7481:1,0046.97%103
136Bento17,6431:1,0109.18%132
137Lemos17,6291:1,01011.66%161
138de Barros17,5561:1,01511.21%156
139Dutra17,2871:1,03011.65%163
140Chaves17,2801:1,0318.56%124
141Guedes17,1091:1,0419.42%142
142Sampaio17,0251:1,0469.98%148
143Franca16,8371:1,0589.14%139
144de Lourdes16,6501:1,0706.31%100
145Dantas16,4961:1,0806.47%102
146da Fonseca16,3751:1,08816.46%209
147Freire16,2281:1,0989.08%143
148Aguiar16,1641:1,10210.30%155
149Pessanha15,7901:1,12891.31%697
150Mariano15,3241:1,1628.17%137
151de Mello15,3121:1,16318.18%242
152Amorim15,3091:1,1638.07%134
153Chagas14,9751:1,18912.14%182
154Diniz14,9271:1,1939.57%158
155Mello14,8851:1,19724.20%301
156Barboza14,7891:1,20412.66%191
157Santiago14,7801:1,2059.56%159
158Abreu14,3981:1,23712.81%195
159Cavalcante14,3971:1,2375.77%106
160Mota14,2971:1,2467.34%130
161Paiva14,2921:1,24610.71%173
162Marins14,2911:1,24651.73%494
163dos Anjos14,2351:1,2516.66%119
164Queiroz14,1231:1,2617.19%127
165Sales14,0661:1,2666.67%122
166Das Gracas13,9941:1,2738.50%149
167de Brito13,8121:1,2906.88%125
168Inacio13,6281:1,3076.38%120
169Pimentel13,4361:1,32613.33%206
170Simoes13,0891:1,36110.74%183
171Mattos12,8291:1,38828.22%364
172Couto12,6051:1,41319.23%286
173Barcelos12,4871:1,42626.57%353
174Matos12,4591:1,4305.89%121
175Rezende12,3681:1,44011.61%199
176Rodriguês12,3301:1,44512.40%210
177Vianna12,3101:1,44742.26%485
178Motta12,0371:1,48025.44%351
179de Sa11,9781:1,48712.78%220
180do Espirito Santo11,7611:1,51414.98%253
181Paulino11,7061:1,5226.76%147
182Braz11,6801:1,5259.29%178
183Morais11,6341:1,5314.64%104
184Brandao11,5771:1,5399.55%185
185de Aguiar11,5141:1,54712.93%229
186Porto11,4951:1,54914.29%249
187Pontes11,2591:1,58211.88%217
188Esteves11,2551:1,58319.56%313
189de Santana11,0081:1,6184.76%112
190Franco10,7391:1,6596.67%152
191de Medeiros10,6271:1,67610.42%204
192da Penha10,5591:1,68718.81%321
193do Amaral10,4661:1,70211.00%215
194Mesquita10,2901:1,73110.36%211
195Firmino10,2551:1,7378.57%188
196Furtado10,1541:1,7549.56%200
197Gonzaga10,0851:1,7667.36%171
198Matias10,0511:1,7725.78%146
199Vidal10,0061:1,78013.28%259
200Trindade9,9611:1,7887.21%170