Santa Catarina Genealogical Records

Santa Catarina 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.

Santa Catarina 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.

Santa Catarina 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 Santa Catarina

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.

Santa Catarina 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.

Santa Catarina 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.

Santa Catarina Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Santa Catarina 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.

Santa Catarina 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 Santa Catarina

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.

Santa Catarina 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.

Santa Catarina 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 Santa Catarina

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva281,5391:262.24%1
2dos Santos169,5411:432.28%2
3de Souza129,7671:563.61%9
4Pereira117,0271:622.09%3
5de Oliveira109,8571:662.77%8
6Alves89,3721:821.83%4
7Rodrigues82,3211:891.96%6
8Ferreira66,7411:1091.38%5
9Martins61,2571:1193.52%16
10Machado59,9351:1228.13%45
11Vieira57,6681:1273.68%18
12Ribeiro57,4811:1272.73%13
13Fernandes49,0911:1493.43%23
14Silva44,8261:1631.10%7
15Cardoso43,9241:1664.77%35
16Correa36,8001:1987.16%55
17Soares33,6961:2171.89%15
18Rosa33,4571:2184.28%42
19da Rosa32,7221:22318.59%145
20Nunes31,9161:2293.01%31
21Gomes31,6811:2301.09%10
22Henrique31,4641:2325.17%51
23de Lima30,1151:2422.49%28
24Borges29,1491:2504.63%49
25Costa28,9851:2522.08%24
26Souza28,1621:2591.82%19
27Oliveira27,9781:2611.22%12
28Dias27,9141:2622.18%26
29Santos27,0701:2700.93%11
30Batista26,9761:2711.85%22
31Antunes26,7791:27310.87%107
32Ramos26,5181:2753.20%40
33Lopes25,7081:2841.67%20
34de Jesus24,9411:2931.27%14
35Gonçalves24,1951:3026.63%78
36Silveira23,5611:3108.36%94
37Mendes23,3281:3132.63%37
38da Costa21,3371:3422.07%32
39Moreira20,9851:3481.93%30
40Teixeira19,8331:3682.38%39
41Barbosa18,7661:3891.10%17
42de Fatima17,7781:4114.69%75
43Coelho17,5141:4174.69%77
44Rocha16,8201:4342.33%46
45Carvalho16,7191:4372.09%41
46Marques16,5261:4421.78%34
47Duarte16,2011:4514.11%71
48do Nascimento16,1691:4521.47%29
49Garcia15,9651:4573.97%67
50de Almeida15,5741:4691.73%36
51Medeiros15,3791:4755.58%97
52Padilha14,8221:49318.51%251
53Pires14,7931:4943.66%66
54Lima14,6841:4970.97%21
55da Luz14,2271:51310.19%168
56Muller13,5931:53721.25%292
57Cordeiro13,4171:5444.15%86
58de Andrade13,2111:5533.37%72
59Farias12,5701:5814.06%90
60da Silveira12,5331:5838.53%165
61da Cruz12,3671:5902.66%59
62Moraes11,8361:6173.47%83
63Nascimento11,7511:6211.38%38
64da Cunha11,6101:6295.41%117
65Pacheco11,5221:6347.19%153
66Correia11,4771:6362.96%74
67Pinheiro11,1711:6542.03%52
68de Freitas10,9591:6662.43%61
69da Rocha10,7961:6763.51%91
70Domingos10,3541:7054.44%110
71Miranda10,3001:7092.48%65
72Fagundes10,2311:7148.42%184
73Maciel10,1311:7213.98%103
74Schneider10,0531:72622.53%372
75Vargas9,8481:74111.30%234
76Goulart9,6221:75915.96%304
77Andrade9,4621:7721.88%57
78de Melo9,2871:7862.55%79
79Camargo9,2691:7885.65%151
80Freitas9,1351:7992.35%73
81Becker9,0931:80326.32%444
82Inacio9,0881:8034.26%120
83Schmidt9,0271:80924.06%421
84Leite8,3811:8711.98%63
85Santana8,3741:8721.20%47
86Tavares8,3571:8741.97%64
87Bueno8,3101:8794.40%136
88Pinto8,3031:8791.67%58
89Xavier8,3011:8802.08%69
90de Sousa8,2571:8840.63%25
91Candido8,1031:9012.89%95
92dos Passos8,0951:90214.90%326
93Schmitz8,0761:90444.73%669
94Bento8,0091:9124.17%132
95Monteiro7,9901:9141.47%54
96de Paula7,9601:9171.74%60
97Almeida7,8641:9281.03%43
98de Lourdes7,8211:9332.97%100
99Campos7,5791:9632.15%82
100Dutra7,5641:9655.10%163
101de Carvalho7,4171:9841.36%53
102Chaves7,3541:9933.64%124
103Cunha7,3081:9993.54%123
104Schmitt7,1911:1,01539.57%666
105Melo7,1321:1,0242.55%96
106da Conceiçao7,0751:1,0320.58%27
107Caetano6,9761:1,0473.13%114
108Siqueira6,8511:1,0662.78%108
109Lemos6,7811:1,0774.49%161
110de Borba6,7611:1,08039.74%703
111Reis6,7341:1,0841.85%80
112de Araujo6,7321:1,0840.98%48
113Bittencourt6,7231:1,08616.18%383
114Borba6,6811:1,09314.94%369
115Araujo6,6681:1,0950.68%33
115de Moraes6,6681:1,0953.11%118
117Pedroso6,6311:1,1017.32%225
118Weber6,6191:1,10323.79%491
119Hoffmann6,6171:1,10327.92%545
120de Mello6,6131:1,1047.85%242
121Amaral6,4751:1,1283.53%141
122Neves6,3891:1,1432.01%87
123Cabral6,2051:1,1773.28%135
124do Amaral6,1981:1,1786.51%215
125Amorim6,1641:1,1843.25%134
126Custodio5,9611:1,2255.28%194
127Leal5,9551:1,2263.34%144
128Flores5,9341:1,2308.08%264
129Maia5,9051:1,2363.11%133
130de Medeiros5,8641:1,2455.75%204
131Espindola5,8161:1,25523.00%523
132Serafim5,7671:1,2667.46%255
133Mafra5,7151:1,27729.85%637
134Franca5,7061:1,2803.10%139
135Furtado5,4851:1,3315.16%200
136Morais5,3891:1,3552.15%104
137Zimmermann5,3801:1,35744.96%887
138Nogueira5,3231:1,3721.24%62
139Guimaraes5,3101:1,3751.70%89
140Mariano5,2931:1,3792.82%137
141Matias5,2901:1,3803.04%146
142dos Anjos5,2871:1,3812.47%119
143Macedo5,2561:1,3892.27%111
144Varela5,0291:1,45221.50%548
145Vicente4,9451:1,47610.19%347
146de Campos4,9191:1,4844.18%190
147de Castro4,8791:1,4961.61%92
148Matos4,8721:1,4992.30%121
149Mateus4,8411:1,5087.03%276
150de Moura4,8151:1,5162.00%109
151do Carmo4,8041:1,5201.21%70
152de Assis4,7801:1,5271.74%98
153Francisco4,7221:1,5466.96%279
154de Abreu4,6791:1,5603.55%175
155Floriano4,6551:1,56813.20%436
156Mello4,6441:1,5727.55%301
157dos Reis4,5371:1,6091.13%68
158Cruz4,4991:1,6231.75%101
159Bitencourt4,4481:1,64113.14%448
160Lemes4,4281:1,6495.12%236
161Ferrari4,3921:1,6629.35%354
162Fischer4,3651:1,67328.53%747
163Cezar4,3621:1,6745.16%240
164Patricio4,3431:1,6819.42%360
165Dal4,3371:1,68321.38%604
166Mota4,3061:1,6962.21%130
167Roque4,2911:1,7015.00%238
168Tomaz4,2701:1,7105.08%245
169de Matos4,2581:1,7153.38%177
170Carneiro4,2571:1,7151.51%93
171de Aguiar4,2411:1,7214.76%229
172Franco4,2181:1,7312.62%152
173Cardozo4,1571:1,7568.13%337
173Kruger4,1571:1,75631.41%817
175de Liz4,1491:1,76078.92%1,659
176Schroeder4,1191:1,77245.31%1,076
177Rech4,0711:1,79325.77%736
178Viana4,0061:1,8221.12%81
179Muniz3,9991:1,8262.67%162
180Veiga3,9811:1,8348.54%357
181Aguiar3,9731:1,8382.53%155
182do Prado3,8721:1,8865.61%275
183Domingues3,8381:1,9022.82%172
184de Amorim3,7981:1,9225.30%266
185Meurer3,7961:1,92352.02%1,255
186Ventura3,7831:1,9305.46%274
187Klein3,7821:1,93015.12%525
188Alexandre3,7591:1,94211.25%451
189Cavalheiro3,7461:1,94911.45%457
190de Farias3,7331:1,9564.79%254
190Petry3,7331:1,95629.41%845
192Porto3,7231:1,9614.63%249
193Nazario3,7141:1,96619.35%633
194Marcelino3,7001:1,97312.98%487
195Casagrande3,6931:1,97718.83%624
196Zeferino3,6421:2,00516.52%568
197Gonzaga3,6091:2,0232.63%171
198Luiz3,5991:2,02910.47%446
199Laurindo3,5831:2,0388.43%378
200Vaz3,5821:2,0383.02%189