São Paulo Genealogical Records

São Paulo 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.

São Paulo 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.

São Paulo 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 São Paulo

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.

São Paulo 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.

São Paulo 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.

São Paulo Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

São Paulo 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.

São Paulo 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 São Paulo

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.

São Paulo 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.

São Paulo 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 São Paulo

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva2,422,6801:2019.25%1
2dos Santos1,535,8501:3120.68%2
3Pereira1,052,7941:4518.82%3
4de Oliveira987,6321:4824.86%8
5Alves977,2781:4920.06%4
6Ferreira932,4431:5119.23%5
7Rodrigues882,9901:5421.04%6
8de Souza790,1321:6021.96%9
9Silva704,2431:6817.26%7
10Gomes523,1061:9117.97%10
11Santos490,2151:9716.89%11
12Ribeiro449,2961:10621.31%13
13Oliveira435,9651:10918.94%12
14Martins378,3631:12621.76%16
15de Jesus340,2091:14017.32%14
16Barbosa340,0981:14019.87%17
17Fernandes334,1101:14323.34%23
18Lopes330,1611:14421.48%20
19Soares329,8231:14518.47%15
20Vieira319,0121:14920.36%18
21Aparecido315,9591:15162.20%56
22Batista298,0151:16020.45%22
23Dias287,6441:16622.44%26
24Souza278,9641:17118.02%19
25de Lima263,7391:18121.83%28
26Lima241,7671:19715.99%21
27de Almeida238,8051:20026.48%36
28Moreira229,0801:20821.08%30
29Costa221,3451:21515.86%24
30Henrique217,1481:22035.69%51
31Marques199,6231:23921.54%34
32Nunes198,1331:24118.66%31
33Cardoso189,5001:25220.57%35
34Ramos187,1031:25522.60%40
35do Nascimento181,7151:26216.49%29
36Mendes172,5571:27619.48%37
37Rosa172,4011:27722.07%42
38Teixeira167,2091:28520.10%39
39de Sousa164,0581:29112.58%25
40da Costa161,7081:29515.68%32
41Araujo146,8751:32515.06%33
42Rocha145,5411:32820.15%46
43Carvalho144,8991:32918.13%41
44Nascimento144,3121:33016.93%38
45Santana142,0291:33620.35%47
46Garcia141,0781:33835.08%67
47Almeida140,8051:33918.51%43
48de Paula133,5051:35729.25%60
49de Carvalho132,9881:35824.47%53
50da Conceiçao129,0311:36910.50%27
51Machado127,4071:37417.28%45
52de Araujo120,7341:39517.61%48
53Borges113,3141:42118.00%49
54Leite112,9361:42226.65%63
55Gonçalves112,8131:42330.89%78
56Correa108,3921:44021.09%55
57Pires107,5611:44326.63%66
58Monteiro103,5091:46119.10%54
59Andrade101,6651:46920.18%57
60de Freitas100,3891:47522.26%61
61Nogueira99,0311:48123.10%62
62Pinto97,6151:48819.60%58
63Bezerra96,0151:49715.72%50
64de Andrade93,9801:50723.95%72
65de Fatima92,8581:51324.48%75
66Pinheiro91,1451:52316.59%52
67da Cruz89,7581:53119.32%59
68Bueno88,0531:54146.65%136
69de Moraes87,7091:54440.95%118
70do Carmo81,8441:58320.60%70
71Xavier81,4551:58520.44%69
72Sousa80,0331:59610.82%44
73Miranda79,6441:59919.17%65
74dos Reis78,9571:60419.69%68
75Correia76,0531:62719.60%74
76Tavares74,8671:63717.69%64
77Campos73,7571:64620.88%82
78Camargo73,2761:65144.70%151
79Candido72,1341:66125.69%95
80Duarte71,9671:66218.28%71
81Moraes71,7751:66421.02%83
82de Melo70,4571:67719.34%79
83Domingues68,2011:69950.16%172
84Felix67,9901:70120.27%84
85Neves64,9371:73420.46%87
86Reis64,2581:74217.70%80
87de Lourdes63,3391:75324.02%100
88Antunes62,5661:76225.40%107
89Sántos61,9501:77038.81%154
90Mariano61,1631:77932.63%137
91de Castro61,0251:78120.19%92
92Siqueira60,2621:79124.47%108
93Domingos59,5961:80025.55%110
94Freitas59,1141:80615.21%73
95Viana58,4351:81616.27%81
96Franco57,7021:82635.83%152
97de Campos57,5751:82848.91%190
98Coelho56,8771:83815.24%77
99Barros56,3981:84514.99%76
100Moura55,3061:86217.52%88
101Guimaraes55,1831:86417.63%89
102Caetano55,0581:86624.67%114
103da Rocha54,9781:86717.85%91
104Cordeiro54,3851:87716.80%86
105Brito54,2171:87916.42%85
106Bispo53,7671:88719.68%99
107Cruz51,0681:93419.85%101
108de Assis50,8081:93818.46%98
109de Moura50,2531:94920.88%109
110Macedo48,6531:98021.03%111
111Bento47,4521:1,00524.69%132
112Dantas46,4141:1,02718.20%102
113Silveira46,2771:1,03016.43%94
114Inacio46,1531:1,03321.61%120
115Medeiros46,1511:1,03316.74%97
116Paulino44,5271:1,07125.73%147
117de Camargo44,4091:1,07467.50%284
118Sanches43,1911:1,10454.86%252
119Ferraz43,1211:1,10639.41%198
120Faria42,7781:1,11430.75%169
121de Barros41,9171:1,13726.76%156
122Morais41,8761:1,13816.71%104
123Cavalcante41,8091:1,14016.76%106
124de Brito41,5071:1,14920.67%125
125Melo41,0231:1,16214.65%96
126Braga40,8751:1,16616.37%105
127Maciel40,0651:1,19015.73%103
128Evangelista39,9391:1,19420.65%131
129Torres39,8721:1,19621.52%138
130da Cunha39,7421:1,20018.51%117
131Rodriguês39,6771:1,20239.91%210
132Amaral39,4221:1,20921.50%141
133Fonseca38,5431:1,23716.73%113
134de Santana38,4621:1,24016.64%112
135Queiroz38,2751:1,24619.49%127
136Simoes38,2071:1,24831.34%183
137Prado37,9971:1,25545.12%243
138Guedes37,9501:1,25620.91%142
139Carneiro37,7841:1,26213.39%93
140Teodoro37,2981:1,27831.13%187
141de Morais36,8401:1,29423.54%157
142Farias36,7661:1,29711.87%90
143dos Anjos36,3341:1,31217.00%119
144Messias36,1381:1,31929.25%181
145Sampaio35,8711:1,32921.03%148
146Menezes35,6601:1,33716.41%116
147Sales35,6041:1,33916.87%122
148Pedroso35,4111:1,34639.09%225
149Barreto35,1811:1,35517.91%126
150Matos34,9811:1,36316.54%121
151Magalhaes34,7021:1,37417.68%128
152Cunha34,3371:1,38816.64%123
153Custodio34,2951:1,39030.39%194
154Amorim34,1861:1,39518.03%134
155Franca34,0441:1,40018.47%139
156Muniz32,8701:1,45021.91%162
157Castro32,7571:1,45514.73%115
158Azevedo32,7381:1,45616.77%129
159Diniz32,6681:1,45920.95%158
160Cabral32,6481:1,46017.28%135
161Matias32,5371:1,46518.71%146
162Mota31,9501:1,49216.41%130
163Barboza31,8821:1,49527.29%191
164Figueiredo31,5761:1,51020.66%160
165do Prado31,0291:1,53644.96%275
166Freire30,7871:1,54917.23%143
167Baptista30,2841:1,57440.73%261
168Leme29,5461:1,61484.88%440
169Vaz29,4041:1,62124.79%189
170Santiago29,2851:1,62818.94%159
171Aguiar29,1141:1,63818.55%155
172Braz28,9101:1,64922.98%178
173Leal28,6541:1,66416.06%144
174de Cassia28,6361:1,66540.02%267
175Francisco28,3781:1,68041.81%279
176Mendonca27,9401:1,70617.01%150
177Gonzaga27,7811:1,71620.28%171
178Marinho27,2931:1,74714.83%140
179Maia27,2661:1,74914.38%133
180do Amaral27,0421:1,76328.41%215
181Rossi27,0061:1,76555.13%343
182Peres26,9721:1,76829.53%224
183Chaves26,9401:1,77013.34%124
183de Abreu26,9401:1,77020.44%175
185Pacheco26,9041:1,77216.78%153
186de Faria26,1071:1,82630.44%239
187Das Gracas25,6571:1,85815.58%149
188de Azevedo25,3471:1,88117.98%167
189Galdino25,3021:1,88421.78%193
190Moreno24,8861:1,91640.43%300
191Bastos24,7391:1,92716.75%164
192Firmino24,6311:1,93620.59%188
193de Matos24,6191:1,93719.52%177
194Camilo24,5931:1,93926.67%223
195de Mello24,5431:1,94329.15%242
196Lemos24,2811:1,96316.06%161
197Galvao24,1101:1,97726.82%228
198Bernardes24,1041:1,97828.65%244
199Paiva24,0071:1,98617.99%173
200Venancio23,9611:1,99027.09%231