Santo Antão Genealogical Records

Santo Antão Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Santo Antão

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.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Santo Antão 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.

Santo Antão Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Santo Antão 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.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Santo Antão

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.

Santo Antão 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.

Santo Antão 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 Santo Antão

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Cape Verde
1Delgado2,3031:1827.68%13
2dos Santos1,9031:2113.28%6
3Fortes1,7481:2321.69%14
4Lima1,7081:2422.94%18
5Monteiro1,6481:2510.47%5
6da Cruz1,5521:2621.33%19
7Lopes1,5301:275.27%1
8Gomes1,4081:296.03%2
9da Luz1,2121:3424.83%30
10Rodrigues1,1911:3413.56%12
11Santos1,0521:3920.02%29
12Silva1,0301:399.19%7
13Dias9661:4216.54%24
14Rocha9591:4216.42%24
15Neves8801:4623.41%40
16Andrade8121:5010.71%16
16Ramos8121:509.13%11
18Pires7551:5415.93%31
19Sousa7181:5725.11%47
20Nascimento6751:6025.05%51
21Baptista6461:6333.33%58
22Fonseca6391:6423.11%49
23do Rosário6101:6718.32%45
24dos Reis5581:7312.87%36
25da Graça3571:11417.11%56
26Medina3321:12226.12%72
27Brito3301:1239.11%42
28Oliveira3281:12412.43%53
29Costa3161:12922.05%68
30Évora3031:13420.35%67
31Fernandes2841:1433.08%10
32Duarte2701:1517.05%38
33Alves2371:1715.08%32
34Morais2171:18716.60%70
35Almeida2061:1974.65%34
36Mota1961:20727.64%82
37Chantre1951:20834.15%90
38Pinto1901:21413.27%69
39Miranda1831:22212.24%66
40Ferreira1811:2256.86%52
41Correia1781:2282.25%15
42Domingos1591:25631.18%95
43Tavares1551:2620.86%4
44Gonçalves1451:2802.12%20
45Cruz1311:31023.27%92
46Jesus1261:32349.03%115
47da Conceição1201:33910.56%73
48Soares1181:3441.89%22
49Martins1071:3802.98%43
50do Livramento1051:38724.53%101
51Melo901:45226.39%107
52da Silva881:4622.63%44
52do Nascimento881:46220.56%101
54Barbosa851:4782.86%46
55Assunção831:49044.62%135
56Conceio741:5498.59%78
56Pereira741:5490.77%8
58Amador711:57250.00%161
59Livramento661:6168.84%80
60Carvalho631:6454.13%64
61Aleixo601:67740.27%156
61Veríssimo601:67725.10%119
63Maocha531:76733.33%147
64Teixeira511:7971.87%50
65Evangelista471:86534.06%167
65Leite471:86518.01%114
67Campinha461:88465.71%279
67Inocêncio461:88436.80%177
69Das Dores441:92422.56%133
69de Jesus441:92437.29%185
69Piedade441:92422.45%132
72Coelho411:99111.39%106
72Ribeiro411:9911.69%54
74Lourenço401:1,01628.17%161
75Mendes391:1,0420.19%3
76Cardoso381:1,0700.97%37
76Crisóstomo381:1,07044.19%235
76da Fátima381:1,07024.36%150
79de Oliveira371:1,0983.54%74
79Vaz371:1,0980.81%33
81Nobre331:1,23218.75%139
82da Costa281:1,4521.61%61