Portugal Genealogical Records

Portugal Birth & Baptism Records

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Portugal Marriage & Divorce Records

Portugal Catholic Marriage Index (1670-1910)

An index to over 60,000 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.

Portugal Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

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

Portugal Death Index (1640-1910)

An index to around 100,000 death records. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.

Newspapers Covering Portugal

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.

Portugal 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.

Crane's Directory & Buyer's Guide (1899-1900)

A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.

Portugal Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Portugal 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.

Portugal 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.

Crane's Directory & Buyer's Guide (1899-1900)

A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Portugal

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.

Portugal 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.

Portugal 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.

Historical Description

This Kingdome is about 320 miles long, and 60 broad; the Air is very healthfull; the Countrey for the most part hilly, and bare of Corn, which defect is recompenced with abundance of Honey, Wine, Oyl, Allum, Fruits, Fish, white Marble, Salt. [Note: Note, that Portugal is at present under a King of their own.

Other than Lisbon, the chief cities are, Mirandam Braga, the Metropolis of Portugal & Conimbra, Porto, or Portus Galloram.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

This, the most westerly of the European countries, with an area of 35,500 square miles and a population (exclusive of the Colonies) of 6,399,355 (1920), is rich in mineral and vegetable produce; of the latter, the vine and the olive are the chief, and of the former, copper, iron, antimony, and manganese. Its manufactures are increasing in importance, and now comprise iron and steel goods, as well as gloves, silk, woollen and cotton stuffs. The principal article of export, however, is the celebrated wine of Oporto, in which in normal times consists nearly one-third of the export trade to the United Kingdom Cork is also very largely exported, and considerable quantities of cocoa from the colony of S. Thome are also re-exported to this country. The Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920, principally machinery are hardware, coal and metals, woollens, and cotton goods amounted to £12,051,676, the Exports to the United Kingdom being £6,899,451. Lisbon, the capital, has (1920) 500,276 inhabitants; Oporto, 215,330.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Portugal

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Silva283,3261:37
2Santos222,1451:47
3Ferreira191,0831:55
4Pereira173,3911:60
5Costa154,6891:67
6Oliveira145,9611:71
7Martins138,2901:75
8Rodrigues138,0451:75
9Sousa130,5341:80
10Fernandes119,7771:87
11Lopes111,0301:94
12Gonçalves107,9631:96
13Marques107,9451:97
14Gomes105,8121:98
14Ribeiro105,8121:98
16Carvalho104,4251:100
17Almeida102,3491:102
18Pinto101,8681:102
19Alves93,8001:111
20Dias85,5061:122
21Teixeira79,8071:131
22Correia78,5331:133
23Mendes72,3441:144
24Soares66,8801:156
25Vieira65,3901:159
26Monteiro65,3331:159
27Moreira64,2671:162
28Cardoso64,0211:163
29Duarte63,1251:165
30Nunes62,3041:167
31Rocha55,6801:187
32Coelho53,8591:193
33Neves52,3211:199
33Reis52,3211:199
35Pires50,1411:208
36Cunha49,1701:212
37Machado47,0561:221
37Matos47,0561:221
39Fonseca46,0371:226
40Ramos45,2351:230
41Tavares44,5371:234
42Freitas43,9891:237
43Simões43,1021:242
44Cruz42,9701:242
45Antunes41,0451:254
46Figueiredo40,1111:260
47Barbosa38,6301:270
48Castro37,5261:278
49Araújo37,1961:280
49Azevedo37,1961:280
51Lima36,8181:283
52Lourenço34,1951:305
53Faria32,3271:322
54Morais31,9871:326
55Andrade31,4111:332
56Henriques31,2611:333
57Mota31,2421:333
58Pinheiro30,6001:340
59Afonso30,5061:342
60Barros29,5241:353
61Miranda28,3071:368
62Baptista28,2511:369
63Melo27,7031:376
64Guerreiro27,6941:376
65Nogueira27,4011:380
66Abreu27,2791:382
67Borges26,7221:390
68Brito26,1561:398
69Campos26,0521:400
70Vaz26,0241:400
71Rosa25,9101:402
72Maia25,8071:404
73Esteves25,3541:411
74Batista25,0801:415
75Moura24,8541:419
76Amaral24,4481:426
77Gaspar23,1741:450
78Leite23,0611:452
79Jorge22,7401:458
80Neto22,5991:461
81Gouveia22,0421:473
82Jesus21,9851:474
83Branco21,9761:474
84Valente21,9001:476
85Pedro21,7871:478
86Pinho21,4661:485
87Loureiro20,4851:509
88Filipe19,8531:525
89Cabral19,6071:531
90Luís19,5701:532
91Miguel19,0411:547
92Rebelo18,8531:553
93Macedo18,8341:553
94Garcia18,6261:559
95Couto18,2861:570
96Amorim18,1261:575
97Nascimento18,1171:575
98Leal18,0981:576
99Guimarães17,9841:579
100Vicente17,8811:583
101Paiva17,4471:597
102Bastos17,3991:599
103Vasconcelos17,3051:602
104Matias16,9371:615
105Bento16,8901:617
106Pacheco16,8711:618
107Carneiro16,7771:621
108Cordeiro16,7671:621
109Sequeira16,7011:624
110Domingues16,5881:628
110Guedes16,5881:628
110Mateus16,5881:628
113Saraiva16,1161:646
114Coutinho15,8141:659
115Sampaio15,7671:661
116Morgado15,6541:666
117Peixoto15,6441:666
118Manuel15,6261:667
119Lemos15,5121:672
120Madeira15,3521:679
121Aguiar15,2201:685
122Mendonça15,1921:686
123Ramalho14,8901:700
124Caetano14,8051:704
125Mesquita14,7861:705
126Serra14,5881:714
127Godinho14,2381:732
128Magalhes14,1251:738
129Francisco14,0781:740
130Paulo14,0591:741
131Conceição14,0401:742
132Torres14,0211:743
133Ventura13,7481:758
134Barata13,4461:775
135Guerra13,2671:785
136Domingos13,1061:795
137Viegas13,0971:795
138Franco12,9651:804
139Braga12,9271:806
140Pimenta12,9081:807
141Bernardo12,8891:808
142Brandão12,8801:809
143Raposo12,5781:828
144Freire12,3701:842
145Pais12,3511:844
145Trindade12,3511:844
147Martinho12,2571:850
148António12,1631:857
149Magalhaes12,0311:866
150Palma11,9551:871
151Dinis11,9271:874
151Veiga11,9271:874
153Roque11,8891:876
154Alexandre11,7291:888
155Caldeira11,6631:893
156Vale11,3701:916
157Figueira11,1531:934
158Barroso11,1061:938
159Viana11,0961:939
160Carreira11,0301:945
161Carmo10,9831:949
162Albuquerque10,9451:952
163da Silva10,9171:954
164Medeiros10,8791:958
165Botelho10,8511:960
166Pina10,8321:962
167Lobo10,6251:981
168Nobre10,5771:985
169Carlos10,5591:987
170Amaro10,5401:988
171Inácio10,5111:991
172Graça10,4081:1,001
173Xavier10,2941:1,012
17410,2471:1,017
175Gil10,1431:1,027
176Lucas10,0681:1,035
177Marinho9,8981:1,053
178Cerqueira9,6721:1,077
179Ferrão9,6621:1,078
180Luíz9,6431:1,080
181Fontes9,5581:1,090
182Pimentel9,5211:1,094
182Silveira9,5211:1,094
184Teles9,3791:1,111
185Veloso9,2851:1,122
186Diogo9,2471:1,127
187Ferraz9,2281:1,129
188Queirós9,0771:1,148
189Resende8,9641:1,162
190André8,9261:1,167
191Abrantes8,8701:1,175
192Augusto8,8041:1,183
193Barreto8,7851:1,186
194Magalhães8,7001:1,197
195Farinha8,6811:1,200
196Calado8,5111:1,224
197Patrício8,3881:1,242
198Pedrosa8,3601:1,246
199Louro8,3031:1,255
200Meireles8,2751:1,259