Genealogic Research

To begin a genealogic research, star gathering data of your own family, organizing papers, documents and photographies, like: familiary Bibles; birth, marriage and death certificate; letters exchanged by family people; testaments or inventories copies; property registers; fimilary stories, told at the table; military documents; school notepads and report cards; passports or safe conducts; old books and photographies.

The research relative to oral stories of members of the family and relatives is very important, by that, star from the olders to do not lose this information font. Register the speaks in a recorder. Make questions about the things of "his times", like the following ones:

- Which schools have you frequented? What did you do in your school vacation when you was a child? To where the family goes?

- Who did your visited? Where did they lived? The house still existing? Did you have photographies?

- EDid they spoke about their fathers or mothers? From where did they came? How? Where did they were buried?

- Is there a child that has born out of the marriage? Did they have adoptive sons?

- Did they spoke any foreign language? Did they tell histories about other countries?

- Did they have nicknames that they like to use between themselves, that could indicate from where did they came?

- What did you remember about my father and mother, before I had Born, when they was young?

To gather the data by family use the Family card. Gather this cards and organize the Genealogic treer in which you will be the person number one. It's important that joined to the data of each person be noted the information font. To do that, is convenient to create a list os the used fonts, with the respective codification.

With the research, during the tempo, you will have a lot of papers, that, without na adequated organization, the work will turn difficult, it's suggested that you use files, with different subjects, like, for example:

Kind of register, localization and informations avaible to genealogic researches

Kind of register	Where could be find	Informations that could hás
Old newspapers	Public library or the Office from the local Newspaper	Death news, social news, incoming ships (in the case of harbour), marriages, etc.
Graveyard registers	Graveyards, church secretariat, metropolitan courts	Death date, place and date of birth; death cause.
Schoolary register	Schools and Secretariat of Education	Adresses, birth dates, graduation date, names of the schools where the person studied before, school grades.
Municipal district history	Public libraries, Bookstores, Old books	Family histories, names of the members of the family involved on the govern and on the municipal history.
Registros de Imóveis e Impostos	Registros de Imóveis, Prefeitura Municipal, Arquivo Municipal	Terras registradas no nome dos antepassados
Telephone book	Public libraries, Telephonic company, Internet	Names and adresses of the family, comercial adresses to help to locate property registers and taxes.
Street names	Common Council registers	Short report about the ancestor.
Geographic Maps of the city and of the municipal district	Property registers, City Hall, Public Archive, Local Genealogic Society and Historical Institutes	Name of the land lot owners in the city.
Church registers	Churches and Local Genealogic Society	Birth date, marriage and death registers, and others, before the Notary’s Office existence.
Police Occurrence Registers	Fórum, Judicial Archive, Police Departments	Names, adresses, birthdays and other details of the laws offender.
Military registers and “Shot of War	Local Police Department, Regional Headquarters, Military Archives, Local Genealogic Society, Pulbic and historical archives.	Names of the people that serve on the local police, made studies that substitute the military service, serve on the armored forces.

The program Personal Ancestral File, with portuguese version, developed by the mormons, is very used and very flexible. To the families associated to CAPEF the program is supplied for free. Other option is the open software Legacy in english that could be downloaded on: http://baixaki.ig.com.br/site/detail11932.htm

Family Tree Maker

Family Origins

Family Tree

To obtain more info sign-up to CAPEF and participate in the monthly reunions of the entity talking with the researchers of the many associated families.

Set a date to visit CAPEF by the phone (0xx51) 3762 6022 with Marlene Mirca Lopes da Silva. We have data about marriages, birthdates and deaths of the evangelic communities from São Leopoldo, Dois Irmãos, Picada Café, Ivoti, Lindolfo Collor, Estância Velha and Teutônia (Linha Frank).