For sheer volume of information, there are two sites I have to recommend:
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 The first is Lusaweb, a site by, for, and about people whose primary interest is Portuguese genealogy. Whether you're new to the game or are an old dog looking for new tricks, you should check out this site.
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- The other is Cyndi's List, a website of incredible proportions and value to the amateur genealogist. Although Cyndi does not deal exclusively with Portuguese genealogy, her Portuguese section is very impressive.
I'll also help you out with some specific research tools that might come in handy:
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While it is good to know the name of the town (cidade) or village (aldeia) in which your ancestor was born, married, or buried, in order to have any success receiving documents from Portugal, you will need to know the parish (freguesia), municipality (municipio or concelho), and district (distrito) as well. A Porgtuguese organization called ANMP (The National Association of Portuguese Town Councils), has created a web page which will help you in this endeavor. I have no clue what the ANMP is or does, but their site is useful!
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Need access to a good on-line dictionary? The Dicionario da Lingua Portuguesa is a great tool. The up-side is that it lets you search with wild cards, for those days you just can't read the whole word on your document. Plus, it has a grammar reference built in. The down-side is that it is entirely in Portuguese. Still, I've had some good success using it.
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Another good dictionary source, when the Portuguese-only option just won't do, and you just have to have a Portuguese-English or English-Portuguese dictionary, is the European Dictionary. This dictionary is especially good if you need to translate acronyms or phrases.
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If you like the melodious sound of the places your forebears hail from, just think how good they will look on a map! You can purchase some nice, large scale maps on-line through an company called Open Group. The 1:50,000 maps I bought from them show an incredible amount of detail, including every one of the myriad tiny villages my predecessors called home.
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And of course, my links page just wouldn't be complete without a link taking you back to my very own Home Page.
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That's all for now. It's not much, but keep checking back. As I find more sites for you to visit, I will include them here. |
