Portuguese Genealogist Master List

(as you might have guessed, a page about Portuguese genealogy. Very much in its infancy, it is divided by region of Portugal and contains the lists of surnames that various people are searching for; very interesting--if only more people sent their research topics to the owner Doug da Rocha Holmes.

AOL's Hispanic Genealogy Address Book--Portugal

(though it has the name 'Hispanic' on it, this page is actually about Portugal; contains contains links to various user sites, libraries, and societies; also has addresses for some main resources such as the national archives at the Torre do Tombo and professional genealogists working on Portugal)

Netting Your Ancestors--Spain, Portugal & the Basques

(a professional collection of links about these three peoples; contains quite a lot of Portuguese info in a well organized manner)

Fernando Candido's Genealogy Pages

(a mini-directory of resources related to genealogy in Portugal--Fernando traces his efforts and has links to a number of archives, societies, GenWEB projects, and other genealogy personal pages)

Tradição -- Genealogia e Heráldica Portuguesa

(a beginning initiative to create sort of a center for genealogical studies on the Web; maintained by Rodrigo Ortigão de Oliveira, it contains, at this point, only the genealogy for one name/family (Almada e Avranches); it gives a monthly genealogy prize to a Web site on genealogy with the caveat that it must be written in Portuguese which, unfortunately, the vast majority are not)

Patricia Julia da Silva Se Corbera's Home Page

(Patricia has a collection of genealogical information primarily connected to Madeira; also has links to other Hispanic and Portuguese sites; from Tracy, California)

Arquivo Distrital de Beja

(this page on this district in Baixo Alentejo details the historical holdings of this entity including civil, judicial, church, etc., records; included are the areas of Aljustrel, Alvito, Beja, Cuba, Moura, and Serpa)

Arquivo Distrital de Braga

(Braga's archives--details its holdings which are considerable, the services it offers, although I didn't see any for genealogy, and publications of the studies it conducts)

Larry Barreto's Madeira

(a nice "bits and pieces" view of Madeira--contains pictures of Larry's trips there although the genealogical information he presents is the selling point; contains links to a number of other genealogy sites)

Lusa Web

(focused on the expatriate Portuguese, this homepage contains some history of some immigrant communities as well as links to other homepages of the same topic; sponsored by a couple of California organizations, it has a California feel to it; newly added is a section on genealogy where you can register your own information)

GenWeb--Azores

(part of the World GenWeb Project, this page is what you would expect--a collection of information on the genealogy of the Azores; also has links to related and personal pages, as well as information on the islands including weather, history, topography, and so on)

Cheri Mello's Genealogy Notes on São Jorge, Açores

(as the titles says, they're genealogical and historical notes about the island of São Jorge in the Azores; all text with a lot of names going back to 1432 and including slaves)

Cheri Mello's Genealogical Resources for Researching the Açores

(a text file containing many addresses of genealogical associations in both Portugal and the U.S. regarding Portuguese ancestry; updated regularly by Cheri Mello, one of the most prominent genealogists on Portugal in California)

Portuguese SIG on AOL

(Kathy Cardoza's newsletters on genealogy; contain mostly information picked from the AOL discussion groups; contains past issues as well highlighting such things as histories of families, collections of surnames, and research hints/guidance)

Hawaii Portuguese Genealogical Society

(a simple text-based page describing the purposes and holdings of this genealogical association in Honolulu)

Genealogia dos Condes de Almada e Avranches

(a view into the lineage, origin, history, and so on, of these two families; has some nice pictures and plenty of text on the relations between members, kings, and other royal family members in various countries)

Peter Viveiros' Genealogy

(a personal page dedicated to Peter's Azorean and other roots; includes a list of the names and locations he is researching; also includes a number of links to other genealogical sites)

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Hey! Have any suggestions for additions for my pages on Portugal? Send email to ideamen@well.com. Also, remember that I have a real job and, on occasion, they actually give me work to do--in short, I am happy to add your links but it may take me a couple of days.

Maintained by... Robert J. Morey of The Idea Men and last updated May 1, 1998;
last 'cleaned' for bad links on March 25, 1998.

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