Record Atlas
39 FamilySearch collections · 1 archive · 293 places · 1044–2023

Portugal

Where the records of Portugal are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 21,126,419 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Portugal

1 of the 1 checked source here can be opened tonight. 1is free images with no account. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Portugal without a subscription.

Write to Torre do Tombo / Digitarq for what is not online. FamilySearch has 39 collections covering it, running 1044–2023, 21,126,419 indexed records. One piece of this ground is mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

293 places placed, 20 volumes walked. Open Portugal on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Portugal — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

  • Portugal 3 eras Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Coimbra, the Alentejo, the Algarve

The archives

  • Torre do Tombo / Digitarq free Lisbon, Portugal

    The Portuguese national archive's scans, free. District archives publish parish registers through the same system.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Portugal too — the full list.

39 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Portugal — nationwide 39

3 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Church and parish registers 1
Immigration and emigration 3
Cemeteries and burials 2

293 places, 20 volumes

The 250 carrying the most collections are listed; 43 more are in Portugal and on the map. Every place lists them all.

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