Registros Eclesiásticos da Catedral de São João Batista
Scope & Content:
This collection contains Portuguese manuscript documents from the Cathedral of São João Batista in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The volumes were produced during the Colonial, Imperial, and Republican periods and include registers of baptism (1660-1889), marriages (1734-1892), and burials (17...
Consists of burial records of enslaved and free individuals dating from 1779-1889. Owner(s) of original material: Arquivo da Cúria Metropolitana de Niterói.
This volume contains baptismal records of free people and children born to freed and enslaved people after the passage of Law 2040/1871, the "Free Womb" Law, and registered in the Church of São João Batista (Baptista) de Niterói (Nictheroy). Entries date from 04 May 1882 through 21 Mar 1884. The...
The volume contains burial records of freed (forro) and free individuals registered in the Church of São João Batista (Baptista) de Icaraí (Carahy, Carii, Carahi) between 01 Jan 1866 and 14 Jul 1872. Francisco Xavier Baptista signed the opening and closing charters in Niterói on 02 Jan 1866 and ...