Assistance on how to research my ancestors who may have immigrated to Brazil.
New to community, apologies if I am posting in the wrong place.
Heinrich Lange ( M2K8-9TX ) and Agnes Maag ( K8V3-SBW ), appear to have immigrated to Brazil in 1846. I have not researched Brazil specifically, but I am fairly experienced with doing searches, and have not found any records that could match up with them or the 3 children that would have been with them.
With that said, a distant cousin who lives in Brazil descends from one of the 3 children. Unfortunately his research has been all done with physical books and records, and not much online. Wondering if this is due to limitations with available online records, or just his inexperience with online searching? Not judging, I am inexperienced with searching Brazil history, as I just learned of this.
Any guidance that can be provided would be greatly appreciated (regarding how to research, or if I am posting incorrectly). Thanks!
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Thank you @SerraNola for the leads.
I think I missed adding that from what I know, the ancestor immigrated in 1845-1860 timeframe. There are some conflicting notes, and we have not found the immigration record yet. So he would have married and had children pre-1900's. We have some of that built out, but I was trying to find him, his wife and children.
Regarding the records that are indexed and searchable, I have done some extensive searches since I first posted this including the 2 you provided, and I have not found much other than a few of his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Regarding the Images and Catalog. I have done some searches on these since you provided them, but I have yet to find the last name in the areas that we believe he lived in. He was German, and last name was Lange, which was changed to Langa for his children. So it is not a common name, and I am finding that it was probably extremely rare.
I was told they were living in Isabel, Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo, Brasil, although he and his wife passed away in Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brasil. So not sure when they moved.
Thanks for your assistance.
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Good morning @JMossing You may want to post in the group dedicated to Latin American research where you will find others who may be able to assist.
A site I have used for Brazilian research: Great color digital images of old records for several locations in the region.
Best of luck with the search!
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Thank you. I posted over there. I went to the link you provided, but when I went there and filtered on Brazil, only 3 provinces were available and none were for Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brasil, which is the only lead I have. Thank you again though for your assistance.
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@JMossing Records on FamilySearch:
Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, registros civis, 1929-1961
Processos de Terras E Colonização: Guarapari. Land Records 1912–1918
Brazil, Espirito Santo, Church Records, 1821-2000
Brazil, Espirito Santo, Civil Registration, 1850-2019
If any of these links don't work, you can search by place name in the FamilySearch Catalog and Search Images.
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