Links to website Homepage Get data Homepage 2 Introduction Several databases built from baptism, marriage and death records. These databases, in a process of integration, currently include over 1 million individuals, covering the North of Portugal and two islands of the Azores Archipelago. Shortname PORGENER IDS compatible No Period 1550 - 1910 Territory Portugal Contact information Organisation PORGENER, Universidade do Minho Web Address http://www.genealog.uminho.pt/ Location Guimarães, Portugal Postal Address Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães Contact Persons Maria Norberta Amorim mnsbamorim@gmail.com Citation PORGENER, Universidade do Minho QuestionnaireDownload questionnaireThe questionnaire was submitted on 5 July 2015 by Antero Ferreira. Scope / Status Current status Under construction. Considering the extent of the project it is not possible to plan a date. Future plans include partnerships with local municipalities to enlarge the database. Keywords demography, life course, church registers, population register, history, social science, genetics, migration, occupations Sources Sources From yearEnd yearSourceExplanationPDF 1550 1910 Baptisms Start year is approximate. PDF 1550 1910 Marriages from church registers Start year is approximate. PDF 1550 1910 Burials Start year is approximate. PDF Population registers (maintained by church or state) Nominative lists Military draft records Collection procedure • We have begun the collection of data by 1970 and are still collecting data. • Data collection method: transcription, done bndividuals, from scanned sources and LDS’s microfilms. • Purpose of the transcription: research. • The checking of the transcription broof reading, evaluation of the transcriber. • Proof reading was done in the linkage process and in the production of scientific studies. • Control methods by researcher: yes, controlled by the software. • Data collection staff: 37. Observations Units of observation Unit of observation ExplanationNumber Individuals As the DB is genealogically linked, all the family links (and marriages) in the DB are relations between individuals. 1,000,000 Married couples Families Are there any related observations that are not included in the database? Yes. Vicar, godfathers, witnesses are not included systematically. How do the units of observation enter observation? Individuals: by the first event registered, mainly by birth. Households: by the first event registered, mainly by marriage. How do the units of observation leave observation? Individuals: by the last event registered, mainly by death or migration. Households: by the last event registered, mainly by death or migration. Dates estimated Yes. Are some entry or exit dates unknown? Yes. Can observations be linked to geographic locations? Yes Are the dates and locations of movements within the observation area recorded? Yes Are all individuals who lived in the households of sample members recorded? Yes All individuals registered in the sources are recorded. There are problems with death registers of minors, under seven. Linkage • Which sources and units of observation have been linked? - Birth/baptisms and death/burials. • Documentation of linking: Manually. • How each reconstructed person is traceable to the original sources /transcribed data? - Every information is referred to a source and a date. • How is linkage represented in the database? - There is a universal identification number. • Linkage percentage: 80% (rural 95% urban 75%). • Quality of linkage (own evaluation): Very good. Variables Events Variables On individuals: burial procedures, testaments... Coding / Reference systems Locations (including geo-referenced systems): Administrative codes; geo-referencing under development. Religion, civil status, etc.: Civil status. Data representation MsSql and Access. Kinship relations Recording Relations between individual records (family of origin - ancestors; new family – wife and descendants). Depth of information To the last extension of the collected information. Publications Publications - N/A
