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The nearly 700 fonds that Arquivo Distrital do Porto keeps in its custody were produced by several entities, public or private, organizations or individuals.
These records are distinctly grouped showing the enormous variety of fonds held by Arquivo Distrital do Porto, as for example, the records emanating from the Catholic Church Parishes, personal records, records produced by the Public Administration and business companies or associations, etc.
There are about 12 Kilometres of documents!
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Date range |
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Central Administration - AC - AC
Civil Government, Contadoria da Comarca do Porto (Former Porto Accounting Office) |
23 |
1498 | 1993
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Central Administration De-concentred - ACD
Porto Customs, Agriculture National Council, House Register Public Office of Amarante… |
7 |
1801 | 1985 |
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Local Administration - ALL
Town Hall of Sobrosa… |
3 |
1803 | 1919 |
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Associations - ASS
Portugal-GDR (German Democratic Republic) Friendship Association - Porto Branch … |
5 |
1921 | 1989 |
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Collections - COL
Antiphonaries and Codices Fragments … |
2 |
1201 | 1749 |
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Brotherhoods - CON
Clérigos Brotherhood, Senhor de Pombeiro Brotherhood … |
10 |
1629 | 1917 |
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Diocesan - DIO
Cabido da Sé do Porto (Porto Cathedral Assembly of Dignitaries) Mitra da Sé do Porto (Porto Cathedral former Religious Jurisdiction) … |
4 |
834 | 1913 |
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Ecclesiastical
Tribunal da Legacia (Religious Court) |
1 |
1801 | 1819 |
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Business Companies - EMP
STCP (Porto Transport Company), Commercial School Raul Dória, Bank of Minho… |
20 |
1735 | 2004 |
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Family - FAM
Pacheco Pereira Family….(Important family from Porto)… |
4 |
1602 | 1973 |
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Judicial - JUD
Justice of the Peace of Cedofeita Parish, High Court of Justice of Porto |
13 |
1637 | 1981 |
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Monastic - MON
Congregation Oratory of St. Philip Neri, College of St. Lourenço of Society of Jesus, Corpus Christi Convent, Commendam of St. Eulália da Ordem… |
67 |
1140 | 1919 |
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Notary - NOT
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107 |
1546 | 1996 |
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Parochial - PRQ
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398 |
1535 | 1949 |
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Personal - PSS
João Allen (Rich Port Wine dealer and owner of an important art collection) José A. Castro Moreira (Member of Portuguese Communist Party) Joaquim Leorne (Former employee of STCP) Vítor Ranita (Union Leader) |
14 |
1614 | 1997 |
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| In addition to these 678 fonds, the research on the archival descriptions provided by Arquivo Distrital do Porto allows the access to information on fonds that are not in our custody as it is the case of the personal records of Eça de Queirós (Portuguese writer), amongst others. |
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