Zeni Research

15/08/2017

And what have you learned from your ancestors?

Here’s why I learned to love and admire my Italian and German ancestors

14/08/2017

In a world where Neo-Na**sm is rising, the brave men who stood against Na**sm in 1934 Germany have a lot to teach us about courage!

And why we should imitate the brave men who stood for the Gospel and against Na**sm

12/08/2017

We're all immigrants. Here's a piece of my family's history.

And how, thanks to Internet, I’ve found my distant Irish cousins

07/04/2017

Just found a wonderful family picture! It shows my 5th Great Grandmother Margaretha Elisabetha Niederauer (née Röder), widow of Johannes Niederauer, and her son Johannes Niederauer, Junior. Johannes, Sr., and Margaretha were Lutherans born in Alzey, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany who immigrated to Brazil in January 15, 1826. They settled in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, the first German colony in Brazil, and were part of the second oldest Lutheran community in Brazil. In the 1840s, the family migrated to the city of Santa Maria, where they succeded as fine articles traders. A notable descendant of this couple is Nelson Jobim, former Brazilian Defense Minister and Supreme Court Minister.

10/11/2016

O passaporte português permite viver na União Europeia e também flexibiliza a obtenção de vistos permanentes e de trabalho em países como Austrália, Canadá e Nova Zelândia.
Filhos, netos e bisnetos de portugueses podem obter facilmente a cidadania e o passaporte. O processo é rápido e pouco burocrático. Entre em contato para mais detalhes e um orçamento sem compromisso!

10/11/2016

Mr. Gaspar Lopes (in the picture, standing alone) was a Portuguese banker and shipowner who immigrated to Brazil in the 1860s. He and his family settled in São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, where the daughter Firmina Lopes married Mr. Henrique Luiz Wedekin, a German-Brazilian engineer and telegraphist. Lopes obtained the Brazilian Guarda Nacional honorific title of Captain and was one of the politic leaderships in the city of Palmas, Paraná, where they moved after the daugher's wedding. We were able to find Captain Gaspar Lopes and his wife's ancestors in Faro District, Portugal, and also in Germany and Netherlands. In the pictures, Gaspar Lopes standing alone in a studio portrait, his daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the 1920s and a family Church record.

O Senhor Gaspar Lopes (na fotografia abaixo, posando sozinho) foi um banqueiro e armador português que imigrou para o Brasil nos anos 1860. Ele e a família se estabeleceram em São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, onde a filha Firmina Lopes se casou com o engenheiro e telegrafista teuto-brasileiro Henrique Luiz Wedekin. Gaspar Lopes obteve a patente honorífica de Capitão da Guarda Nacional e se tornou um dos líderes políticos de Palmas, Paraná, para onde se mudaram após o casamento da filha. Conseguimos encontrar todos os ancestrais do Capitão Gaspar Lopes e de sua esposa no Distrito de Faro, em Portugal, e também na Alemanha e na Holanda. Nas fotografias, Gaspar Lopes sozinho em uma foto de estúdio, a filha, netos e bisnetos nos anos 1920 e um registro eclesiástico da família.

09/11/2016

A French-Canadian client hired us last week to find her ancestors in the Québec and Ontario provinces. We were able to find data since the beginning of the Canadian colonization. Amongst the precious informations we have discovered, the portraits of her great-great-great-grandparents, Toussaint Brunet and Marie-Louise Brunet, née Vivarais, and the death record of Toussaint Brunet.

Uma cliente franco-canadense nos contratou na semana passada para localizar seus ancestrais nas províncias de Québec e Ontário. Conseguimos encontrar dados da família dela desde o começo da colonização do Canadá. Entre as informações preciosas, descobrimos os retratos dos tetravós dela, Toussaint Brunet e Marie-Louise Brunet, nascida Vivarais, e o registro de óbito de Toussaint Brunet.

09/11/2016

Descendentes de portugueses podem facilmente adquirir passaporte europeu! Prestamos serviço de assessoria completa do início ao fim do processo. Consulte-nos para orçamento e detalhes.

09/01/2013

January 9th in Jewish History:
* Inquisition established in Peru, 1570;
* Warsaw Jews were forbidden to greet a German in public, 1941;
* 3000 Jews killed in riots in Bucharest, 1941;
* Jews of Basle, Switzerland burned alive in wooded houses specially constructed for that purpose, 1349.

27/12/2012

Need assistance on Probate Research? Need some help on finding your ancestors roots in Brazil? Send us an e-mail to [email protected] to get a free quote! See some of our services below:

* Probate and Holocaust Victims Research;

* Seek to locate your missing link(s) and provide documentation;

* Researches in Brazil for foreigners, looking up in all possible resources;

* Researches in institutions settled in Rio (National Archive, National Library, Rio Archbishopric archives, Army Archive, etc.);

* Will collaborate with you to determine your needs and will then develop a plan that focuses on those objectives;

* Full research report provided upon completion of research; relevant documentation will be included;

* Consultation services offered;

* Computer generated family group and lineage charts as well as customized reports are available;

* Layout-making and graphic arts to turn your genealogical work into a book, a beautiful family tree, etc.;

* Research of documents in Europe and Brazil for recognition of European citizenships, as well as accompanying of the consular procedure in Brazil;

* Some records frequently consulted include

o civil and ecclesiastical vital records

o state census

o newspaper articles and obituaries

o probate records

o land related papers

o passenger lists

o naturalization records

o military related records

o town and county histories

o family histories

o lineage records

21/12/2012

The first sinagogue in Americas is located in Recife, northeastern Brazil. It was founded in 1636 by dutch jews and joined by portuguese jews who were already settled there.

21/12/2012

The first jews arrived in Brazil during the period of Dutch rule, setting up in Recife the first synagogue in the Americas in 1636. Adam Smith attributed much of the development of Brazil's sugar industry and cultivation to the arrival of Portuguese Jews who were forced out of Portugal during the inquisition. In 19th century, many Moroccan Jews arrived, principally because of the rubber boom. Waves of Jewish immigration occurred also during the rise of N***s in Europe. In late 1950s, another wave of immigration brought thousands of North African Jews. Nowadays, the Jewish communities thrive in Brazil and there are several Jewish and Zionist groups, clubs and schools. We are very proud to work together with this magnificent community and put families together again!