Matrimônios e batismos na freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Albuquerque - Província de Mato Grosso (1836- 1862).

Current analysis focuses on weddings and baptisms in the parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Albuquerque, province of Mato Grosso, Brazil, prior to the Paraguay War (1864-1870). The war is generally considered a watershed in regional historiography even though few studies are extant on the southern frontier with Bolivia before 1864. Research shows that activities existed in the parish featuring complex social and family relationships among the inhabitants, reported in ecclesiastical records such as wedding and baptism registers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]