Data:

Georeferenced Parishes of the 1872 Brazilian Imperial Census (excel link)

•  Used in "Jesuit Missionaries in the Colonial Amazon: Long-term effects on Human Capital" and in  "Land Grants in Colonial Brazil: Long-Term Effects on Inequality and Development"

• Georeferenced dataset at the parish level for the 1872 Brazilian census.

  • Contains each parish as a point (latitude and longitude)

  • Allows for an increased sample size when using the 1872 census

• Names of the parishes are obtained from the University of Minas Gerais (available here)

  • Can be merged with their dataset using the "ParoquiaID" variable.

Data Work in Progress:

1890 Brazilian Census - Literacy at the Parish Level (non-georeferenced data available here)

• Tabulated data for literacy split between men and women and foreign and domestic.

• Obtained from IBGE (original document).

• Currently in the process of georeferencing.

All mistakes in the datasets are mine - if you think there is a mistake please let me know.