Unfortunately, the Guia was published with a fairly inadequate index for the purposes of genealogical research. The different sections of the Guia are indexed by subject. But, if you were to attempt to locate a family member in the Guia, you would need to conduct a page by page review of all 636 pages to determine whether an individual is listed in the directory. Once the first team completed the extraction of names and data entry, a second team assumed the responsibility of proofreading all of the entries. The result is a database that includes the first name, first or single surname, second surname and page number in the Guia where the name is located.
Many names appear more than once if the person held more than one position.
Also, several surnames appear more than once with slightly different spellings. No corrections to spelling have been made. All entries appear just as they do in the Guia. In this manner, all researchers will have access to the index and the possibility of locating an ancestor. Two of our volunteers found ancestors amongst the pages they were extracting.