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This site has images of passenger lists of arrivals to the Port of Salvador. Choose the images you with to view from the list found on the left side of the page. The information about the images can be found directly below the image viewer. | This site has images of passenger lists of arrivals to the Port of Salvador. Choose the images you with to view from the list found on the left side of the page. The information about the images can be found directly below the image viewer. | ||
==Background== | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Brazil== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Italy, see [[Brazil Finding Town of Origin|'''Brazil Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Brazil Emigration and Immigration== | |||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. (See [[Italy Emigration and Immigration#Immigration into Italy|'''Immigration into Italy.''']]) </span><br> | |||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | |||
===Immigration Background=== | |||
*After 1530, the '''Portuguese'''' started to settle in Brazil in significant numbers. | *After 1530, the '''Portuguese'''' started to settle in Brazil in significant numbers. | ||
*By 1550, the colonists started to bring '''African slaves'''. | *By 1550, the colonists started to bring '''African slaves'''. | ||
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*In 2010, Brazil is home to 4,251 refugees from 76 different nationalities. The largest refugee ancestries were '''Angolan''' (1,688), '''Colombian''' (583), '''Congolese''' (402), '''Liberian''' (259), and '''Iraqi''' (197). | *In 2010, Brazil is home to 4,251 refugees from 76 different nationalities. The largest refugee ancestries were '''Angolan''' (1,688), '''Colombian''' (583), '''Congolese''' (402), '''Liberian''' (259), and '''Iraqi''' (197). | ||
*Due to the Venezuelan refugee crisis, in 2017, 22,000 new '''Venezuelan refugees''' sought shelter in Brazil. By mid-2019, over 168,000 Venezuelans were living in Brazil.<ref>"Immigration to Brazil", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Brazil, accessed 18 May 2021.</ref> | *Due to the Venezuelan refugee crisis, in 2017, 22,000 new '''Venezuelan refugees''' sought shelter in Brazil. By mid-2019, over 168,000 Venezuelans were living in Brazil.<ref>"Immigration to Brazil", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Brazil, accessed 18 May 2021.</ref> | ||
===Emigration Background=== | |||
There are an estimated 3.1 million Brazilians living abroad, mainly in the U.S. (1,410,000),[11] Japan (~210,000), Paraguay (201,527), Portugal (~120,000), Spain (~120,000), Germany (~100,000), United Kingdom (100,000)[12] France (80,000), Australia (50,980), Italy (35,000), Switzerland (25,000), Angola (30,000), and another 100,000 are living in other European countries. | |||
==Passenger Lists== | ==Passenger Lists== | ||