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**Ponta Delgada contains records for Sao Miguel & Santa Maria. | **Ponta Delgada contains records for Sao Miguel & Santa Maria. | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Portugal== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Portugal, see [[Portugal Finding Town of Origin|''IPortugal Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
== Immigration/Emigration (''Imigração/Emigração'') == | == Immigration/Emigration (''Imigração/Emigração'') == | ||
<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> | |||
Ship passenger lists, passport registers, emigration proceedings, citizenship papers, registration of foreigners, and similar migration documents can prove a vital link in tracing an individual back to Portugal. Such records may contain the individual's full name, age, civil status, birthplace, former residence, destination, and sometimes race or nationality. <ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Portugal,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref><ref>Jorge Malheiros, "Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration," in ''Migration Policy Institute,'' http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/portugal-seeks-balance-emigration-immigration/. Visited 7 June 2017.</ref> | Ship passenger lists, passport registers, emigration proceedings, citizenship papers, registration of foreigners, and similar migration documents can prove a vital link in tracing an individual back to Portugal. Such records may contain the individual's full name, age, civil status, birthplace, former residence, destination, and sometimes race or nationality. <ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Portugal,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-1999.</ref><ref>Jorge Malheiros, "Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration," in ''Migration Policy Institute,'' http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/portugal-seeks-balance-emigration-immigration/. Visited 7 June 2017.</ref> | ||