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'''Dirección Nacional de Migración'''<br>Central Office<br>Misiones 1513<br> Montevideo, Uruguay<br>Telephone 2030 1800<br>Citizen Service Center 2030 1804 | '''Dirección Nacional de Migración'''<br>Central Office<br>Misiones 1513<br> Montevideo, Uruguay<br>Telephone 2030 1800<br>Citizen Service Center 2030 1804 | ||
{{Block indent|[https://sites.google.com/site/busquedauruguayos/acceso-y-proteccion-de-informacion Instructions for Requesting Access]|2}} | |||
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[http://www.agn.gub.uy/Archivo '''General de la Nación de Uruguay (General Archive of Uruguay)''']<br> | [http://www.agn.gub.uy/Archivo '''General de la Nación de Uruguay (General Archive of Uruguay)''']<br> | ||
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Email: consultas@agn.gub.uy<br> | Email: consultas@agn.gub.uy<br> | ||
[http://www.agn.gub.uy/ Website]<br> | [http://www.agn.gub.uy/ Website]<br> | ||
{{Block indent|The records of entry of passengers between 1829 and 1865 can be found among the documentary collection of the Police of Montevideo. In the reading room of the archive, there is a database to search for passengers in this documentary series.}} | |||
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'''Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (National Directorate of Civil Identification)''' | '''Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (National Directorate of Civil Identification)''' | ||
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[https://dnic.minterior.gub.uy/index.php/contacto Email]<br> | [https://dnic.minterior.gub.uy/index.php/contacto Email]<br> | ||
[https://dnic.minterior.gub.uy/ Website]<br> | [https://dnic.minterior.gub.uy/ Website]<br> | ||
{{Block indent|This contains the documentation on all those emigrants who obtained an identification document in Uruguay, which began to be issued after 1912.}} | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Uruguay== | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Uruguay== | ||
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*Spaniards, Italians, and descendants of African slaves together formed the backbone of modern day Uruguayan culture and society. | *Spaniards, Italians, and descendants of African slaves together formed the backbone of modern day Uruguayan culture and society. | ||
*'''Minor immigrant groups''' that, although are small in number, still play an important role in Uruguayan society, include: | *'''Minor immigrant groups''' that, although are small in number, still play an important role in Uruguayan society, include: | ||
{{Block indent|*'''French:''' Making 10% of Uruguay's population (c. 300,000), Frenchmen began immigrating to South America during the 1800s. French Uruguayans are the third largest ancestry group in Uruguay, behind Spaniards and Italians. Ever since French immigrants entered Uruguay, French influence has always been strong in Uruguayan culture.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Germans:''' Uruguay does contain a number of Germans: about 10,000 German expatriates and 40,000 people of German descent. Uruguay has also adopted some of Germany's culture, and a variety of German institutions.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Jews:''' Uruguay has about 12,000-20,000 Jews, and even though it isn't a large number, it's one of the biggest Jewish communities in the world, and one of the biggest religions in Uruguay. The majority of Jews entered during World War I and World War II, the most being Ashkenazi Jews, German Jews, and Italian Jews.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Lebanese:''' There are about 53,000-70,000 Lebanese in Uruguay; it is one of the oldest immigrant groups in South America, dating the first wave back around the 1860s.}} | |||
*Other significant minorities include: '''Armenians, Austrians, Basque, Britons, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Hungarians, Irish, Scots, Syrians, Lithuanians, Poles, Russians, Romani, Slovaks, Slovenes, Swiss, Ukrainians. There are very small Asian communities, mainly from China, Japan and Korea.''' | *Other significant minorities include: '''Armenians, Austrians, Basque, Britons, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Hungarians, Irish, Scots, Syrians, Lithuanians, Poles, Russians, Romani, Slovaks, Slovenes, Swiss, Ukrainians. There are very small Asian communities, mainly from China, Japan and Korea.''' | ||
*There is a very recent inflow of Latin Americans: '''Peruvians, Bolivians, Paraguayans, Venezuelans'''. The University of the Republic is free, which means that several '''Chilean students''' come to study in Uruguay. | *There is a very recent inflow of Latin Americans: '''Peruvians, Bolivians, Paraguayans, Venezuelans'''. The University of the Republic is free, which means that several '''Chilean students''' come to study in Uruguay. | ||
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