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*'''''Informaciones de Méritos y Servicios de los Descubridores/Conquistadores ''(Information on Merits and Services of the Discoverers and Conquerors)'''. This contains documents of the ships and passengers who sailed to the colonies during the early 1500s. | *'''''Informaciones de Méritos y Servicios de los Descubridores/Conquistadores ''(Information on Merits and Services of the Discoverers and Conquerors)'''. This contains documents of the ships and passengers who sailed to the colonies during the early 1500s. | ||
*'''''Casa de Contratación de las Indias ''(House of Contracts of the Indies)'''. This is an excellent documentation of passenger lists for ships sailing to the American colonies between 1509 and 1701, as well as petitions and licenses for permission to emigrate during the period 1534 to 1790. | *'''''Casa de Contratación de las Indias ''(House of Contracts of the Indies)'''. This is an excellent documentation of passenger lists for ships sailing to the American colonies between 1509 and 1701, as well as petitions and licenses for permission to emigrate during the period 1534 to 1790. | ||
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During the early period, most Spanish emigrants left through the ports of Sevilla, Cádiz, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Málaga in southern Spain. These records were housed in the cities of Cádiz and Sevilla. Later the ports of San Sebastián, Bilbao, Santander, and La Coruña in northern Spain were added as departure cities not only for Spaniards but also for other Europeans. These emigrants almost always traveled first to Islas Canarias (the Canary Islands) where they resided for a short time before continuing on to the Americas. Registers of these emigrants were kept in Cádiz and Sevilla. These records are currently housed in the Archivo General de Indias in Sevilla.' | |||
===National Library of Chile === | ===National Library of Chile === | ||
Some passenger lists from 1825–1900 may be found in the National Library ''(Biblioteca Nacional)'' in Santiago. Passports from 1873–1974 are found in the national archives under the Miscellaneous Records ''(fondos varios)''section. | Some passenger lists from 1825–1900 may be found in the National Library ''(Biblioteca Nacional)'' in Santiago. Passports from 1873–1974 are found in the national archives under the Miscellaneous Records ''(fondos varios)''section. | ||