Portugal Emigration and Immigration
Portugal 
Emigration and Immigration
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Immigration/Emigration (Imigração/emigração)
Research use: Identifies origins of those who arrived and those who departed Portugal.
Record type: Passenger lists, passport registers, emigration proceedings, citizenship papers, registration of foreigners.
General: Portugal has one of the highest emigration rates in the world.
Time period: 1757-present.
Contents: Name, age, civil status, birthplace, last former residence, destination, sometimes race or nationality; the registration of foreigners detail the information in the passports of the individuals concerned.
Location: National Archive and district archives.
Population coverage: Approximately 15%.
Reliability: Secondary source for vital information and probably has some inaccuracies but reliable for emigration/immigration information.[1]
Portugal Passenger Lists
From around 1836-1976 the Azores, a Portuguese controlled island of the coast of Africa, was split into three districts:
- Angra do Heroismo: consisting of Terceira, Sao Jorge & Graciosa
- Horta: consisting of Pico Faial, Flores & Corvo
- Ponta Delgada: consisting of Sao Miguel & Santa Maria
It is my understanding that for this time period all passports on the Azores were issued through one of these three districts. The Government of the Azores has a digital collection consisting of passports issued at Ponta Delgada on this web site:
http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/passaportes/Default.aspx
Websites
- Immigrant Ancestors Project
- Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration
- Emigração e população em finais do século XIX. A miragem do Brasil no concelho da Meda (1889-1896)
- Portuguese Immigrants from the Azores to Hawaii; Passport Indexes by Town/Village
Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:
- Portugal, Aveiro Passport Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Portugal, Coimbra Passport Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Portugal, Leiria Passport Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
References
- ↑ 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.
