Portugal, Porto Passport Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Registros de pasaporte do Porto, Portugal

Collection Time Period
This collection of passport registers includes the years 1940-1950.

Record Description
This is a collection of passport registers housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Porto, Portugal. Additional images will be published as they become available. The text is handwritten in Portuguese.

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in passport registers may include:


 * Name of person requesting a passport
 * Date and place where it was requested
 * Personal description
 * Origin and destination place
 * If person is traveling with minor children, it will specify so
 * Age or date of birth
 * Occupation

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Record History
Emigration from Portugal dates from the 15th century, the beginning of Portugal's period of overseas exploration to the Atlantic Isles, Africa, Oriental and Occidental Indies. From the middle of the 19th century to the late 1950s, nearly two million Portuguese left Europe to live in, Brazil and the United States. This collection covers passport registers, which were authorized documents given to people wanting to travel outside their province in the same country, passengers in transit, or passengers going overseas. The person traveling had to show this permission as he/she was entering the destination place.

Why the Record Was Created
Passport documents were created to record the citizen’s migration within the country and to overseas places.

Record Reliability
Passport records are very reliable, since people had to present some sort of legal identification. These records are important to find the residence and destination of ancestors.

Related Websites

 * Conspecto histórico da emigração portuguesa
 * Emigração em Portugal
 * A história da emigração portuguesa

Related Wiki Articles
Tracing Immigrants Origin: Emigration and Immigration

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Examples of Source Citations for a Record Found in This Collection

 * "Delaware Marriage Records," index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org) : accessed 4 March 2011, entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org) : accessed 21 March 2011, entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Citation for This Collection
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Portugal. Registros de pasaportes, 1940-1950. Arquivo Distrital do Porto, Portugal.

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