Spain, Province of Cadiz, Passports - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Registro de pasaportes de Cadiz, España.

Collection Time Period
This collection of passport documents covers the years 1810 to 1866.

Record Description
This collection from the Provincial Historical Archives in Cadiz includes various documents, such as license for business, migration permissions to another city or region within Spain, permissions to embark, etc. The text of documents is written in Spanish.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found in most migration permissions include:


 * Name of petitioners
 * Date and place
 * Place of destination
 * Reason for the move
 * Place of origin

How to Use the Record
Before searching for your ancestors' passport registrations, it is important to know the year, or at least to have a general idea of the year, in which they were registered. This is important, because the records are catagorized chronologically.

Record History
This collection of passport or permissions for migration documents were issued for the internal migration of the people, militaries, foreigners, and for health reasons or hospital transfers. As a general rule, the Civil Governments have transferred their documentation to the Provincial Historical Archives.

Why the Record Was Created
These records were created to keep track of the population movement within the country.

Record Reliability
These records are reliable, as people needed to present some kind of identification to obtain the passports. However, they do not give a lot of genealogical information. These records should be researched if other vital records are not available.

Related Websites

 * Immigrant Ancestors Project at BYU
 * Beginning your Spanish Research

Related Wiki Articles

 * Chile Emigration and Immigration
 * Peru Emigration and Immigration

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should also list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.

A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the Wiki Article: Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.

Examples of Source Citations for a Record 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.

Sources of Information for This Collection
“Spain, Cadiz Passports, 1810-1866,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org); from Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain. “Spain, Cadiz passports.” Gobierno Civil de Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain. FHL digital folders. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.