Portugal, Leiria, Passport Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Registros de Pasaportes de Leiria, Portugal

Record Description
The records included in this collection are those of passport registers and passport application files, which have been kept at the Arquivo Distrital de Leiria in Portugal. The text of the records is in Portuguese. Most of the documents are handwritten in formatted registers, and a few are in narrative style. 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. Passports applications in Portugal are made in person at a district government civil assistance center and overseas at a consular office. Additional images will be published as they become available.

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


 * Name of person traveling
 * Age or date of birth
 * Place of origin
 * Place of departure and destination
 * Residence
 * Occupation
 * Name of spouse and children, if traveling together

How to Use the Records
In order to find data in this collection, it will be necessary to know at least the name of the ancestor, the place of origin, and an approximate date of departure. These records should be researched if other vital records are not available.

Related Websites

 * Migration Information Source
 * Portuguese passport
 * Emigração e população en finais do século XIX

Related Wiki Articles
Portugal Websites

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 * "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
The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher and archive for the original records

Portugal. Leiria district government civil assistance centers. Passport records, 1861-1901. Arquivo Distrital de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

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