Spain, Province of Cadiz, Passports - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection of passport documents covers the years 1810 to 1866. This collection from the Provincial Historical Archives in Cádiz includes various documents, such as license for business, migration permissions to another city or region within Spain, permissions to embark, etc.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Spanish. For help reading these records see the following guides:
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2

If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:
 * Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Migration permission records usually contain the following information:


 * Name of passport holder
 * Country in which holder has citizenship
 * Destination(s) to which holder can travel
 * Date and place where passport was issued

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select Province
 * 2) Select Box Number and Years to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?

 * The location of where a passport may be close to that person's original home province
 * Check other immigration records for more information regarding your ancestor's movements Spain Emigration and Immigration

What Does this Record Tell Me?
When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

Just because the person had a passport doesn’t necessarily mean they followed through with their travel plans.

Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area.

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Spain.
 * Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies

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

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation:"España, Provincia de Cádiz, pasaportes, 1810-1866." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cádiz (Cádiz Province Historical Archives, Cádiz).