Portugal, Porto Passport Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

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

Record Description
This is a collection of passport registers for the years 1940-1950 that are housed at the Arquivo Distrital de Porto, Portugal. 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 or she was entering the destination place. The records are handwritten in Portuguese.

Record Content
Passport registers generally contain the following information:


 * 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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For Help Reading These Records
These records are in Portuguese. For help reading the records, see the following resources:
 * Portuguese Genealogical Word List
 * Portuguese Letter-writing Guide
 * Learning Center Resources:
 * Portuguese Handwriting Lesson 1
 * Portuguese Handwriting Lesson 2
 * Portuguese Handwriting Lesson 3

Related Websites

 * Maps of Porto
 * Conspecto histórico da emigração portuguesa
 * Emigração em Portugal
 * A história da emigração portuguesa

Related Wiki Articles

 * Portugal
 * Porto
 * Portugal Emigration and Immigration

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