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Immigration/Emigration (Imigração/Emigração)
Portugal has one of the highest emigration rates in the world. The trend reaches back to the 15th century, when Portugal began overseas exploration and colonization. Many Portuguese individuals moved to colonies in Africa, South America, and Pacific archipelagos. A large number also settled across the United States, drawn by the shipping trade in New England, California, and Hawaii.

Ship passenger lists, passport registers, emigration proceedings, citizenship papers, registration of foreigners, and similar documents can prove a vital link in tracing ones ancestor back to Portugal. Such records may contain the individual's full name, age, civil status, birthplace, former residence, destination, and sometimes race or nationality. They are contained in the National and District Archives, and some have been digitized.

Online Records
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Passenger Lists

 * Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List in U.S. Ports
 * |Index to Portuguese Passenger Manifests The search bar for the index is placed at the top-right of the page.

Emigration Documents

 * Immigrant Ancestors Project Index of emigration documents created shortly before individuals emigrated to another country.

Passports

 * |Your Island Routes 1879-1883 Passport index for Hawaii, organized by town/village of origin. Includes immigrants from Portugal, the Azores, and Brazil.
 * Cultura Açores Passports issued from the Azores. Click "Pasquisa de Passaportes," select the archive (núcleo) holding the records, then select the specific year range to browse images of these passports. The three archives (núcleos) contain the following islands:
 * Angra do Heroismo: Terceira, Sao Jorge &amp; Graciosa
 * Horta: Pico Faial, Flores &amp; Corvo
 * Ponta Delgada: Sao Miguel &amp; Santa Maria

Websites

 * Arquivo Regional da Madeira Passports 1872-1910
 * Azores, Centro de Conhecimento Dos Acores, Passports, 1875-1939
 * Azores Gen Web has many resources for Portuguese immigrants

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Portugal, Aveiro Passport Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Portugal, Coimbra Passport Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Portugal, Leiria Passport Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Further Information

 * Emigração e população em finais do século XIX. A miragem do Brasil no concelho da Meda (1889-1896) Article (in Portuguese) on immigration trends in the late 18th century.
 * Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration Article on modern Portuguese immigration and emigration.