Hi Isabella (again), I just went to your site. It's beautiful. Much different than when I was there last. Very good work. Well worth a look from all google groupers. Tish
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Tish M <[email protected]> wrote: > Isabella, > Thank you so much for your response. I know you mentioned these sites > before, but at that time I had no leads. I now how a Isabella folder! > Thanks again, > Tish > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Isabella Baltar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good morning Tish and Carolyn, >> >> The ship manifests from Brazil that you find on Family Search database >> are *only* from *Bahia (1855 – 1964) and São Paulo (1960 – 1982).* >> These records are only images, no indexing until the moment. So if you fit >> those dates, for those two places, you need to open one by one and read >> them to find your ancestor. >> >> The ship manifests from Rio de Janeiro are digitized but they are not on >> Family Search database. You will have to search on the National Archives >> from Brazil to find the one you are looking for. >> >> Links for those databases are on my blog, under *Researching in Brazil*, >> I cut and pasted below: >> >> *http://myportuguesegen.blogspot.com/p/researching-in-brazil_4.html >> <http://myportuguesegen.blogspot.com/p/researching-in-brazil_4.html>* >> >> The first link you will find when you open the link above is the one for >> the Family Search database, in Brazil. You will need to scroll this page, >> at Family Search, in order to find the appropriate link to what you are >> looking for. There are several different links for different states. >> >> Going back to *My Portuguese Gen *link, above, I added, on this same >> link/page, web addresses to: >> >> *Rio de Janeiro state*, including a List of steamers >> and passengers manifests that arrived in* Rio de Janeiro Port between >> 1805 – 1921. *This is a partial database, constantly updated by the >> Brazilian National Archives, they are not indexed, they are images in a pdf >> format. You need to have at least a timeframe to research because this is a >> huge database with thousands of names. >> >> and to >> >> *São Paulo State* where I include links to the museum of immigration >> database, with ships lists, hospedarias and photos. >> >> I try to simplify the search as much as possible separating them by state >> and I display specific links for what you can research on those databases. >> >> If you have any other questions related, please let me know. I may take a >> few days to answer, but I will answer, just too busy at work. >> >> Isabella Baltar >> >> myportuguesegen.blogspot.com >> >> On Sunday, November 9, 2014 5:24:24 PM UTC-5, sfig wrote: >>> >>> Hi group, >>> I must have gotten in the middle of this posting. Can someone post the >>> link to the manifests? >>> Tish >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Carolyn M <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Roberto, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you for that information. It would be very helpful to me if I >>>> could find out the name of the ship that Vitorino and his family took to >>>> Brazil in October 1911. I would think there would be a database >>>> somewhere of ships and their routes with dates included. >>>> >>>> But could I search on these data bases that you suggested by a >>>> specific date, since I know that already? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Carolyn >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, November 2, 2014 11:53:34 AM UTC-5, Roberto Machado Velho >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I would like to add some information on the answer of Isabella Baltar. >>>>> >>>>> The archives in Brazil are still being indexed. But I tried some >>>>> times read the list by myself on a specific boat and use the search >>>>> function based on names. Archives newer than 1896 or around looked to be >>>>> indexed. They are indexing it backwards. But given lot of names were >>>>> written in the wrong form on arrival, the name in the index might not be >>>>> the name you are looking for. >>>>> >>>>> Extra information. You must search the databases separately on port, >>>>> Rio de Janeiro, Santos (state of Sao Paulo), Recife, Salvador (Bahia) - I >>>>> believe these were the main ports to arrive. >>>>> By the year you are referring to, there were still portugueses earning >>>>> lands on south of Brazil (today Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul). >>>>> Independent of them moving to the south of Brazil, it was mandatory to >>>>> stop >>>>> in the ports (Rio or Santos) and register and then move to the South (I >>>>> don' t know if this is your case). >>>>> >>>>> If you imagine your family moved to the south of Brazil, let me know. >>>>> I have been in Porto Alegre some months ago and I could get the registers >>>>> of the portuguese families that got land there from 1876 on (mainly >>>>> Azoreans). None of such archives are in digital form and they are getting >>>>> destroyed in bad storage conditions. I am still trying to organize what I >>>>> could get. >>>>> >>>>> Good luck, >>>>> >>>>> Roberto Velho. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, September 20, 2014 8:32:37 PM UTC+3, Carolyn M wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I would like to know if anyone knows of any online records of ships >>>>>> manifests leaving Porto, Portugal to Brazil? >>>>>> >>>>>> My great-uncle left Porto bound for Brazil on or around October 1911, >>>>>> but I don't know the name of the ship. >>>>>> >>>>>> I also posted this to the Portuguese Genealogy Board, but I'm not >>>>>> sure it ever got through. This is my first post, and I want to thank you >>>>>> all for being here! >>>>>> >>>>>> Any information regarding the manifest would be greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Carolyn >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >>>> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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