I would appreciate if insight could be given as to how long before ship departure a person needed to get their passport? I long ago located my 2nd ggmother and three of her children, including my 1ggmother on the manifest of the bark Veronica. The ship left Horta, Fayal, on 21 September 1885 and landed in New Bedford, MA, on 10 October 1885. I thought I would easily find their passport registration data on the CCA website, but no; even though many other passengers from that voyage were in the Fayal passport records, not my ancestral family. Anyone have an idea what the requirements were? You apparently could register at any one of the Azores' three big ports (Horta, Angra, Ponta Delgada) and I haven't figured out if there were timing requirements, but I would guess from what I've seen that it can be right up to the time of departure. I'm just hoping that understanding the requirements will give me a better chance of finding my ancestors' passport application records - perhaps I can't find them because they were not absolutely required?? Thanks very much.
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