Brazil, Bahia, Passenger Lists, 1855-1964

What is in This Collection?

This collection of passenger arrival lists into the port of São Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, includes the years 1855-1964.

These records may be used to document your immigrant ancestor's trip to Brazil, but do not overlook the possibility of finding ancestors that were merely vacationing, visiting relatives, or traveling on business.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

For help reading these Portuguese records, see the following:

• Portuguese Genealogical Word List
• Brazil Language and Languages

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The passenger arrival list was used by legal inspectors to cross-examine each immigrant during a legal inspection prior to the person being allowed to live in Brazil. As immigrants arrived to the port of Salvador, they were registered by the Agência Central de Imigração (Central Agency for Immigration).

Passenger lists were issued at time of embarkation to account and document all passengers traveling on board a ship. On arrival at the destination, these passenger lists were used to register each passenger as they disembarked. The following information may be found in these records:

Passenger lists

• Name of passenger
• Age
• Marital status
• Nationality
• Occupation
• Date of arrival to Brazil
• Port of arrival
• Port of departure
• Sometimes place of origin or birth place

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  1896 Passenger List