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Goal 4: Learn about Brazil emigration and immigration.
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ALearn about Brazilian emigration and immigration.
- Basics: Learn about Brazil emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Brazil Emigration and Immigration
- Learn more about immigration patterns in Brazil.
AF—Brazilian Immigration Waves - Wikipedia: Learn about immigration history and demographics in this Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia—Brazilian Americans - Town of Origin: Learn how to find an ancestor's town of origin in Brazil.
FS—Wiki: Brazil Town of Origin - Explore archive resources for immigration on the
Guia Genealogica site. - Read the online book "Brazilian Compass" to learn about vessels, immigration records, etc.
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Volume 2 - Refer to the Websites section of the Wiki page for additional ways to do research.
- Immigrant Ships: Explore the Immigrant Ships site for Brazil departures.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for immigration research. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Manuel Deb Manus immigrated to Brazil. Use the "FS: Brazil, Bahia, Passenger lists, 1855-1964" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- In what year did Manuel Deb Manus immigrate?
- Where did he arrive?
- What is his nationality?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Manuel Deb" as the first name and "Manus" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Manuel Deb Manus.
- Click View Original Document for nationality information.
- Manuel immigrated in 1927.
- He arrived at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- Manuel is Syrian.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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