Immigration records to Cuba (1800s-1900s)
For those not aware of this amazing resource, the “Ibero-american Migratory Movements” portal hosted on Portal De Archivos Españoles (PARES) has thousands of immigration records of passengers going to and from Cuba spanning several decades from the mid 1800s to the late 1900s. The portal is incredibly easy to use and the records are a treasure trove of information.
Click on image to be taken to the "Movimientos Migratorios Iberoamericanos" Search Site.
About the Source
According to the portal site, the records of passengers are extracted from the following sources:
- Listas de pasajeros y emigrantes del Consulado de España en Veracruz [Lists of passengers and emigrants from the Spanish Consulate in Veracruz] (Spanish National Archive, Spain)
- Expedientes de licencias de embarque a la Isla de Cuba y Puerto Rico [Files of boarding permits for travelling to Cuba and Puerto Rico] (General Archive of the Indies, Spain)
- Registro Nacional de Extranjeros en México [National Register of Foreigners in Mexico] (Mexican National and State Archives)
- Solicitudes de permisos de residencia en la República Dominicana [Requests for residency permits for the Dominican Republic] (General State Archive of the Dominican Republic)
- Libros de Pasajeros de Policía de Montevideo [Passenger Log Books of the Montevideo Police] (General State Archive of Uruguay).
- Registro de Nacionalidad del Consulado de España en Rosario [Nationality Register of the Spanish Consulate in Rosario] (Parque de España Complex Foundation in Argentina).
Update (8/2/2023): Email received from Ibero-American Migratory Movements Portal staff:
The Ibero-American Migratory Movements Portal is not an official or complete database of all those Spaniards who emigrated during the 19th century and part of the 20th century, so there are people who do not appear in it. It currently contains a total of 77,480 descriptive records.
Of the total number of descriptions, only a small part refers to emigrants to Cuba, there are 3,677 files of boarding licenses to Cuba. You can find more information about these files at the following link of the Spanish Archives Portal (PARES): http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/6159914?nm
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