The Immigrant Memorial, an institution linked the Ministry of Culture of São Paulo, performed the microfilming of the lists of passengers disembarking from over 70 nationalities who arrived to Brazil between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The documents were completed at the Port of Santos or produced by the shipping companies during the landing and taken to the former headquarters of the inn. The public may consult the microfilm on site from May.
The Memorial has about 120 000 units of passenger lists of documentary and 80% of that total have been microfilmed. According to the historian responsible for the archive, Debora Cristina dos Santos, the lists correspond to the periods from 1888 to 1978. The last step of action that included the microfilming of 41,000 documents was initiated in June 2009 and held on the premises of the Memorial. "We signed an agreement with a company responsible for the work and offer a suitable space. " According to Debora Cristina
microfilm missing only a few lists that are in poor state of repair. "We could not perform the microfilm lists for the years 1913, 1925, 1926 and 1927. They will go through a process of restoration. The information in the documents of 1913 can be requested by the responsible technical file, "adds the historian. Recently
the institution has signed cooperation agreement with the Centro Internazionale di Studi Italiana Sull'emigrazione (CISEI), based in della Piazza in Italy. The action aims to create a database through the digitization of microfilm in the collection of existing Memorial. The center will seek information on lists of landing passengers departed from the Italian port of Genoa to Brazil between the years 1888 to 1912.
The Memorial also has other important historical collections, among them, the books of registry, which in 2009 received the Diploma of the National Registry (MOW Brazil) Memory of the World Unesco, which includes documents or collections of relevance to the collective memory of Brazilian society. The collection includes 150 books (microfilm) from 1882 to 1962, consisting of information arrival, immigrant's name, surname, country of origin, kinship and name of the vessel which arrived in Brazil. Some also have the name of the farm of destination. Information is available to the public as multimedia terminals and the site of the Memorial of the Immigrant.
Service
The public can consult the lists of passengers disembarking from 10am to 16:30 in the file room. It is important to make an appointment by phone: 2692-1866. The immigrant or a descendant may request the issuance of the Certificate of Arrival. The public utility issues an official document of R $ 20.00, accepted in European countries and Japan, for granting dual citizenship, hereditary succession and several lawsuits.
Location: Memorial do Imigrante
Address: Rua Visconde de Parnaiba 1316, Mooca, near the Metro Bresser - Sao Paulo
Tel: (11) 2692.1866
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10h to 17h pm ( including holidays).
Tickets: $ 4.00 for students and entry ½
Free admission for children under 7 years and adults over 60 (sixty) years.
Note: Last Saturday of the month, admission is free for all visitors.
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