The Knowles Collection: Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 on FamilySearch

09 February 2012

Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 on FamilySearch

Between 1900 and 1965 tens of thousands of people either visited or immigrated to Brazil. These people were issued immigration cards at Brazilian consulates around the world. The originals are housed at the National Archives in Rio de Janeiro. Over 400,000 of these records are now available at http://www.familysearch.org/, with images in a name search able database.
Doing a basic search for the name Esther Abraham Precher quickly leads us to her 1957 immigration. We find from the record below that she was born in Jerusalem on 20 Sep 1898 to Abraham and Sarah Precher.

By clicking on the "view image ", we are then able to see the original record (found below), included her photo. For those with family who travelled to Brazil, this is a wonderful database.

A further search of the database, finds a brother, Victor, who was born on 15 Apr 1903 also immigrating with her.

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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.