RESEARCH IN HAWAII

The Portuguese Immigration to Hawaii Islands.

Sugar cane plantation

By Joaquim Augusto de Sousa - http://www.delcampe.net (uploaded by user Balico), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20603626

Portuguese immigration to Hawaii was parallel to the immigration to New England and California. A treatise was signed between Portugal and Hawaii in 5 May 1882 to bring farm workers to the island, and after that, the Portuguese population increased significantly. Sugar plantations were their final destination after contracts between the parts were formalized. The contracts had a duration from 3 to 5 years and were similar to those used for the Portuguese who immigrated to the Caribbean after the slavery abolition.


Between 1878 and 1913 Hawaii received more than 20.000 Portuguese immigrants. Many of those immigrants settled in the islands, opened their own business, and became successful. Others left to California and New England.


Source: http://aprenderamadeira.net/


Wikipedia



The Wikipedia page offers a good starting point if you are researching Portuguese immigration. It includes the following topics:


- Early immigration.

- Immigration of 1878 to 1911.

- Immigrant culture and traditions.

- How they came to Hawaii.

- Hawaiians of Portuguese descent.


Portuguese Immigration to Hawaii: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_immigration_to_Hawaii



FamilySearch



Register of Portuguese citizens in Hawaii 1929/1939 - Certificados de Inscrição Consular -

Only available at a Family History Center - you will need to visit their library - print the page from the link below to facilitate finding it while visiting the library.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/47048?availability=Family%20History%20Library


- Portuguese Hawaiian Memories - Item 1

 Book with information and photos of many Portuguese families who settled in Hawaii.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS87-Q9VT-G?i=4&cat=517186

- Hawaii Passenger List - Item 2

  Lists of Portuguese passengers on ships bound for Hawaii, 1878-1899

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS87-Q9JV-3?i=149&cat=517186



Hawaii State Archives Digital Collections

Portuguese Passenger Manifests Index and other useful resources for researching:


https://digitalcollections.hawaii.gov/greenstone3/library


“Index entries for the same names were put together in one multipage file to expedite access to the index entries. Although the names on the index are the same, they may not be referring to the same individual. Use clues such as age, date of arrival or departure, and names of family members traveling with the passenger to determine if this is an index entry for the individual you are researching.


Most of the Passenger Manifests being referenced by this index can be found at the Hawaii State Archives as Microfilm MFL No. 72, Ships Manifest or Series 82, Records of Passenger Arrivals and Departures, 1843-1900.”


https://digitalcollections.hawaii.gov/greenstone3/library/collection/indextop/page/about - accessed on 12 Jun 2019.

Diocese of Honolulu - Ecclesiastical Records

- For records that are more than 70 years old:


https://catholichawaii.org/diocesan-offices/office-of-the-chancellor/sacramental-and-genealogy-requests/

Library of Congress - Newspapers

Historic American Newspapers - Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963.


https://www.loc.gov/newspapers/collections/ 


Clip from a newspaper mentioning a ship arrival in Hawaii: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, May 05, 1883, Page 5, Image 5

Source for the image above:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1883-05-05/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1789&index=14&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Abergeldie&proxdistance=5&state=Hawaii&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=abergeldie&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 - accessed on 10 Jun 2019.

Hawaiian Genealogy Indexes - Ulukau Library

http://ulukau.org/algene/cgi-bin/algene

Browse the genealogy indexes

http://ulukau.org/algene/cgi-bin/algene?e=p-001off-algene--00CL1--2----0--010---4-------0-1l--10en-Zz-1---20-about---00-1-1-00-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d