Library Guides: Portuguese-American Genealogy: Other Sources of Information

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This page provides links to some other possible sources of information about your immigrant relatives

Other Sources of Information

The following are a few general websites that may be helpful. If you identify additional sites that you think may benefit your classmates, please share them by using the comment button at the bottom of this box.

Brazil on the Latin American Newtork Information Center (LANIC)
A website sponsored by the University of Texas Austin which provides extensive links to a wide variety of groups, associations, institutions and businesses in Brazil that are of possible interest to academics.
Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I. P.
Amongst the varied goals of the mission of the Instituto de Camões, is to coordinate and faciliate cooperation and activities that allow for the disimination and teaching of the Portuguese language in foreign countries.

Note that the site is only available in Portuguese.
Centro de Conhecimentos dos Açores
Includes a digital library, genealogical, image and audio resources, the Enciclopédia Açoriana and more resources all related to the Azores.

Note that the site and resources available are only available in Portuguese.
Centro Nacional de Cultura
CNC’s main objectives are to promote, defend, disseminate and register Portuguese cultural heritage, promote “cultural tourism” based on an integrated idea of tourism, environment, heritage and cultural itineraries, and to educate the younger generations on a feeling of global citizenship.
Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa (CPLP)
The CPLP is a multilateral forum that fosters and encourages cooperation and partnership between the countries who have Portuguese as one of their official languages.

Note that the site is only available in Portuguese.
Europa
EUROPA is the portal site of the European Union.
Museu da Emigração Açoriana
This museum documents the history of Azorean immigrants and the communities where they settled.

Please note that there is limited content available in English, and all resources are only available in Portuguese.
Museu das Migrações e das Comunidades
The museum documents the history of Portuguese immigration, with a focus on individuals from mainland Portugal, and the communities where they settled.

Note that the site is only available in Portuguese.

Language Sites

Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa
O Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (DPLP) é um dicionário de português contemporâneo que contém cerca de 105 000 entradas lexicais, que permite a consulta de definições, com sinónimos e antónimos por acepção . É também possível consultar informação sobre a origem de algumas palavras e a sua pronúncia.
FLIP
Para facilitar o acesso à tecnologia FLiP, a Priberam disponibiliza, em serviço gratuito on-line varios produtos.
IATE: InterArctive Terminology for Europe
Search for specialized vocabulary from 24 European languages in a variety of domains, such as agriculture, transportation and economics.
IMF: International Monetary Foundation multilingual terminology database
The database includes words, phrases, and institutional titles commonly encountered in areas such as money and banking, public finance, balance of payments, and economic growth
Verbix: Verb Conjugator
Free online verb conjugator