Q. How can I locate statistical data on immigration into Brazil from the 19th century to the present?

The data can be culled from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or in Portuguese the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/) and from the IBGE publication Brasil: 500 anos de povoamento (Brazil: 500 years of population). http://www.ibge.gov.br/brasil500/index2.html