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• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($)

British Overseas Subjects

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Swaziland, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Swaziiland, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Swaziland, index & images ($)

Eswatini Emigration and Immigration

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Immigration into Eswatini

• Eswatini, officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly known in English as Swaziland. The population is composed primarily of ethnic Swazis.
• The Swazis established their kingdom in the mid-18th century. The present boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of the "Scramble for Africa".
• After the Second Boer War, the kingdom, under the name of Swaziland, was a British protectorate from 1903 until it regained its independence on 6 September 1968.
• In April 2018, the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring the name commonly used in Swazi. The government is an absolute monarchy, ruled by King Mswati III since 1986.

Emigration From Eswatini

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 97,800. Top destination countries: South Africa, Greece, Tanzania, Botswana, Portugal, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Kenya

Records of Eswatini Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for major destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at Category:Emigration and Immigration Records.

South Africa Emigration and Immigration Greece Emigration and Immigration Tanzania Emigration and Immigration Botswana Emigration and Immigration Portugal Emigration and Immigration

Australia Emigration and Immigration Canada Emigration and Immigration Switzerland Emigration and Immigration Netherlands Emigration and Immigration Kenya Emigration and Immigration