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• 1883-1983 Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983, index, incomplete.
• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($)

Finding the Town of Origin in Marshall Islands

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Marshall Islands, see Marshall Islands Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Marshall Islands 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 Marshall Islands

• Spain claimed the islands in 1592, and the European powers recognized its sovereignty over the islands in 1874. They had been part of the Spanish East Indies formally since 1528.
• Later, Spain sold some of the islands to the German Empire in 1885, and they became part of German New Guinea that year, run by the trading companies doing business in the islands.
• In World War I, the Empire of Japan occupied the Marshall Islands.
• In 1920, the League of Nations combined them with other former German territories to form the South Seas Mandate.
• During World War II, the United States took control of the islands in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in 1944.
• The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in May 1979 provided independence to the Marshall Islands.

Emigration From Marshall Islands

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 9,800. Top destination countries: the United States, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Australia, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands

Records of Marshall Islands 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.

United States Emigration and Immigration Guam Emigration and Immigration Micronesia Emigration and Immigration Northern Mariana Islands Emigration and Immigration Palau Emigration and Immigration

Australia Emigration and Immigration Philippines Emigration and Immigration Greece Emigration and Immigration Italy Emigration and Immigration Netherlands Emigration and Immigration

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