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==Online Records== | |||
'''Search under both "Siam" and "Thailand".''' | |||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=siam&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Siam | |||
*[[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]] | |||
==Background== | |||
Thai nationals make up the majority of Thailand's population, 95.9% in 2010. The remaining 4.1% of the population are Burmese (2.0%), others 1.3%, and unspecified 0.9%. Increasing numbers of migrants from neighboring Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as from Nepal and India, have pushed the total number of non-national residents to around 3.5 million as of 2009, up from an estimated 2 million in 2008, and about 1.3 million in 2000. Some 41,000 Britons and 20,000 Australians live in Thailand.<ref>"Thailand", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Modernisation_and_centralisation, ccessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | Thai nationals make up the majority of Thailand's population, 95.9% in 2010. The remaining 4.1% of the population are Burmese (2.0%), others 1.3%, and unspecified 0.9%. Increasing numbers of migrants from neighboring Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as from Nepal and India, have pushed the total number of non-national residents to around 3.5 million as of 2009, up from an estimated 2 million in 2008, and about 1.3 million in 2000. Some 41,000 Britons and 20,000 Australians live in Thailand.<ref>"Thailand", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Modernisation_and_centralisation, ccessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | ||
==Expatriates in Thailand== | ==Expatriates in Thailand== | ||
*The largest foreign community are the '''Burmese, followed by the Cambodians and Laotians.''' | *The largest foreign community are the '''Burmese, followed by the Cambodians and Laotians.''' | ||
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*Thai immigration to the United States proceeded very slowly. It began in earnest during and after the Vietnam War, in which Thailand was an ally of the US and South Vietnam. Records show that in the decade between 1960 and 1970, some 5,000 Thais immigrated to the United States. In the following decade, the number increased to 44,000. From 1981 to 1990, approximately 64,400 Thai citizens moved to the United States. According to the 2000 census there were 150,093 Thais in the United States. In 2009, 304,160 US residents listed themselves as Thais. | *Thai immigration to the United States proceeded very slowly. It began in earnest during and after the Vietnam War, in which Thailand was an ally of the US and South Vietnam. Records show that in the decade between 1960 and 1970, some 5,000 Thais immigrated to the United States. In the following decade, the number increased to 44,000. From 1981 to 1990, approximately 64,400 Thai citizens moved to the United States. According to the 2000 census there were 150,093 Thais in the United States. In 2009, 304,160 US residents listed themselves as Thais. | ||
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The 2010 U.S. census counted 237,629 Thai Americans in the country, of whom 67,707 live in California. | The 2010 U.S. census counted 237,629 Thai Americans in the country, of whom 67,707 live in California. | ||
*'''Los Angeles, California''', has the largest Thai population outside of Asia. It is home to the world's first '''Thai Town'''. In 2002, it was estimated that over 80,000 Thais and Thai Americans live in Los Angeles. | *'''Los Angeles, California''', has the largest Thai population outside of Asia. It is home to the world's first '''Thai Town'''. In 2002, it was estimated that over 80,000 Thais and Thai Americans live in Los Angeles. | ||
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**Queens, New York; | **Queens, New York; | ||
**Madison, Wisconsin; and | **Madison, Wisconsin; and | ||
**Montgomery County, Maryland.[ | **Montgomery County, Maryland.<ref>"Thai Americans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Americans, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | ||
==Thais in the United Kingdom== | |||
*The 2011 Census recorded 39,784 Thai-born residents in '''England''', 1,566 residents in '''Wales''', 2,267 in '''Scotland''', and 469 in '''Northern Ireland'''. At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 16,257 people born in Thailand were residing in the UK. | |||
*Of the Thai-born people in the UK in 2001, 72 per cent were women. The Home Office states that the overwhelming majority of new Thai immigrants to the UK '''became naturalized citizens through marriage''', with less than one in three cases occurring through residence. | |||
*Between 2003 and 2006, 64 per cent of all '''settlement grants to Thai immigrants were given to wives''', 3 per cent to husbands and 14 per cent to children. This means that the Thai community in the UK is surprisingly widespread, as marriage migrants are likely to be scattered across the country with their partners, instead of following the trend of migrant groups settling together in large cities. | |||
*Despite this, due to their large populations already, the cities of '''London, Sheffield, Birmingham and Glasgow''' are all home to significant numbers of people of Thai origin.<ref>"Thais in the United Kingdom", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thais_in_the_United_Kingdom. accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | |||
==Thai Australians== | |||
*In January 1950, the Australian government launched the '''Colombo Plan''', an aid program for sponsoring Asian students to study or train in Australian tertiary institutions. Approximately 450 Thai students travelled to Australia on the Colombo Plan between 1954 and 1989. Most did not settle in Australia permanently, but they increased awareness of Australia when they returned to Thailand. Between the 1950s and 1970s the majority of new arrivals from Thailand in Australia continued to be students, as well as spouses of Australians and those sponsored under military traineeships. | |||
*The number of migrants in Australia grew significantly when the Immigration Restriction Act was repealed in 1973. In 1975, '''Australia accepted many Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian refugees for settlement'''. | |||
*The latest Census in 2011 recorded 45,465 Thailand-born people in Australia, an increase of 48.8 per cent from the 2006 Census. The 2011 distribution by state and territory showed New South Wales had the largest number with 17,541, followed by Victoria (10,766), Queensland (7,022) and Western Australia (5,662). Among the total Thailand-born in Australia at the 2011 Census, 23.1 per cent arrived between 2001 and 2006 and 32.8 per cent arrived between 2006 and 2011.<ref>"Thai Australians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Australians, accessed 30 Junbe 2021.</ref> | |||
==Records of Thai Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | |||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">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 [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | |||
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[England Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Israel Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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*[[South Korea Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[India Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[China Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[New Zealand Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Thailand]] [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Thailand]] [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
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