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== Emigration Records (Útflytjendur) == | == Emigration Records (''Útflytjendur'') == | ||
Emigration records provide information about date of emigration, enable descendants to determine the village or farm where their ancestors originated. These include special lists of emigrants | Emigration records provide information about date of emigration, enable descendants to determine the village or farm where their ancestors originated. These include special lists of emigrants (''Sérstakir Listar um Útflytjendur til Amerika'') drawn up at each of the county offices (''sýslumaður'') from 1876 to 1893, entries and notations in church books, and copies of passenger contracts between emigrants and shipping agents. | ||
All of the names in these sources have been published in Júníus H. Kristinsson, ''Vesturfaraskrá 1870-1914. A Record of Emigrants from Iceland to America 1870-1914'', Reykjavík : Sagnfrædistofnun Háskóla Íslands, 1983, {{FSC|87385|item|disp=FamilySearch Library book 949.12 W2j}}. The original source records have not been filmed. | |||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||