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Emigration and immigration records list the names of people leaving (emigration) or coming into (immigration) France. These lists are usually found as permissions to emigrate; records of passports issued, including passports for the interior; records of border crossings; and lists of prisoners deported. The information in these records may include the name of the emigrant, age, occupation; usually include the place of origin and destination; and sometimes include the reason for leaving. These sources can be very valuable in helping you determine where in France your ancestor came from. French emigration records are very incomplete and are not usually indexed. [[Image:France Lavender Field.jpg|right|140x130px]] | Emigration and immigration records list the names of people leaving (emigration) or coming into (immigration) France. These lists are usually found as permissions to emigrate; records of passports issued, including passports for the interior; records of border crossings; and lists of prisoners deported. The information in these records may include the name of the emigrant, age, occupation; usually include the place of origin and destination; and sometimes include the reason for leaving. These sources can be very valuable in helping you determine where in France your ancestor came from. French emigration records are very incomplete and are not usually indexed. [[Image:France Lavender Field.jpg|right|140x130px|France Lavender Field.jpg]] | ||
In addition to their usefulness in determining where an emigrant lived in the nation before leaving, these records can help you construct family groups. If you don't find your ancestor, you may find emigration information about neighbors of your ancestor. People who lived near each other in France often settled together in the nation where they emigrated to. | In addition to their usefulness in determining where an emigrant lived in the nation before leaving, these records can help you construct family groups. If you don't find your ancestor, you may find emigration information about neighbors of your ancestor. People who lived near each other in France often settled together in the nation where they emigrated to. | ||
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'''Alsace Emigration Index'''. The Family History Library compiled an index of persons emigrating from or through Alsace-Lorraine from 1817 to 1866. About half the names are from France. The alphabetical index gives the emigrant's name, age, occupation, place of origin, residence, destination, passport date, and source microfilm number. Not everyone who emigrated via Alsace is in this index. The index is easiest to find in the Author/Title section of the Family History Library Catalog under "Alsace emigration index." It is also listed as: | '''Alsace Emigration Index'''. The Family History Library compiled an index of persons emigrating from or through Alsace-Lorraine from 1817 to 1866. About half the names are from France. The alphabetical index gives the emigrant's name, age, occupation, place of origin, residence, destination, passport date, and source microfilm number. Not everyone who emigrated via Alsace is in this index. The index is easiest to find in the Author/Title section of the Family History Library Catalog under "Alsace emigration index." It is also listed as: | ||
France. Ministère de l'Intérieur. ''Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866 (Register of emigrants)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (Family History Library film 1125002 | France. Ministère de l'Intérieur. ''Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866 (Register of emigrants)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (Family History Library film 1125002 - 1{{FHL|372046|title-id|disp=125007}}.) Text in English. | ||
'''Alsace Emigration Books'''. Cornelia Schrader- Muggenthaler used part of the Alsace Emigration Index, other emigration records, passenger lists, genealogies, genealogy periodicals, and newspaper articles to compile the following index: | '''Alsace Emigration Books'''. Cornelia Schrader- Muggenthaler used part of the Alsace Emigration Index, other emigration records, passenger lists, genealogies, genealogy periodicals, and newspaper articles to compile the following index: | ||
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Unfortunately, there are very few immigration sources for France. Instead, look for emigration records of the nation from which your ancestor moved. | Unfortunately, there are very few immigration sources for France. Instead, look for emigration records of the nation from which your ancestor moved. | ||
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