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Emigration and Immigration

Immigration records[edit | edit source]

Accessibility: By personal visit or hire a researcher. Archives generally do not do research.

Record type: Record of immigrants, foreign residents, and citizens.

Time Period: 1890-present.

Content: Immigrant’s name, age, occupation, birth date and place, former residence, destination; wife’s name, childrens’ given names and ages or number of children; religion, race, nationality, sometimes picture. Chinese immigration records give names and places in Chinese characters.

Location: National Archives, municipal archives, Chinese community kapitans. Reliability: Good.

Research use: Very valuable for making proper connections to place of origin in other countries.^[1]

Immigration to Fiji

Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914, are available at the National Archives of Fiji. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to Fiji as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia.

These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. For more information see this link here.

Colonization of the Pacific 60000 BCE to 400 AD

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Papua New Guinea,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Papua New Guinea,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.

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-=== Online Records ===
-*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_papua+new+guinea_5178 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Papua New Guinea] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
-*'''1888-1975''' {{FSC|1393427|item|disp=Genealogical index to Australians and other expatriates in Papua, New Guinea 1888-1975}}, images You must use a computer in the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City to use this database.
-*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=papua+new+guinea Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Papua New Guinea
-*'''1940-1960''' {{FSC|247096|item|disp=Territory of Papua and New Guinea immigration records, 1940-1960}} at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=papua%20new%20guinea British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Papua New Guinea], index & images ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
-===Archives===
+===Immigration records===
-'''National Archives and Public Records Services of Papua New Guinea'''<br>
-Office of Libraries Archives and Literacy<br>
-P.O. Box 734<br>
-Waigani, National Capital District<br>
-PAPUA NEW GUINEA<br>
-Telephone No: [675] 3431451<br>
-Facsimile No: [675] 3254251<br>
-Email address: vicky_puipui@educationpng.gov.pg<br>
-====Polynesian Immigrants Records====
+Accessibility:  By personal visit or hire a researcher.  Archives generally do not do research.
-[https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to '''Fiji''' as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and '''Papua New Guinea'''. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. This movement of people is often referred to as "black-birding". These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents.
-*'''To search the records, contact the National Archives by e-mail at ''archives@govnet.gov.fj''. They will advise you of information they need to conduct a search and any fees involved.'''
-[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]*{{FSC|Papua New Guinea - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1223980729|disp=Papua New Guinea - Emigration and immigration}}
-==Finding the Town of Origin in Papua New Guinea==
-If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Papua New Guinea, see [[Papua New Guinea Finding Town of Origin|'''Papua New Guinea Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
-==Papua New Guinea Emigration and Immigration==
-<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br>
-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.
-[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]
-==Historical Background==
+Record type: Record of immigrants, foreign residents, and citizens.
-*Beginning in 1884, '''Germany''' ruled the northern half of the country for some decades, as a colony named '''German New Guinea'''. In 1914 after the outbreak of World War I, Australian forces captured German New Guinea and occupied it throughout the war. After the war, the League of Nations authorized Australia to administer this area as a League of Nations mandate territory. t
-*The southern half of the country had been colonized in 1884 by the United Kingdom as '''British New Guinea'''. In 1905, the UK transferred this territory to Australia and renamed it the '''Territory of Papua'''. until 1949, Papua and New Guinea had entirely separate administrations, both controlled by Australia.
+Time Period:  1890-present.
-*After World War II, the two territories were combined into the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. This was later referred to as "Papua New Guinea".
-*The nation established independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.
+Content: Immigrant’s name, age, occupation, birth date and place, former residence, destination; wife’s name, childrens’ given names and ages or number of children; religion, race, nationality, sometimes picture.  Chinese immigration records give names and places in Chinese characters.
-*Numerous '''Chinese''' have worked and lived in Papua New Guinea, establishing Chinese-majority communities.
-*There is existing collaboration between Papua New Guinea and African States. There is a thriving community of '''Africans''' who live and work in the country.
+Location: National Archives, municipal archives, Chinese community kapitans.
-*There are umerous people from other parts of the world now resident, including '''Chinese, Europeans, Australians, Indonesians, Filipinos, Polynesians, and Micronesians'''. Around 40,000 expatriates, mostly from '''Australia and China''', were living in Papua New Guinea in 1975.20,000 people from Australia currently live in Papua New Guinea.<ref>"Papua New Guinea", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea, accessed 21 July 2021.</ref>
+Reliability:  Good.
+Research use:  Very valuable for making proper connections to place of origin in other countries.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Papua New Guinea,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref>
+'''<big>Immigration to Fiji</big>'''
+Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914, are available at the National Archives of Fiji. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to Fiji as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia.
+These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. For more information see this link [https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 here].[[File:Colonization of the Pacific 60000 BCE to 400 AD.jpg|thumb|800px|left|<center>Colonization of the Pacific 60000 BCE to 400 AD</center>]]
 ==References==