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*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/244882-redirection Los catalanes en América: Cuba] The Catalans in Cuba, e-book, indexed. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/244882-redirection Los catalanes en América: Cuba] The Catalans in Cuba, e-book, indexed. | ||
== | ==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]] | |||
===Immigration=== | ===Immigration=== | ||
* The native white population are nearly all descendants of the Spaniards and most non-white Cubans also have '''Spanish ancestry.''' | * The native white population are nearly all descendants of the Spaniards and most non-white Cubans also have '''Spanish ancestry.''' | ||
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*The final years of the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution brought a wave of '''French settlers fleeing with their Haitian slaves''' to Cuba. | *The final years of the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution brought a wave of '''French settlers fleeing with their Haitian slaves''' to Cuba. | ||
*Later, Haitians continued to come to Cuba to work as braceros (Spanish for "manual laborers") in the fields cutting cane. Although they planned to return to Haiti, most stayed on in Cuba. <ref name="AC"/> | *Later, Haitians continued to come to Cuba to work as braceros (Spanish for "manual laborers") in the fields cutting cane. Although they planned to return to Haiti, most stayed on in Cuba. <ref name="AC"/> | ||
==Records of Italian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Italian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
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