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Emigration and Immigration

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Sources[edit | edit source]

1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose your country under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
Immigrant Ancestors Project
1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
France National Overseas Archives

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

Finding the Town of Origin in Yemen[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Yemen, see Yemen Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Yemen Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
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.

Immigration into Yemen[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Yemen[edit | edit source]

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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 ==How to Find the Records==
 ===Online Sources===
-*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_yemen_5246 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
+*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
-*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=yemen&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
+*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose your country under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
-*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/?event=_yemen_5246 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
+*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project]
-====British Overseas Subjects====
+*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=aden British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Aden, Yemen] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
+*'''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 ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-india-office-births-and-baptisms?sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=Forebears&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_us&awc=5927_1504553585_448c96be28e4b3595cedddb41921e083&dclid=CP2ytPCijNYCFU9qAQodlCEDmQ British India Office Births & Baptisms] at Findmypast; index  ($)
+*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire= '''France National Overseas Archives''']
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-india-office-marriages?sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=Forebears&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_us&awc=5927_1504554784_58ab5f66a397b890b2545de859037d90&dclid=CP3Lj6ynjNYCFYUTPwod2CQPxQ British India Office Marriages] at Findmypast; index ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=aden British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Aden, Yemen] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
+===Offices and Archives to Contact===
-*[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 ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-india-office-deaths-and-burials?sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=Forebears&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_us&awc=5927_1504555043_2aeb43b84eccfb3ecc55f606e06b6890&dclid=CN3b16eojNYCFQ9kfgod6ioFRg British India Office Deaths & Burials] at Findmypast; index ($)
 ==Finding the Town of Origin in Yemen==
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 ==Immigration into Yemen==
-*Yemen was divided between the '''Ottoman and British empires''' in the 1800s. South Yemen remained a British protectorate as the Aden Protectorate until 1967 when it became an independent state.
-*An estimated 100,000 people of '''Indian''' origin are concentrated in the southern part of the country, around Aden, Mukalla, Shihr, Lahaj, Mokha and Hodeidah.
-*Most of the prominent '''Indonesians, Malaysians, and Singaporeans''' of Arab descent are Hadhrami people with origins in southern Yemen in the Hadramawt coastal region.
-*Yemen hosted a population of '''refugees and asylum seekers''' numbering approximately 124,600 in 2007. Refugees and asylum seekers living in Yemen were predominantly from '''Somalia''' (110,600), '''Iraq''' (11,000), '''Ethiopia''' (2,000), and '''Syria'''.<ref>"Yemen: Ethnic Groups", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen#Ethnic_groups, accessed 16 July 2021.</ref>
 ==Emigration From Yemen==
-*In the '''United Kingdom''' there are between 70,000 and 80,000 Yemenis. An estimated 10,000 Yemenis in Birmingham, making about 1% of the city's population.
+==Records of       Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
-*Other Yemenis also reside in '''Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, as well as Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and the former USSR'''. Over 20,000 Yemenis reside in the '''United States''', and around 3,000 live in '''Italy'''.
-*A smaller number of modern-day '''Pakistanis''' are of Yemeni descent, their original ancestors having left Yemen for the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia over four centuries ago.
-*Due to the conflict in Yemen, many have migrated to the northern coasts of '''Djibouti and Somalia'''. In 2017, Djibouti was home to over 40,000 Yemeni refugees.
-*Almost 350,000 Yemenite Jews live in '''Israel'''. <ref>"Yemeni diaspora", in Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_diaspora, accessed 16 July 2021.</ref>
-==Records of Yemeni 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>
+|<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 immigration records for major destination countries below.</span>
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 *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[England Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Saudi Arabia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[United Arab Emirates Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Qatar Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Bahrain Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Indonesia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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-*[[Malaysia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Brunei Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Pakistan Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Djibouti Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Somalia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Israel Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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+==For Further Reading==
+There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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 [[Category:Yemen]] [[Category: Emigration and Immigration Records]]