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Emigration and Immigration

Online Records[edit | edit source]

Gold Coast Database Ghana and the Netherlands: Genealogies, Biographies, Histories
1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Ghana
1924-1947 Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications, images only.

British Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]

British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Ghana, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Ghana, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

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

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

Ghana 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 Ghana[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Ghana[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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References[edit | edit source]

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 == Online Records ==
 *[http://gcdb.doortmontweb.org/ Gold Coast Database] Ghana and the Netherlands: Genealogies, Biographies, Histories
-*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_ghana_5095 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
+*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_ghana_5095 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
-*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=ghana+%28gold+coast%29 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Ghana
+*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=ghana+%28gold+coast%29 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Ghana
-*'''1924-1947''' {{FSC|4119146|item|disp=Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications}}, images only.
+*'''1924-1947''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4119146?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications], images only.
 ===British Overseas Subjects===
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=ghana British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Ghana], index & images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=ghana British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Ghana], index and images, ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa], index and images, ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=ghana British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Ghana], index & images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=ghana British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Ghana], index and images, ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa], index and images, ($)
-*[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 ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index and images, ($)
 ==Finding the Town of Origin in Ghana==
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 ==Immigration into Ghana==
-*Beginning in the 15th century, the '''Portuguese Empire''', followed by numerous other European powers, contested the area for trading rights, until the '''British''' ultimately established control of the coast by the late 19th century.
-*Early European contact by the Portuguese people, who came to the '''Gold Coast region''' in the 15th century to trade and then established the Portuguese Gold Coast (Costa do Ouro), '''focused on the extensive availability of gold'''.
-*The Portuguese built a trading lodge at a coastal settlement called Anomansah (the perpetual drink) which they renamed '''São Jorge da Mina'''. In 1481, King John II of Portugal commissioned Don Diego d'Azambuja to build the '''Elmina Castle''', which was completed in three years.
-*By 1598, the '''Dutch''' had joined the Portuguese in the gold trade, establishing the '''Dutch Gold Coast''' and building forts at '''Fort Komenda''' and '''Kormantsi'''.In 1617, the Dutch captured the Olnini Castle from the Portuguese, and Axim in 1642 (Fort St Anthony).
-*Other European traders had joined in gold trading by the mid-17th century, most notably the '''Swedes''', establishing the '''Swedish Gold Coast''', and '''Denmark-Norway''', establishing the '''Danish Gold Coast''' .
-*Also beginning in the 17th century – in addition to the gold trade – '''Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French traders also participated in the Atlantic slave trade in this area'''.
-*More than thirty forts and castles were built by the '''Portuguese, Swedish, Dano-Norwegians, Dutch and German merchants'''; the latter Germans establishing the '''German Gold Coast'''.
-*In 1874, Great Britain established control over some parts of the country, assigning these areas the status of''' British Gold Coast'''.
-*On 1 July 1960, following the Ghanaian constitutional referendum and Ghanaian presidential election, Ghana became an independent republic.<ref>"Ghana", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana, accessed 23 July 2021.</ref>
-*According to the Ghana Statistics Service 375,000 of the Ghana resident population were '''born outside Ghana'''. Countries with the highest populations in Ghana include '''Togo, Nigeria, Ivory coast, Liberia, Benin, Niger, and Mali'''.<ref name="imm">"Immigration to Ghana", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Ghana, accessed 24 July 2021.</ref>
-===Skilled Worker Immigration===
-*Ghana has a skilled worker immigration policy aimed at creating a highly skilled and knowledgeable Ghanaian population, capable of creating wealth for Ghana and rapidly increasing the Ghanaian economy GDP output. Ghana has recruited highly skilled professional experts in the fields of information and communications technology, manufacturing, health care, construction, finance and banking, retailing and the oil and gas industry sectors of the Ghanaian economy.
-*Skilled worker immigrants in Ghana include '''Indian, South Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, Cuban, Lebanese, Chinese, German and Dutch nationals'''.
-*After seven years as Ghanaian permanent residents, skilled workers have gone on to become Ghanaian nationals. Since 2012, Ghana has also had its highly professional skilled worker expatriates returning from the diaspora back to Ghana.*According to the Ghana Statistics Service 375,000 of the Ghana resident population were '''born outside Ghana'''. Countries with the highest populations in Ghana include '''Togo, Nigeria, Ivory coast, Liberia, Benin, Niger, and Mali'''.<ref name="imm"/>
-===African Americans in Ghana===
-*Ghana currently is trying to attract '''African slave descendants from the Americas'''. Thousands of African Americans are already now living in Ghana, at least for part of the year.
-*To encourage migration or visits by the descendants of enslaved Africans from the Americas, Ghana decided in 2005 to offer them a special visa and grant them Ghanaian passports.<ref name="imm">"Immigration to Ghana", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Ghana, accessed 24 July 2021.</ref>
 ==Emigration From Ghana==
-*Stock of emigrants: 737,200,000
+==Records of       Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
-*Top destination countries: '''Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Côte d’Ivoire, Italy, Togo, Burkina Faso, Germany, Canada, Spain.'''<ref>"Ghana, at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=9, accessed 24 July 2021.</ref>
-*Ghanaian diaspora - Are people from the nation of Ghana living abroad. Significant populations can be found in '''Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America'''.<ref>List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#G, accessed 24 July 2021.</ref>
-==Records of Ghanaian 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]]
-*[[Nigeria Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[England Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[New Zealand Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[South Africa Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration]]
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-*[[Togo Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Burkina Faso Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ 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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