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Online Sources[edit | edit source]

1813-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for New Zealand
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.
United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records
France National Overseas Archives, New Hebrides (renamed Vanuatu)

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

British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Senegal, index and images, ($)

British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

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

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

Senegal 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 Senegal[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Senegal[edit | edit source]

<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

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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-*'''1724-1917''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SENEGAL France National Overseas Archives, Senegal]
+*'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
-*'''1724-1897''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=HAUTE-VOLTA France National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta] Upper Volta is a territory made up of the protectorates of Liptako (1891), Gourma (1894), Yatenga (1895), Gourounsi (1896) and Mossi (1897). They were attached to the colony of Sudan (Haut-Senegal and Niger) in 1904.
+*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
-*'''1864-1917''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SOUDAN France National Overseas Archives, French Sudan] French Sudan was set up as a colony in 1892. It successively took the names of Territory of Upper Senegal and Middle Niger (1898-1902), Territory of Senegambia and Niger (1904) and French Sudan in 1920. It gained independence in 1960 and then took the name of Mali.
+*'''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 ($)
-*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?departure=_senegal_5198 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
+*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=new%20zealand&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for New Zealand
-*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=senegal&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
 *'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
+*[[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]]
+*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES '''France National Overseas Archives, New Hebrides (renamed Vanuatu)''']
-===British Overseas Subject===
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Senegal], index and images, ($)
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Senegal], 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=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Senegal], index & images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa], index and images, ($)
-*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Senegal], index & images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Senegal], index and images, ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index and images, ($)
+==Offices and Archives to Contact==
 ==Finding the Town of Origin in Senegal==
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 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 into Senegal==
-*In the mid-15th century, the '''Portuguese''' landed on the '''Senegal coastline'''. Various European powers — Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain — competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward.
-*In 1677, '''France''' gained control of what had become a minor departure point in the Atlantic slave trade: the island of Gorée next to modern Dakar, used as a base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland.
-*European missionaries introduced Christianity to Senegal and the Casamance in the 19th century.
-*It was only in the 1850s that the '''French began to expand onto the Senegalese mainland''', after they abolished slavery and began promoting an abolitionist doctrine, adding native kingdoms like the Waalo, Cayor, Baol, and Jolof Empire.
-*'''French colonists''' progressively invaded and took over all the kingdoms, except [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sine Siné] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saloum Saloum].
-*The country experienced a wave of immigration from '''France''' in the decades between World War II and Senegalese independence; most of these French people purchased homes in Dakar or other major urban centers.
-*About 50,000 '''Europeans (mostly French) and Lebanese''' as well as smaller numbers of '''Mauritanians and Moroccans''' reside in Senegal, mainly in the cities and some retirees who reside in the resort towns around Mbour. There are tens of thousands of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, primarily in the country's north.
-*The majority of '''Lebanese''' work in commerce. Most of the Lebanese originate from the Lebanese '''city of Tyre''', which is known as "Little West Africa" and has a main promenade that is called "Avenue du Senegal".
-*Also located primarily in urban settings are small '''Vietnamese communities''' as well as a growing number of '''Chinese immigrant traders''', each numbering perhaps a few hundred people.<ref>"Senegal", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref>
 ==Emigration From Senegal==
-'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 540,400. Top destination countries: '''France, The Gambia, Italy, Spain, Mauritania, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, the United States, Mali, the Republic of Congo''' <ref>"Senegal," at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=20, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref>
+<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development
-*Senegal was historically a '''destination country'''' for neighboring economic migrants, but in recent decades '''West African migrants more often use Senegal as a transit point to North Africa''', or as a stop before continuing illegally onward to Europe.
-*The country also has been '''host to several thousand black Mauritanian refugees''' since they were expelled from Mauritania during the 1989 border conflict with Senegal.
-*The country's '''economic crisis in the 1970s''' stimulated emigration; departures accelerated from the 1990s. Destinations shifted from neighboring countries to '''Libya and Mauritania'''', because of their booming oil industries, and to '''France, Italy and Spain'''.<ref>"Demographics of Senegal: Emigration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Senegal#Emigration, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref>
-==Records of Senegalese 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>
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 *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[France Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[The Gambia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Libya Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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-*[[Mauritania Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Gabon Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Mali Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Republic of the Congo 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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