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Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources[edit | edit source]

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

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

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

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

Lesotho 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 Lesotho[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Lesotho[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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-*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=lesotho&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Lesotho], index & images ($)
+*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=lesotho&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Lesotho], index and images, ($)
-*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials&country=lesotho&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Lesotho], index & images ($)
+*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials&country=lesotho&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Lesotho], index and images, ($)
+==Offices and Archives to Contact==
+==Finding the Town of Origin in Lesotho==
+If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Lesotho, see [[Lesotho Finding Town of Origin|'''Lesotho Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
 ==Lesotho Emigration and Immigration==
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 ==Immigration into Lesotho==
-*Modern Lesotho, '''then called Basutoland''', emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822.
-*Further evolution of the state emerged from '''conflicts between British and Dutch colonists leaving the Cape Colony following its seizure from the French.'''
-*'''Trekboers from the Cape Colony''' arrived on the western borders of Basutoland and claimed rights to its land. Incoming Boers attempted to colonize the land between the two rivers and even north of the Caledon, claiming that it had been abandoned by the Sotho people.
-*Moshoeshoe subsequently signed a treaty that annexed the Orange River Sovereignty where many Boers had settled. Moshoeshoe fought a series of wars with the Boers. Moshoeshoe lost a great portion of the western lowlands. The last war with the Boers ended in 1867 when Moshoeshoe appealed to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a '''British protectorate''' in 1868.
-*In 1869, the British signed a treaty with the Boers that defined the boundaries of Basutoland. This treaty effectively reduced Moshoeshoe's kingdom to half its previous size by ceding away its western territories.
-*The administration of Basutoland was transferred to the Cape Colony in 1871.  In the Cape Colony period between 1871 and 1884, Basutoland was treated similarly to other territories that had been forcibly annexed.
-*In 1884, the territory became a Crown colony by the name of '''Basutoland'''. Basutoland gained its independence from the United Kingdom and became the Kingdom of Lesotho in 1966.<ref>"Lesotho", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho#British_rule_(1869%E2%80%931966), accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
 ==Emigration From Lesotho==
-'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 324,000. Top destination countries: '''South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, the United States, Malaysia, Tanzania, Swaziland, the Netherlands, Australia, Kenya'''<ref>"Lesotho", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=13, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
+<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development
-==Records of Eswatini Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
+==Records of       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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-*[[South Africa Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Mozambique Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Botswana Emigration and Immigration]]
 *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Malaysia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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-*[[Tanzania Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Eswatini Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Kenya 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:
+*{{FHL||subject_id|disp=
 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category: Emigration and Immigration Records]]