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==Online Sources== | ==Online Sources== | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=uganda&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=uganda&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=uganda&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 Uganda | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=uganda&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 Uganda | ||
*'''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. | *'''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. | ||
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===British Overseas Subjects=== | ===British Overseas Subjects=== | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1993&cj=1&sid=l&netid=cj&o_xid=0005719356&o_lid=0005719356&o_sch=Affiliate+External UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969], index ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1993&cj=1&sid=l&netid=cj&o_xid=0005719356&o_lid=0005719356&o_sch=Affiliate+External UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969], index ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=uganda British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Uganda], index | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=uganda British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Uganda], index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=uganda British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Uganda ], index | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=uganda British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Uganda ], index & images ($) | ||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=uganda British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Uganda], index | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=uganda British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Uganda], index & images ($) | ||
==Uganda Emigration and Immigration== | ==Uganda Emigration and Immigration== | ||
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*In the 1890s, 32,000 '''laborers from British India''' were recruited to East Africa under indentured labour contracts to construct the Uganda Railway. | *In the 1890s, 32,000 '''laborers from British India''' were recruited to East Africa under indentured labour contracts to construct the Uganda Railway. | ||
*Most of the surviving Indians returned home, but 6,724 decided to remain in East Africa after the line's completion. Subsequently, some became traders and took control of cotton ginning and sartorial retail. | *Most of the surviving Indians returned home, but 6,724 decided to remain in East Africa after the line's completion. Subsequently, some became traders and took control of cotton ginning and sartorial retail. | ||
*Uganda gained independence from the UK on 9 October 1962. | *Uganda gained independence from the UK on 9 October 1962.<ref>"Uganda", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda, accessed 1 August 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Uganda== | ==Emigration From Uganda== | ||
*Uganda Diaspora refers to about 1.5 million Ugandans (according to the UN Human Development Report of 2009) who left Uganda from the early 1970s—during the dictatorship reign of Idi Amin (to escape persecution and death)--to the current time "in search for better social and economic opportunities." | *Uganda Diaspora refers to about 1.5 million Ugandans (according to the UN Human Development Report of 2009) who left Uganda from the early 1970s—during the dictatorship reign of Idi Amin (to escape persecution and death)--to the current time "in search for better social and economic opportunities." | ||
*''' | *In early August 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of his country's '''Asian minority'''. At the time of the expulsion, there were about '''80,000 individuals of Indian descent (mostly Gujaratis)''' in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had their applications for citizenship both processed and accepted. Although the latter were ultimately exempted from the expulsion, many chose to leave voluntarily. | ||
<ref>" | *Many of those expelled were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and 27,2021 emigrated to the United Kingdom. Others went to Commonwealth countries such as '''Australia, South Africa, Canada, and Fiji, or to India, Kenya, Pakistan, Sweden, Tanzania, and the United States.''' <ref>"Idi Amin". in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin, accessed 1 August 2021.</ref> | ||
==Records of Uganda Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Uganda 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 immigration records for major destination countries below.</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 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]] | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[South Africa Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Fiji Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ | *[[India Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Kenya Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Pakistan Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Tanzania Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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