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==Online Sources== | ==Online Sources== | ||
*'''1867-1915''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=GUINEE French Overseas Civil Registration, French Guinea, 1867-1915], index | *'''1867-1915''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=GUINEE French Overseas Civil Registration, French Guinea, 1867-1915], index & images. | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] | *'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_guinea_5103 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=french%20guinea&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
==Guinea Emigration and Immigration== | ==Guinea Emigration and Immigration== | ||
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==Emigration From Guinea== | ==Emigration From Guinea== | ||
*In response to the vote for independence, '''the French settlers in Guinea were quite dramatic in severing ties with Guinea'''. The Washington Post observes how brutal the French were in tearing down all what they thought was their contributions to Guinea: "In reaction, and as a warning to other French-speaking territories, the French pulled out of Guinea over a two-month period, taking everything they could with them. They unscrewed lightbulbs, removed plans for sewage pipelines in Conakry, the capital, and even burned medicines rather than leave them for the Guineans." | *In response to the vote for independence, '''the French settlers in Guinea were quite dramatic in severing ties with Guinea'''. The Washington Post observes how brutal the French were in tearing down all what they thought was their contributions to Guinea: "In reaction, and as a warning to other French-speaking territories, the French pulled out of Guinea over a two-month period, taking everything they could with them. They unscrewed lightbulbs, removed plans for sewage pipelines in Conakry, the capital, and even burned medicines rather than leave them for the Guineans." | ||
*Subsequently, Guinea quickly aligned itself with the Soviet Union and adopted socialist policies. | *Subsequently, Guinea quickly aligned itself with the Soviet Union and adopted socialist policies. <ref name="GU"/> | ||
*'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 398,500. Top destination countries: '''Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, The Gambia, France, Mali, the United States, Spain, Mauritania'''<ref>"Guinea", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=9, accessed 3 August 2021.</ref> | *'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 398,500. Top destination countries: '''Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, The Gambia, France, Mali, the United States, Spain, Mauritania'''<ref>"Guinea", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=9, accessed 3 August 2021.</ref> | ||
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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]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Sierra Leone Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Sierra Leone Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Senegal Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Senegal Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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