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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 ($)
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=ghana+%28gold+coast%29 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Ghana
*'''1924-1947''' {{FSC|4119146|item|disp=Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications}}, images only.
===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 ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=ghana British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Ghana], index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)


== Passenger lists, immigration and emigration records ==
==Finding the Town of Origin in Ghana==
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Ghana, see [[Ghana Finding Town of Origin|'''Ghana Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
==Ghana Emigration and Immigration==
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br>
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]]


Research use: Passenger lists can be used to identify individuals and families who did not remain in Ghana long enough to have their names entered into the church records, civil records, or census records.


Record type: Lists of those arriving in Ghana and/or departing for other destinations within the British Empire or to Europe and to North and South America. Also, lists of slaves (ships’ manifests showing slave cargoes) and their destinations.
==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>


Time period: 1750 to present.
===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"/>


Contents: Names of passengers, often names of family members and family relationships, place of origin or embarkation, destination; ships’ manifests of slave cargoes.


Location: National Archives in Accra; a number are located in Portugal, the Netherlands, and Denmark, as well as the [[England The National Archives|National Archives]] in London, England.
===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>


Population coverage: Approximately 35% of Europeans arriving and departing Ghana; Between 15 to 25% of the natives (especially slaves.) Note, however, that the early ship’s manifests for slaves generally include only the number of slaves shipped from one place to another.
==Emigration From Ghana==
*Stock of emigrants: 737,200,000
*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>


Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Ghana,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-1998.</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>
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Nigeria Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]]
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*[[Brazil 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]]
*[[Burkina Faso Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Spain Emigration and Immigration]]
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== References ==
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