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== Online Records == | == Online Records == | ||
*[http://gcdb.doortmontweb.org/ Gold Coast Database] Ghana and the Netherlands: Genealogies, Biographies, Histories | *[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] | *'''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 ($) | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=ghana+%28gold+coast%29 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=ghana+%28gold+coast%29 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Ghana | ||
*'''1924-1947''' | *'''1924-1947''' {{FSC|4119146|item|disp=Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications}}, images only. | ||
===British Overseas Subjects=== | ===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 | *[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 ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa] | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
*[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 | *[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 ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa] | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] | *[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 ($) | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Ghana== | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Ghana== | ||
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==Emigration From Ghana== | ==Emigration From Ghana== | ||
==Records of | *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> | |||
==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 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]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Nigeria Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[England Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[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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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Togo Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Burkina Faso Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Spain Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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