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=== Online Records === | === Online Records === | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_papua+new+guinea_5178 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Papua New Guinea] | *'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?event=_papua+new+guinea_5178 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Papua New Guinea] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1888-1975''' | *'''1888-1975''' {{FSC|1393427|item|disp=Genealogical index to Australians and other expatriates in Papua, New Guinea 1888-1975}}, images You must use a computer in the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City to use this database. | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=papua+new+guinea Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=papua+new+guinea Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Papua New Guinea | ||
*'''1940-1960''' [ | *'''1940-1960''' {{FSC|247096|item|disp=Territory of Papua and New Guinea immigration records, 1940-1960}} at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=papua%20new%20guinea British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Papua New Guinea], index & images ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
===Archives=== | ===Archives=== | ||
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[https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to '''Fiji''' as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and '''Papua New Guinea'''. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. This movement of people is often referred to as "black-birding". These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. | [https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to '''Fiji''' as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and '''Papua New Guinea'''. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. This movement of people is often referred to as "black-birding". These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. | ||
*'''To search the records, contact the National Archives by e-mail at ''archives@govnet.gov.fj''. They will advise you of information they need to conduct a search and any fees involved.''' | *'''To search the records, contact the National Archives by e-mail at ''archives@govnet.gov.fj''. They will advise you of information they need to conduct a search and any fees involved.''' | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]*{{ | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]*{{FSC|Papua New Guinea - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1223980729|disp=Papua New Guinea - Emigration and immigration}} | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Papua New Guinea== | ||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in | If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Papua New Guinea, see [[Papua New Guinea Finding Town of Origin|'''Papua New Guinea Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | ||
== | ==Papua New Guinea Emigration and Immigration== | ||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | <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. | 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. | ||
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*The nation established independence from Australia on 16 September 1975. | *The nation established independence from Australia on 16 September 1975. | ||
*Numerous '''Chinese''' have worked and lived in Papua New Guinea, establishing Chinese-majority communities. | *Numerous '''Chinese''' have worked and lived in Papua New Guinea, establishing Chinese-majority communities. | ||
*There is existing collaboration between Papua New Guinea and African States. There is a thriving community of Africans who live and work in the country.<ref>"Papua New Guinea", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea, accessed 21 July 2021.</ref> | *There is existing collaboration between Papua New Guinea and African States. There is a thriving community of '''Africans''' who live and work in the country. | ||
*There are umerous people from other parts of the world now resident, including '''Chinese, Europeans, Australians, Indonesians, Filipinos, Polynesians, and Micronesians'''. Around 40,000 expatriates, mostly from '''Australia and China''', were living in Papua New Guinea in 1975.20,000 people from Australia currently live in Papua New Guinea.<ref>"Papua New Guinea", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea, accessed 21 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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