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==How to Find the Records== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*'''1673-1728''' | *'''1673-1728''' {{FSC|177354|item|disp=Burgers : 1673-1728}} at FamilySearch Catalog; images only - refugees from France to the Netherlands | ||
*'''1792-1800''' | *'''1792-1800''' {{FSC|446624|item|disp=Emigrés, dossiers individuels, 1792-1800}} at FamilySearch Catalog; images only - Files on emigrants from Rhode, France | ||
*'''1808-1820''' {{FSC|92208|title-id|disp=Os franceses residentes no Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1820 }}(*); Arquivo Nacional do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) at FamilySearch - images | *'''1808-1820''' {{FSC|92208|title-id|disp=Os franceses residentes no Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1820 }}(*); Arquivo Nacional do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) at FamilySearch - images | ||
*'''1817-1866''' | *'''1817-1866''' {{FSC|372046|item|disp=Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866}} Alsace emigration index | ||
*'''1850-1934''' | *'''1850-1934''' {{FSC|43289|item|disp=Auswandererlisten, 1850-1934}} (Hamburg passenger lists) at FamilySearch, images. | ||
*'''1850-1934''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934] at Ancestry ($) index | *'''1850-1934''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934] at Ancestry ($) index & images. | ||
*'''1855-1924''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166 Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934] at Ancestry ($) images. | *'''1855-1924''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166 Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934] at Ancestry ($) images. | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | *'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
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*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=France&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 France | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=France&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 France | ||
*'''1904-1914''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30240/germany-bremen-passenger-departure-lists-1904-1914?s=252295941 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of France | *'''1904-1914''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30240/germany-bremen-passenger-departure-lists-1904-1914?s=252295941 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of France | ||
*'''1921-1939''' | *'''1921-1939''' {{FSC|595113|item|disp=Reseñas de pasaportes de varios consulados, 1921-1939}} at FamilySearch Catalog; images only - includes those in France | ||
*'''1946''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60764/ Israel, Jewish Immigrants of the "Biria", 1946] sailing from Sete France, Ancestry ($) | *'''1946''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60764/ Israel, Jewish Immigrants of the "Biria", 1946] sailing from Sete France, Ancestry ($) | ||
*'''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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*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62195/ Free Access: USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust – Jewish Survivor Interviews] | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62195/ Free Access: USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust – Jewish Survivor Interviews] | ||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/hamburg-germany-emigrants Hamburg, Germany Emigrants] at Findmypast ($) index. | *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/hamburg-germany-emigrants Hamburg, Germany Emigrants] at Findmypast ($) index. | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1gEPDH-Y5EEmL_78yhM2a4zc81C6_yVU&ll=44.667225129560414%2C-27.848331045285764&z=4 World Passenger Lists Maps] | |||
*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project] | *[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project] | ||
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose France under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | *[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose France under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | ||
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Several French Canadian sources mention the French home parish of an individual or his parents, for example: | Several French Canadian sources mention the French home parish of an individual or his parents, for example: | ||
* | *{{FSC|964161|item|disp='''Loiselle card index to many marriages of the province of Quebec and adjacent areas'''}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|817183|item|disp='''Supplement to Loiselle card index to many marriages of the province of Quebec and adjacent areas'''}} | ||
*'''1670-1964''' | *'''1670-1964''' {{FSC|343306|item|disp='''"Index to Marriages of Québec and Adjacent Areas 1670–1964"'''}} | ||
*[https://www.fichierorigine.com/ '''Fichier Origine (Original File) Database'''], index | *[https://www.fichierorigine.com/ '''Fichier Origine (Original File) Database'''], index & images. | ||
*[http://www.tracingsbysam.com/frenchcanadian_hx/Tanguay%20Genealogical%20Dictionary.pdf '''Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary (Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes)'''], e-book. In French but easy to decipher. Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2177/ Ancestry.com], index & images ($) | *[http://www.tracingsbysam.com/frenchcanadian_hx/Tanguay%20Genealogical%20Dictionary.pdf '''Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary (Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes)'''], e-book. In French but easy to decipher. Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2177/ Ancestry.com], index & images ($) | ||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include French immigrants | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include French immigrants | ||
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===Algeria=== | ===Algeria=== | ||
====Online Records==== | ====Online Records==== | ||
*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ALGERIE IREL French Overseas Civil Registration for Algeria, 1830-1915], index | *[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ALGERIE IREL French Overseas Civil Registration for Algeria, 1830-1915], index & images | ||
====Algeria Background==== | ====Algeria Background==== | ||
'''French Colonization of Algeria:''' Under the pretext of a slight to their consul, the French invaded and captured Algiers in 1830. Historian Ben Kiernan wrote on the French conquest of Algeria: "By 1875, the French conquest was complete. The war had killed approximately 825,000 indigenous Algerians since 1830." French losses from 1831 to 1851 were 92,329 dead in the hospital and only 3,336 killed in action." | '''French Colonization of Algeria:''' Under the pretext of a slight to their consul, the French invaded and captured Algiers in 1830. Historian Ben Kiernan wrote on the French conquest of Algeria: "By 1875, the French conquest was complete. The war had killed approximately 825,000 indigenous Algerians since 1830." French losses from 1831 to 1851 were 92,329 dead in the hospital and only 3,336 killed in action." | ||
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===Brazil=== | ===Brazil=== | ||
====Online Records==== | ====Online Records==== | ||
*'''1808-1820''' | *'''1808-1820'''{{FSC|92208|item|disp=Os franceses residentes no Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1820}} '''French''' residents of Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1820. Includes index. | ||
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
====Brazil Background==== | ====Brazil Background==== | ||
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===New Caledonia=== | ===New Caledonia=== | ||
====New Caledonia Online Records==== | ====New Caledonia Online Records==== | ||
*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE New Caledonia Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1823-1908], index | *[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE New Caledonia Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1823-1908], index & images. | ||
====New Caledonia Background==== | ====New Caledonia Background==== | ||
*New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean. | *New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean. | ||
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===Puerto Rico=== | ===Puerto Rico=== | ||
====Puerto Rico Online Records==== | ====Puerto Rico Online Records==== | ||
*'''1795-1889''' | *'''1795-1889''' {{FSC|607718|item|disp=Pasaportes, 1795-1889}}, images | ||
*'''1807-1880''' | *'''1807-1880''' {{FSC|600202|item|disp=Extranjeros (Foreigners in Puerto Rico), ca 1807-1880}} '''Use the camera icon links in the Film/Digital Notes''' in addition to the red link at the top. That link only covers 1815-1845. | ||
*'''1815-1845''' {{RecordSearch|1919700|Puerto Rico Records of Foreign Residents, 1815-1845}} at FamilySearch, images [[Puerto Rico, Records of Foreign Residents - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]] | *'''1815-1845''' {{RecordSearch|1919700|Puerto Rico Records of Foreign Residents, 1815-1845}} at FamilySearch, images [[Puerto Rico, Records of Foreign Residents - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]] | ||
*'''1816-1837''' | *'''1816-1837''' {{FSC|607158|item|disp=Emigrados, 1816-1837}} Nineteenth-century Puerto Rican emigration records; documents in the "Gobernadores Españoles" collection of the Puerto Rico General Archive. | ||
====Puerto Rico Background==== | ====Puerto Rico Background==== | ||
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=== Russia === | === Russia === | ||
====Russia Online Records==== | ====Russia Online Records==== | ||
* | *{{FSC|503502|item|disp=Registres de l'eglise réformée d'Chabag (Bessarabie), 1872-1893}} Family books for the French Evangelical-Reformed church at Schabo-Possad (Chabag), Bessarabia, Russia. | ||
* | *{{FSC|1406986|item|disp=Metrical books, 1828-1900}}, parish registers, in German--Many emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine spoke German. | ||
*[http://www.odessa3.org/about.html Odessa3: Germans from Russia] Some emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine are included in Germans from Russia records. | *[http://www.odessa3.org/about.html Odessa3: Germans from Russia] Some emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine are included in Germans from Russia records. | ||
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include French immigrants | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include French immigrants | ||
*'''1720-1734''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=LOUISIANE IREL French Overseas Civil Registration for Louisiana, 1720-1734] | *'''1720-1734''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=LOUISIANE IREL French Overseas Civil Registration for Louisiana, 1720-1734] | ||
*'''1727-1776''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6390/ Namen von Einwanderern in Pennsylvanien aus Deutschland, der Schweiz, Holland, Frankreich u. a. St. von 1727 bis 1776] (Names of immigrants in Pennsylvania from Germany, Switzerland, Holland, France and other countries from 1727 to 1776) Ancestry ($) | *'''1727-1776''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6390/ Namen von Einwanderern in Pennsylvanien aus Deutschland, der Schweiz, Holland, Frankreich u. a. St. von 1727 bis 1776] (Names of immigrants in Pennsylvania from Germany, Switzerland, Holland, France and other countries from 1727 to 1776) Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
:*Also free at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/293219-redirection FamilySearch Digital Library], e-book | :*Also free at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/293219-redirection FamilySearch Digital Library], e-book | ||
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==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||
*{{FSC| | *{{FSC|France - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1108258046|disp=France - Emigration and Immigration}} | ||
*{{FSC| | *{{FSC|France - Emigration and immigration - History|subject|subject-id=1145223139|disp=France - Emigration and Immigration - History}} | ||
*{{FSC| | *{{FSC|France - Emigration and immigration - Indexes|subject|subject-id=2133386161|disp=France - Emigration and Immigration - Indexes}} | ||
=== Published Emigration Records === | === Published Emigration Records === | ||
Lists of emigrants are often published. These usually focus on the emigrants from one town, department, or region. An | Lists of emigrants are often published. These usually focus on the emigrants from one town, department, or region. An | ||