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==How to Find the Records==
==Online Sources==  
===Online Sources===  
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=iran&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 Iran
*'''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.  
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose your country under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
===British Overseas Subjects===
*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project]
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=iran British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Iran ] at Findmypast, index & images ($)
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=iran British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Iran ] at Findmypast, index & images ($)
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Ancestry, index & images ($)
*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire= '''France National Overseas Archives''']
 
===Offices and Archives to Contact===
 


==Finding the Town of Origin in COUNTRY==
==Finding the Town of Origin in Iran==
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in COUNTRY, see [[COUNTRY Finding Town of Origin|'''COUNTRY Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Iran, see [[Iran Finding Town of Origin|'''Iran Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
==COUNTRY Emigration and Immigration==
==Iran 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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==Immigration into COUNTRY==
==Immigration into Iran==
==Emigration From COUNTRY==
*There were large '''Circassian''' migration waves towards mainland Iran as the Circassians were displaced from the Caucasus in the 19th century.
==Records of       Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
*A '''Black African''' population exists due to '''historical slavery'''.
*A substantial number of '''Russians''' arrived in the early 20th century as '''refugees from the Russian revolution''', but their number has dwindled following the Iran crisis of 1946 and the Iranian Revolution.
*In the 20th to 21st centuries, there has been limited immigration to Iran from '''Türkiye, Iraqis '''(especially huge numbers during the 1970s), '''Afghanistan''' (mostly arriving as refugees in 1978), '''Lebanese''' (especially in Qom, though a Lebanese community has been present in the nation for centuries), '''Indians''' (mostly arriving temporarily during the 1950s to 1970s, typically working as doctors, engineers, and teachers), '''Koreans''' (mostly in the 1970s as labour migrants), '''China''' (mostly since the 2000s working in engineering or business projects), and '''Pakistan''', partly due to labour migrants and partly to Balochi ties across the Iranian-Pakistani border.
*About 200,000 '''Iraqis''' arrived as '''refugees''' in 2003, mostly living in refugee camps near the border; an unknown number of these has since returned to Iraq.<ref>"Ethnicities in Iran: Recent Migration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicities_in_Iran#Recent_immigration, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref>
 
==Emigration From Iran==
According to various sources, in 2010, there were an estimated between 2 to 3 million Iranians living abroad, mostly in '''North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.''' Others estimate a lower number, of around 1.5 million or less. For the most part, they emigrated '''after the Iranian Revolution in 1979'''. On 21 of February 2021 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran) published new statistics showing that 4,037,258 Iranians are currently living abroad according to their data.<br>
 
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:100%;"
|+List of countries and territories by Iranian population <span style="color:DarkViolet">For additional countries, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_diaspora '''Iranian Diaspora"].<ref>"Iranian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_diaspora, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref><ref>Ministry of foreign affairs (Iran) published on 21,february,2021 on , https://iranian.mfa.ir/files/mfairanian/Amar.pdf</ref>
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Iranian-born population in 2021
! scope="col" | Article
|-
| United States
|  1,500,000
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Americans Iranian Americans]
|-
| Canada
| 400,000 (2021)
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_CanadiansIranian Canadians]
|-
| United Kingdom
| 400,000
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_the_United_Kingdom Iranians in the United Kingdom]
|-
| United Arab Emirates
| 357,000
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates Iranians in the United Arab Emirates]
|-
| Germany
| 319,000
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_Germany Iranians in Germany]
|-
| Türkiye
| 126,640
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Türkiye Immigration to Türkiye]
|-
| Australia
| 120,000
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Australians Iranian Australians]
|-
| Sweden
| 116,770
 
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Iranians Swedish Iranians]
|-
| Iraq
| 110,920
 
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajam_of_Iraq Persians in Iraq]
|-
| France
|  90,000
 
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_France Iranians in France]
|-
| Netherlands
| 52,000
 
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_the_Netherlands Iranians in the Netherlands]
|-
| Austria
| 40,000
 
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Austria Demographics of Austria]
|-
|}
 
==Records of Iranian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
{|
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|-
|[[File:Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png|150px]]
|[[File:Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png|150px]]
|<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]]
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[United Arab Emirates Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Türkiye Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]]
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|
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Iraq Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[France Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Austria Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Kuwait Emigration and Immigration]]
|}
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==For Further Reading==
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==References==
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Finding the Town of Origin in Iran

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Iran, see Iran Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Iran Emigration and Immigration

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
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.


Immigration into Iran

  • There were large Circassian migration waves towards mainland Iran as the Circassians were displaced from the Caucasus in the 19th century.
  • A Black African population exists due to historical slavery.
  • A substantial number of Russians arrived in the early 20th century as refugees from the Russian revolution, but their number has dwindled following the Iran crisis of 1946 and the Iranian Revolution.
  • In the 20th to 21st centuries, there has been limited immigration to Iran from Türkiye, Iraqis (especially huge numbers during the 1970s), Afghanistan (mostly arriving as refugees in 1978), Lebanese (especially in Qom, though a Lebanese community has been present in the nation for centuries), Indians (mostly arriving temporarily during the 1950s to 1970s, typically working as doctors, engineers, and teachers), Koreans (mostly in the 1970s as labour migrants), China (mostly since the 2000s working in engineering or business projects), and Pakistan, partly due to labour migrants and partly to Balochi ties across the Iranian-Pakistani border.
  • About 200,000 Iraqis arrived as refugees in 2003, mostly living in refugee camps near the border; an unknown number of these has since returned to Iraq.[1]

Emigration From Iran

According to various sources, in 2010, there were an estimated between 2 to 3 million Iranians living abroad, mostly in North America, Europe, Persian Gulf States, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East. Others estimate a lower number, of around 1.5 million or less. For the most part, they emigrated after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. On 21 of February 2021 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran) published new statistics showing that 4,037,258 Iranians are currently living abroad according to their data.

List of countries and territories by Iranian population For additional countries, see Iranian Diaspora".[2][3]
Country Iranian-born population in 2021 Article
United States 1,500,000 Iranian Americans
Canada 400,000 (2021) Canadians
United Kingdom 400,000 Iranians in the United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates 357,000 Iranians in the United Arab Emirates
Germany 319,000 Iranians in Germany
Türkiye 126,640 Immigration to Türkiye
Australia 120,000 Iranian Australians
Sweden 116,770 Swedish Iranians
Iraq 110,920 Persians in Iraq
France 90,000 Iranians in France
Netherlands 52,000 Iranians in the Netherlands
Austria 40,000 Demographics of Austria

Records of Iranian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png 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 Category:Emigration and Immigration Records.

References

  1. ↑ "Ethnicities in Iran: Recent Migration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicities_in_Iran#Recent_immigration, accessed 17 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Iranian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_diaspora, accessed 17 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Ministry of foreign affairs (Iran) published on 21,february,2021 on , https://iranian.mfa.ir/files/mfairanian/Amar.pdf
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