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==Online Sources== | ==Online Sources== | ||
*''' | *'''1724-1917''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SENEGAL France National Overseas Archives, Senegal] | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] | *'''1724-1897''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=HAUTE-VOLTA France National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta] Upper Volta is a territory made up of the protectorates of Liptako (1891), Gourma (1894), Yatenga (1895), Gourounsi (1896) and Mossi (1897). They were attached to the colony of Sudan (Haut-Senegal and Niger) in 1904. | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | *'''1864-1917''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SOUDAN France National Overseas Archives, French Sudan] French Sudan was set up as a colony in 1892. It successively took the names of Territory of Upper Senegal and Middle Niger (1898-1902), Territory of Senegambia and Niger (1904) and French Sudan in 1920. It gained independence in 1960 and then took the name of Mali. | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?departure=_senegal_5198 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=senegal&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''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. | ||
===British Overseas Subject=== | |||
* | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Senegal], index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Senegal], index & images ($) | |||
* | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=senegal British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Senegal], index & images ($) | ||
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==Finding the Town of Origin in Senegal== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Senegal, see [[Senegal Finding Town of Origin|'''Senegal Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Senegal Emigration and Immigration== | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in | |||
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<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. | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
==Immigration into Senegal== | |||
*In the mid-15th century, the '''Portuguese''' landed on the '''Senegal coastline'''. Various European powers — Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain — competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward. | |||
*In 1677, '''France''' gained control of what had become a minor departure point in the Atlantic slave trade: the island of Gorée next to modern Dakar, used as a base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland. | |||
*European missionaries introduced Christianity to Senegal and the Casamance in the 19th century. | |||
*It was only in the 1850s that the '''French began to expand onto the Senegalese mainland''', after they abolished slavery and began promoting an abolitionist doctrine, adding native kingdoms like the Waalo, Cayor, Baol, and Jolof Empire. | |||
*'''French colonists''' progressively invaded and took over all the kingdoms, except [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sine Siné] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saloum Saloum]. | |||
*The country experienced a wave of immigration from '''France''' in the decades between World War II and Senegalese independence; most of these French people purchased homes in Dakar or other major urban centers. | |||
*About 50,000 '''Europeans (mostly French) and Lebanese''' as well as smaller numbers of '''Mauritanians and Moroccans''' reside in Senegal, mainly in the cities and some retirees who reside in the resort towns around Mbour. There are tens of thousands of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, primarily in the country's north. | |||
*The majority of '''Lebanese''' work in commerce. Most of the Lebanese originate from the Lebanese '''city of Tyre''', which is known as "Little West Africa" and has a main promenade that is called "Avenue du Senegal". | |||
*Also located primarily in urban settings are small '''Vietnamese communities''' as well as a growing number of '''Chinese immigrant traders''', each numbering perhaps a few hundred people.<ref>"Senegal", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Senegal== | |||
==Emigration From | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 540,400. Top destination countries: '''France, The Gambia, Italy, Spain, Mauritania, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, the United States, Mali, the Republic of Congo''' <ref>"Senegal," at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=20, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref> | ||
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | *Senegal was historically a '''destination country'''' for neighboring economic migrants, but in recent decades '''West African migrants more often use Senegal as a transit point to North Africa''', or as a stop before continuing illegally onward to Europe. | ||
*The country also has been '''host to several thousand black Mauritanian refugees''' since they were expelled from Mauritania during the 1989 border conflict with Senegal. | |||
*The country's '''economic crisis in the 1970s''' stimulated emigration; departures accelerated from the 1990s. Destinations shifted from neighboring countries to '''Libya and Mauritania'''', because of their booming oil industries, and to '''France, Italy and Spain'''.<ref>"Demographics of Senegal: Emigration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Senegal#Emigration, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Records of | ==Records of Senegalese 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]] | ||
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*[[The Gambia Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Italy Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Spain Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Libya Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Mauritania Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Gabon Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Mali Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Republic of the Congo Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Online Sources[edit | edit source]
- 1724-1917 France National Overseas Archives, Senegal
- 1724-1897 France National Overseas Archives, Upper Volta Upper Volta is a territory made up of the protectorates of Liptako (1891), Gourma (1894), Yatenga (1895), Gourounsi (1896) and Mossi (1897). They were attached to the colony of Sudan (Haut-Senegal and Niger) in 1904.
- 1864-1917 France National Overseas Archives, French Sudan French Sudan was set up as a colony in 1892. It successively took the names of Territory of Upper Senegal and Middle Niger (1898-1902), Territory of Senegambia and Niger (1904) and French Sudan in 1920. It gained independence in 1960 and then took the name of Mali.
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($)
- 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
British Overseas Subject[edit | edit source]
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Senegal, index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Senegal, index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Senegal, index & images ($)
Finding the Town of Origin in Senegal[edit | edit source]
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Senegal, see Senegal Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.
Senegal Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
"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 Senegal[edit | edit source]
- In the mid-15th century, the Portuguese landed on the Senegal coastline. Various European powers — Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain — competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward.
- In 1677, France gained control of what had become a minor departure point in the Atlantic slave trade: the island of Gorée next to modern Dakar, used as a base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland.
- European missionaries introduced Christianity to Senegal and the Casamance in the 19th century.
- It was only in the 1850s that the French began to expand onto the Senegalese mainland, after they abolished slavery and began promoting an abolitionist doctrine, adding native kingdoms like the Waalo, Cayor, Baol, and Jolof Empire.
- French colonists progressively invaded and took over all the kingdoms, except Siné and Saloum.
- The country experienced a wave of immigration from France in the decades between World War II and Senegalese independence; most of these French people purchased homes in Dakar or other major urban centers.
- About 50,000 Europeans (mostly French) and Lebanese as well as smaller numbers of Mauritanians and Moroccans reside in Senegal, mainly in the cities and some retirees who reside in the resort towns around Mbour. There are tens of thousands of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, primarily in the country's north.
- The majority of Lebanese work in commerce. Most of the Lebanese originate from the Lebanese city of Tyre, which is known as "Little West Africa" and has a main promenade that is called "Avenue du Senegal".
- Also located primarily in urban settings are small Vietnamese communities as well as a growing number of Chinese immigrant traders, each numbering perhaps a few hundred people.[1]
Emigration From Senegal[edit | edit source]
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 540,400. Top destination countries: France, The Gambia, Italy, Spain, Mauritania, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, the United States, Mali, the Republic of Congo [2]
- Senegal was historically a destination country' for neighboring economic migrants, but in recent decades West African migrants more often use Senegal as a transit point to North Africa, or as a stop before continuing illegally onward to Europe.
- The country also has been host to several thousand black Mauritanian refugees since they were expelled from Mauritania during the 1989 border conflict with Senegal.
- The country's economic crisis in the 1970s stimulated emigration; departures accelerated from the 1990s. Destinations shifted from neighboring countries to Libya and Mauritania', because of their booming oil industries, and to France, Italy and Spain.[3]
Records of Senegalese Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]
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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. |
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Senegal", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal, accessed 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Senegal," at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=20, accessed 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Demographics of Senegal: Emigration", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Senegal#Emigration, accessed 29 July 2021.