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==Online Sources==  
==Online Sources==  
*'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=lesotho&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Lesotho], index & images ($)
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials&country=lesotho&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Lesotho], index & images ($)
*'''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=new%20zealand&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 New Zealand
*'''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.
*[[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]]
*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES '''France National Overseas Archives, New Hebrides (renamed Vanuatu)''']


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==Lesotho Emigration and Immigration==
*'''1850-1934''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/43289 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, ($) index and images.
*'''1855-1924''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166 Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934] at Ancestry, ($) images.
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/hamburg-germany-emigrants Hamburg, Germany Emigrants] at FindMyPast, ($) index.
 
The Hamburg passenger lists contain the names of millions of Europeans who departed Europe from Hamburg, Germany between 1850 and 1934 (except 1915–1919). Nearly one-third of Germans, and 90 percent of the people who emigrated from eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, Romania) during this time are included on these lists.
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=malta&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Malta], index and images, ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+banns+and+marriages&sid=103&country=malta British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Malta], index and images, ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20deaths%20and%20burials&country=libya&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Libya], index and images, ($)
 
==Offices and Archives to Contact==
 
==Finding the Town of Origin in COUNTRY==
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.
 
==COUNTRY 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.
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]]


==Immigration into COUNTRY==
==Immigration into Lesotho==
==Emigration From COUNTRY==
*Modern Lesotho, '''then called Basutoland''', emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822.
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development
*Further evolution of the state emerged from '''conflicts between British and Dutch colonists leaving the Cape Colony following its seizure from the French.'''
*'''Trekboers from the Cape Colony''' arrived on the western borders of Basutoland and claimed rights to its land. Incoming Boers attempted to colonize the land between the two rivers and even north of the Caledon, claiming that it had been abandoned by the Sotho people.
*Moshoeshoe subsequently signed a treaty that annexed the Orange River Sovereignty where many Boers had settled. Moshoeshoe fought a series of wars with the Boers. Moshoeshoe lost a great portion of the western lowlands. The last war with the Boers ended in 1867 when Moshoeshoe appealed to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a '''British protectorate''' in 1868.
*In 1869, the British signed a treaty with the Boers that defined the boundaries of Basutoland. This treaty effectively reduced Moshoeshoe's kingdom to half its previous size by ceding away its western territories.
*The administration of Basutoland was transferred to the Cape Colony in 1871.  In the Cape Colony period between 1871 and 1884, Basutoland was treated similarly to other territories that had been forcibly annexed.
*In 1884, the territory became a Crown colony by the name of '''Basutoland'''. Basutoland gained its independence from the United Kingdom and became the Kingdom of Lesotho in 1966.<ref>"Lesotho", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho#British_rule_(1869%E2%80%931966), accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>


==Records of       Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
==Emigration From Lesotho==
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 324,000. Top destination countries: '''South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, the United States, Malaysia, Tanzania, Swaziland, the Netherlands, Australia, Kenya'''<ref>"Lesotho", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=13, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
 
==Records of Eswatini 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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*[[South Africa Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Mozambique Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Botswana Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Malaysia Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Tanzania Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Eswatini Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Netherlands Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Kenya Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
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==For Further Reading==
There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category: Emigration and Immigration Records]]
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Lesotho 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 Lesotho

  • Modern Lesotho, then called Basutoland, emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822.
  • Further evolution of the state emerged from conflicts between British and Dutch colonists leaving the Cape Colony following its seizure from the French.
  • Trekboers from the Cape Colony arrived on the western borders of Basutoland and claimed rights to its land. Incoming Boers attempted to colonize the land between the two rivers and even north of the Caledon, claiming that it had been abandoned by the Sotho people.
  • Moshoeshoe subsequently signed a treaty that annexed the Orange River Sovereignty where many Boers had settled. Moshoeshoe fought a series of wars with the Boers. Moshoeshoe lost a great portion of the western lowlands. The last war with the Boers ended in 1867 when Moshoeshoe appealed to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a British protectorate in 1868.
  • In 1869, the British signed a treaty with the Boers that defined the boundaries of Basutoland. This treaty effectively reduced Moshoeshoe's kingdom to half its previous size by ceding away its western territories.
  • The administration of Basutoland was transferred to the Cape Colony in 1871. In the Cape Colony period between 1871 and 1884, Basutoland was treated similarly to other territories that had been forcibly annexed.
  • In 1884, the territory became a Crown colony by the name of Basutoland. Basutoland gained its independence from the United Kingdom and became the Kingdom of Lesotho in 1966.[1]

Emigration From Lesotho

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 324,000. Top destination countries: South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, the United States, Malaysia, Tanzania, Swaziland, the Netherlands, Australia, Kenya[2]

Records of Eswatini 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. "Lesotho", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho#British_rule_(1869%E2%80%931966), accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. "Lesotho", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=13, accessed 9 August 2021.