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The only lists available for the French port of Le Havre are lists of crews and passengers on some commercial cargo vessels. They are very incomplete. Very few passengers sailed on cargo ships. Passenger vessels are not included. These lists are not indexed. A few records from Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, La Rochelle, and Dieppe are available at the French National Archives. | The only lists available for the French port of Le Havre are lists of crews and passengers on some commercial cargo vessels. They are very incomplete. Very few passengers sailed on cargo ships. Passenger vessels are not included. These lists are not indexed. A few records from Calais, Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, La Rochelle, and Dieppe are available at the French National Archives. | ||
The Family History Library has filmed the Le Havre commercial cargo vessel passenger lists for the years 1750 to 1886. The film numbers are listed in the Place Search of the | The Family History Library has filmed the Le Havre commercial cargo vessel passenger lists for the years 1750 to 1886. The film numbers are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under— | ||
FRANCE, SEINE-MARITIME, LE HAVRE - BUSINESS RECORDS AND COMMERCE | FRANCE, SEINE-MARITIME, LE HAVRE - BUSINESS RECORDS AND COMMERCE | ||
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Alsace-Lorraine Emigration Indexes. Many French, Swiss, and Germans lived in Alsace-Lorraine or passed through it to emigrate. Several indexes help identify many of them. | Alsace-Lorraine Emigration Indexes. Many French, Swiss, and Germans lived in Alsace-Lorraine or passed through it to emigrate. Several indexes help identify many of them. | ||
'''Alsace Emigration Index'''. The Family History Library compiled an index of persons emigrating from or through Alsace-Lorraine from 1817 to 1866. About half the names are from France. The alphabetical index gives the emigrant's name, age, occupation, place of origin, residence, destination, passport date, and source microfilm number. Not everyone who emigrated via Alsace is in this index. The index is easiest to find in the Author/Title section of the | '''Alsace Emigration Index'''. The Family History Library compiled an index of persons emigrating from or through Alsace-Lorraine from 1817 to 1866. About half the names are from France. The alphabetical index gives the emigrant's name, age, occupation, place of origin, residence, destination, passport date, and source microfilm number. Not everyone who emigrated via Alsace is in this index. The index is easiest to find in the Author/Title section of the FamilySearch Catalog under "Alsace emigration index." It is also listed as: | ||
France. Ministère de l'Intérieur. ''Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866 (Register of emigrants)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (Family History Library film 1125002 - 1{{FHL|372046|title-id|disp=125007}}.) Text in English. | France. Ministère de l'Intérieur. ''Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866 (Register of emigrants)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (Family History Library film 1125002 - 1{{FHL|372046|title-id|disp=125007}}.) Text in English. | ||
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Lassus, Alfred. ''Les départs de passagers par Bayonne pour l'Amérique entre 1749 et 1779 Ekaina - Revue d'études Basques (Review of Basque studies)''. Bidart, France: Association Culturelle Amalur, 1982?-. (Family History Library {{FHL|944.79 B2e|disp=944.79 B2e}}; not on microfilm.) This article listing Basque emigrants and their home towns starts in the 1984 issue. It is not alphabetical. | Lassus, Alfred. ''Les départs de passagers par Bayonne pour l'Amérique entre 1749 et 1779 Ekaina - Revue d'études Basques (Review of Basque studies)''. Bidart, France: Association Culturelle Amalur, 1982?-. (Family History Library {{FHL|944.79 B2e|disp=944.79 B2e}}; not on microfilm.) This article listing Basque emigrants and their home towns starts in the 1984 issue. It is not alphabetical. | ||
Dozens of other published emigrant lists from many areas of France can be identified in the Place search of the | Dozens of other published emigrant lists from many areas of France can be identified in the Place search of the FamilySearch Catalog under the town, department, province, or region from which the emigrants came, for example: | ||
FRANCE, [DEPARTMENT] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | FRANCE, [DEPARTMENT] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
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In 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia offered free land, no taxes for 30 years, freedom of religion, and other incentives to west Europeans to settle her vast, sparsely populated domain. Dozens of German and French (Alsatian) colonies were established and grew until World War I. Many Russian Alsatians moved to the United States, Canada, or South America, beginning in 1874. | In 1763 Catherine the Great of Russia offered free land, no taxes for 30 years, freedom of religion, and other incentives to west Europeans to settle her vast, sparsely populated domain. Dozens of German and French (Alsatian) colonies were established and grew until World War I. Many Russian Alsatians moved to the United States, Canada, or South America, beginning in 1874. | ||
A French Protestant colony was established at Schabo in Bessarabia. The Family History Library has acquired several records of this colony, some in French and some in German. They are listed in the | A French Protestant colony was established at Schabo in Bessarabia. The Family History Library has acquired several records of this colony, some in French and some in German. They are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog, Place search, under: | ||
{{FHL|1406986|title-id|disp=RUSSIA, BESSARABIA, AKKERMAN, SCHABO-KOLONIE - CHURCH RECORDS}} | {{FHL|1406986|title-id|disp=RUSSIA, BESSARABIA, AKKERMAN, SCHABO-KOLONIE - CHURCH RECORDS}} | ||
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== Other Nations == | == Other Nations == | ||
Similar immigration records and indexes are available at the Library for most nations and states where French people settled. They are listed under the new nation or state in the Place search of the | Similar immigration records and indexes are available at the Library for most nations and states where French people settled. They are listed under the new nation or state in the Place search of the FamilySearch Catalog under— | ||
[NATION OR STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | [NATION OR STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ||
You can also search the Subject search of the | You can also search the Subject search of the FamilySearch Catalog under— | ||
FRENCH - [NATION OR STATE] | FRENCH - [NATION OR STATE] | ||