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Immigrants could receive a passport in any county. Many received them in the county from which they embarked, not from their home county.
Immigrants could receive a passport in any county. Many received them in the county from which they embarked, not from their home county.
=== Emigration through Other Countries  ===
The Swedish and Norwegian passenger lists were actually lists kept by the local police of people leaving the country. These lists generally include:
*Name.
*Age.
*Destination.
*Last residence (the specific place of residence is given about half the time; otherwise, it lists only Finland).
Below is a list of the ports and their records available through the Family History Library. For complete bibliographic information and film numbers, please search the FamilySearch Catalog.
*Göteborg - Original records 1869–1920
*Index 1869–1951
*Index of Finns 1869–84 (FHL film 1043046)
*Malmö - Original records 1874–80
*Index 1874–1939
*Index of Finns 1879–1916 (FHL film 1613007)
*Stockholm - Original records 1869–1904


=== Index 1869–1920  ===
=== Index 1869–1920  ===
318,531

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