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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. | ||
===Passport Lists in the Migration Register=== | ===Passport Lists in the Migration Register=== | ||
As of 27 April 2021, 285,000 records from Passport lists have been added saved and indexed in the | As of 27 April 2021, 285,000 records from Passport lists have been added saved and indexed in the [https://siirtolaisrekisteri.siirtolaisuusinstituutti.fi/ Migrant Register]($) at Siirtolaisuusinstituutti (Migration Institute) [https://siirtolaisuusinstituutti.fi/aineistot/sukututkimus/ Information on contents] | ||
The passport list database is based on the passport lists of county governments and city registries from the late 19th century to 1920. | The passport list database is based on the passport lists of county governments and city registries from the late 19th century to 1920. This is an incomplete, continuing project. At this writing, there were more than 100,000 records still unsaved. | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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