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 For emigrants leaving France, documents that record their migration can sometimes be found in France and in the country to which they moved.
-=== Passenger Departure Lists  ===
-During the 1800s most French and south German emigrants left through the port of Le Havre. The records of departures from this port are called passenger lists. The information in these lists varied over time but usually included name, age, occupation, origin, and sometimes birthplace. There are only a few, incomplete passenger lists for ports in France, and they have no indexes.
-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 FamilySearch Catalog under—
-FRANCE, SEINE-MARITIME, LE HAVRE - BUSINESS RECORDS AND COMMERCE
 === Le Havre Passenger Index  ===