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<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. | ||
===Emigration from Uruguay=== | |||
*Emigration from Uruguay began tentatively about a century ago, but experienced a significant increase since the 1960s. Successive economic crises (notably in 1982 and 2002), plus the small size of the country's economy and population, were decisive factors that pushed thousands of Uruguayans out of their country of birth. | |||
*Economic migrants traveled primarily to other Spanish-speaking countries with bigger economies. | |||
*As Uruguay has a relatively well-developed educational system and free access to the University of the Republic, many Uruguayan professional graduates and scholars found their country too small to achieve their own goals, which resulted in a brain drain. | |||
*The 12-year-long military dictatorship that ruled from 1973 to 1985 also forced many Uruguayans to go into exile due to ideological differences and political persecution, in the context of the Cold War.<ref>"Emigration from Uruguay", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emigration_from_Uruguay, accessed 4 June 2021.</ref> | |||
==Uruguay Records Content== | ==Uruguay Records Content== | ||
For the {{RecordSearch|2691993| FamilySearch Historical Records Collection listed above}}, the following information may be found: | For the {{RecordSearch|2691993|FamilySearch Historical Records Collection listed above}}, the following information may be found: | ||
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*First and Last Name of Relative | *First and Last Name of Relative | ||