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==Finding the Town of Origin in Switzerland== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Switzerland, see [[Switzerland Finding Town of Origin|'''Switzerland Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Switzerland Emigration and Immigration== | |||
<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. | |||
==Records of Swiss Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | |||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.</span> | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||