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-=== English Records of Emigration  ===
-[[Image:SS Empress of Britain pre-1924.jpg|thumb|right|366x230px|SS Empress of Britain pre-1924.jpg]]To search emigration records effectively, you should know the approximate date of emigration, the name of the ship, the type of or reason for emigration, or the emigrant’s previous residence in England. If you know the ship’s name, the following work may provide additional details on the ship, including ports of embarkation and arrival:
-''Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping''. Fiche edition. LaCrosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1981. ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F22058 FHL fiche 6024581–6025295]; does not circulate to Family History Centers.)
-'''Passenger Lists'''. Port records listing the names of departing or arriving passengers are called passenger lists. Passenger departure lists are rare before 1890. After 1890 they are arranged chronologically by port of departure. These lists usually give the emigrant’s name, age, occupation, address, and sometimes destination and are kept at The National Archives in London. An index to the records, 1890-1960, is now online on [http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action?redef=0 findmypast]. The search is free, but a small fee is charged to see a transcription or the digital image of the original record.<br>
-Passport Applications: Passports were not mandatory for British travelers until 1914, but some passports or certificates were issued before that year. An index to the names of [http://www.findmypast.com/resources/passportapplications/about.jsp passport applicants] for some earlier years is online. <br>
-'''United Kingdom War Brides Passenger Lists, 1946-1947.'''
-Thousands of women married soldiers during World War II. When husbands returned to their own countries, many wives were left behind to wait to join them. An Internet index gives you a surname, first name and destination of [http://www.warbrides.co.uk/ war brides]:&nbsp;<br>
-'''To Use This Site:'''
-#Click '''Search Indexes'''on the left side of the screen.
-#Click '''I’m ready to search now'''.
-#Type the forename (given name) and surname
-#Click '''Submit'''
-The index is continuously updated, adding more years and names. It's free to search. A fee is charged for a typewritten extract from the passenger list.<br>
-'''Assisted Emigrants Registers'''. Persons who applied for assistance to emigrate were recorded in "assisted emigrants registers," which often contain name, age, occupation, residence, destination, name of sponsor, address of relative, and size of family. Those available at the Family History Library appear in the&nbsp;Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
-[DESTINATION COUNTRY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
-ENGLAND - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
-GREAT BRITAIN - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
-ds'''. The Public Record Office has many other records that refer to emigrants. Of particular importance are the "poor law union" papers, which among many other things include some records of poor- relief emigration from 1834 to 1900. These records are at the Public Record Office, class MH 12. For information on other emigration records at the Public Record Office, use the Kew Lists. (See the "[[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]".
-There are other lists of emigrants by authors such as Peter W. Coldham, Michael Tepper, and P. William Filby. <!--{12081841972180} --><!--{12081841972181} -->
 ==For Further Reading==