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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. | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
==Emigration: The Czech Diaspora== | ==Emigration: The Czech Diaspora== | ||
The '''Czech diaspora''' refers to both '''historical and present emigration''' from the '''Czech Republic''', as well as from the '''former Czechoslovakia''' and the '''Czech lands (including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia)'''. Czechs originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the '''traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown''', namely '''Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia'''. These lands over time have been governed by a variety of states, including the '''Kingdom of Bohemia, the Austrian Empire, Czechoslovakia, and the Czech Republic''' also known by its '''short-form name, Czechia'''. | The '''Czech diaspora''' refers to both '''historical and present emigration''' from the '''Czech Republic''', as well as from the '''former Czechoslovakia''' and the '''Czech lands (including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia)'''. Czechs originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the '''traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown''', namely '''Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia'''. These lands over time have been governed by a variety of states, including the '''Kingdom of Bohemia, the Austrian Empire, Czechoslovakia, and the Czech Republic''' also known by its '''short-form name, Czechia'''. | ||