Samoa Emigration and Immigration

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Emigration and Immigration

Online Records

• 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Samoa
• 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Samoa

British Overseas Subjects

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Samoa, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Samoa, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Samoa, index & images ($)

Samoa Emigration and Immigration

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
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.

Immigration into Samoa

• Because of the Samoans' seafaring skills, pre-20th-century European explorers referred to the entire island group (which includes American Samoa) as the "Navigator Islands.”
• The country was occupied by the German Empire from 1899 to 1915, and by a joint British and New Zealand colonial administration until 1 January 1962, when it became independent.

Emigration From Samoa

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 114,600. Top destination countries: New Zealand, American Samoa, Australia, the United States, Tonga, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for major destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at Category:Emigration and Immigration Records.

New Zealand Emigration and Immigration American Samoa Emigration and Immigration Australia Emigration and Immigration United States Emigration and Immigration Tonga Emigration and Immigration

Canada Emigration and Immigration Italy Emigration and Immigration Ireland Emigration and Immigration Sweden Emigration and Immigration Netherlands Emigration and Immigration

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