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Population coverage: 5% coverage of the population.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.</ref>
Population coverage: 5% coverage of the population.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.</ref>
See the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=130&query=%2Bplace%3AArmenia&subjectsOpen=854966-50 FamilySearch catalog] to view copies of original repatriation records.


== Armenian Immigration Records ==
== Armenian Immigration Records ==
See the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=130&query=%2Bplace%3AArmenia&subjectsOpen=854966-50 FamilySearch catalog] to view copies of original repatriation records. (Mostly from the 1940s.)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/988855?availability=Family%20History%20Library Miscellaneous records 1800-1934.] Some lists of war refugees.
*[http://www.hayrenadardz.org/en/history/ hayrenadardz.org] (Museum of repatriation [to Soviet Armenia]), name search must be done in Armenian.
*[http://www.hayrenadardz.org/en/history/ hayrenadardz.org] (Museum of repatriation [to Soviet Armenia]), name search must be done in Armenian.


== Diaspora in Americas and Western Europe ==
== Diaspora in Americas and Western Europe ==

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Research use: Identifies residents of Armenia that are not in the parish registers.

Record type: Civil record of those arriving to live in Armenia.

General: Lists of refugees from the genocide in Turkey and other groups entering Armenia.

Time period: 1914-present.

Contents: Name, birth date, nationality, citizenship, occupation, country of arrival, other details, and in some instances a photograph.

Location: Modern History Archive, Yerevan.

Percentage in Family History Library: 100%.

Population coverage: 5% coverage of the population.[1]

Armenian Immigration Records[edit | edit source]

See the FamilySearch catalog to view copies of original repatriation records. (Mostly from the 1940s.)


Diaspora in Americas and Western Europe[edit | edit source]

Many Armenians have emigrated to countries within the Americas and Western Europe. If your ancestor was one of these individuals you may be able to find immigration records for them. Below are the names of some of these records specific to individual countries.

France[edit | edit source]

Records

Limitations: Online access does not indicate origin of individual.

United States[edit | edit source]

Records

Limitations: Location of birth mentioned, but for many born after 1913 they may have been born in other countries after their parents left Armenia.

Argentina[edit | edit source]

Records

  • Immigration Records of the Archivo General de la Nacion (Collection of CEMLA as well 1888-1925)

Limitations: Not available for online research.

Brazil[edit | edit source]

Records

  • Immigration Cards
  • Naturalization Records

Limitations: Location of birth mentioned, but for many born after 1913 they may have been born in other countries after their parents left Armenia.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.