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*'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry, ($), indexed. | *'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry, ($), indexed. | ||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | *'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Italy== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Italy, see [[Italy Finding Town of Origin|'''Italy Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Italy 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. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*The vast majority of Dominicans are of '''African''' descent. | *The vast majority of Dominicans are of '''African''' descent. | ||
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*Dominica was partially integrated into the federal colony of the Leeward Islands in 1832. Later, in 1871, it became a full part of the Federation of the Leeward Islands. As Leeward Island, with thousands of acres of forested unclaimed land, was open to the people of '''Montserrat and Antigua'''. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Rose's Company, which produced Rose's lime juice, saw demand for its product outgrow its ability to supply the product from Montserrat. Their response to the situation was to buy land on Dominica and '''encourage Montserrat farm labourers''' to relocate. | *Dominica was partially integrated into the federal colony of the Leeward Islands in 1832. Later, in 1871, it became a full part of the Federation of the Leeward Islands. As Leeward Island, with thousands of acres of forested unclaimed land, was open to the people of '''Montserrat and Antigua'''. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Rose's Company, which produced Rose's lime juice, saw demand for its product outgrow its ability to supply the product from Montserrat. Their response to the situation was to buy land on Dominica and '''encourage Montserrat farm labourers''' to relocate. | ||
*In 1902, on 8 May, the Mount Pelée volcano on Martinique erupted destroying the city of Saint-Pierre. '''Refugees from Martinique''' arrived in boats to the southern villages of Dominica and some remained permanently on the island.<ref>"Dominica: Demographics", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica#Demographics, accessed 2 June 2021.</ref> | *In 1902, on 8 May, the Mount Pelée volcano on Martinique erupted destroying the city of Saint-Pierre. '''Refugees from Martinique''' arrived in boats to the southern villages of Dominica and some remained permanently on the island.<ref>"Dominica: Demographics", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica#Demographics, accessed 2 June 2021.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Dominica]] | [[Category:Dominica]] | ||