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*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index and images, ($) | *[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index and images, ($) | ||
[[Category:Syria]] | [[Category:Syria]] | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Syria== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Syria, see [[SyriaFinding Town of Origin|'''Syria Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Syria 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. | |||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | |||
==Immigration to Syria== | ==Immigration to Syria== | ||
*There are small ethnic minority groups, such as the '''Albanians, Bosnians, Georgians, Greeks, Persians, Pashtuns and Russians.''' However, most of these ethnic minorities have become Arabized to some degree, particularly those who practice the Muslim faith. | *There are small ethnic minority groups, such as the '''Albanians, Bosnians, Georgians, Greeks, Persians, Pashtuns and Russians.''' However, most of these ethnic minorities have become Arabized to some degree, particularly those who practice the Muslim faith. | ||
*Syria was once home to a substantial population of '''Jews''', with large communities in '''Damascus, Aleppo, and Qamishii'''. Due to a combination of persecution in Syria and opportunities elsewhere, the Jews began to emigrate in the second half of the 19th century to '''Great Britain, the United States, and Israel'''. <ref name="syr">"Syria", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria, accessed 14 July 2021.</ref> | *Syria was once home to a substantial population of '''Jews''', with large communities in '''Damascus, Aleppo, and Qamishii'''. Due to a combination of persecution in Syria and opportunities elsewhere, the Jews began to emigrate in the second half of the 19th century to '''Great Britain, the United States, and Israel'''. <ref name="syr">"Syria", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria, accessed 14 July 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Syria== | ==Emigration From Syria== | ||
*The largest concentration of the Syrian diaspora outside the Arab world is in '''Brazil''', which has millions of people of Arab and other Near Eastern ancestries. Brazil is the first country in the Americas to offer '''humanitarian visas to Syrian refugees'''. | *The largest concentration of the Syrian diaspora outside the Arab world is in '''Brazil''', which has millions of people of Arab and other Near Eastern ancestries. Brazil is the first country in the Americas to offer '''humanitarian visas to Syrian refugees'''. | ||