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Switzerland Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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m (Text replacement - "<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 ori...) |
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*'''1817-1866''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372046?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866, (Alsace emigration index)] Card index to emigration records of Europeans traveling through the Alsace region of France. This index also includes some Swiss emigrants. | *'''1817-1866''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372046?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registres des émigrés, 1817-1866, (Alsace emigration index)] Card index to emigration records of Europeans traveling through the Alsace region of France. This index also includes some Swiss emigrants. | ||
*'''1837-1857''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/164102?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registres des passeports à l'étranger, 1837-1857] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | *'''1837-1857''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/164102?availability=Family%20History%20Library Registres des passeports à l'étranger, 1837-1857] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | ||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=Switzerland&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Switzerland | |||
*'''1904-1914''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30240/germany-bremen-passenger-departure-lists-1904-1914?s=252295941 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914] at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Switzerland | *'''1904-1914''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30240/germany-bremen-passenger-departure-lists-1904-1914?s=252295941 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914] at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Switzerland | ||
*'''1910-1953''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1315/ Swiss Overseas Emigration, 1910-1953] at Ancestry ($) index and images. | *'''1910-1953''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1315/ Swiss Overseas Emigration, 1910-1953] at Ancestry ($) index and images. | ||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/20525?availability=Family%20History%20Library L'Alsace et la Suisse à travers les siècles] Alsace and Switzerland across the centuries, especially concerning immigration from Switzerland. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/20525?availability=Family%20History%20Library L'Alsace et la Suisse à travers les siècles] Alsace and Switzerland across the centuries, especially concerning immigration from Switzerland. | ||
*[https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/229771/I1/-/index?pageindex=494&letter= The Swiss Volhynian Genealogy Database] has more than 27,000 names of Swiss Amish who spent a hundred years in Prussia/Russia before emigrating to South Dakota and Kansas in 1874. Click on the alphabetic letter link for a list of surnames. Or, [https://wc.rootsweb.com/search Search by Name] | *[https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/229771/I1/-/index?pageindex=494&letter= The Swiss Volhynian Genealogy Database] has more than 27,000 names of Swiss Amish who spent a hundred years in Prussia/Russia before emigrating to South Dakota and Kansas in 1874. Click on the alphabetic letter link for a list of surnames. Or, [https://wc.rootsweb.com/search Search by Name] | ||
*[[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]] | |||
===Offices and Archives to Contact=== | ===Offices and Archives to Contact=== | ||
If the canton of origin of a pre-1848 emigrant is known, one can contact the appropriate State Archive for further information. To obtain information concerning emigrants who left after 1848, contact:<br> | If the canton of origin of a pre-1848 emigrant is known, one can contact the appropriate State Archive for further information. To obtain information concerning emigrants who left after 1848, contact:<br> | ||