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Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources[edit | edit source]

British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Brunei, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Malta, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Malta, index and images, ($)

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

Finding the Town of Origin in Brunei[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Brunei, see Brunei Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Brunei Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"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 Brunei[edit | edit source]

In 2014, 65.7% of the population were Malay, 10.3% are Chinese, 3.4% are indigenous, with 20.6% smaller groups making up the rest. There is a relatively large expatriate community. Most expats come from non-Muslim countries such as Australia, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, The Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and India.^[1]

Emigration From Brunei[edit | edit source]

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 47,462. Top destination countries: India, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United States, Netherlands, Brazil, Vietnam, Philippines.^[2]

Records of Bruneian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Brunei", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei#Demographics, accessed 28 July 2021.
↑ "Brunei Darussalam", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=3, accessed 28 July 2021.

[1] "Brunei", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei#Demographics, accessed 28 July 2021.

[2] "Brunei Darussalam", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=3, accessed 28 July 2021.

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 ==Online Sources==
-*'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
+*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=brunei&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Brunei], index and images, ($)
-*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
-*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
-*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=new%20zealand&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 New Zealand
-*'''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.
-*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=malta&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Malta], index and images, ($)
 *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+banns+and+marriages&sid=103&country=malta British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Malta], index and images, ($)
 *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=malta British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Malta], index and images, ($)