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==Immigration into Eswatini== | ==Immigration into Eswatini== | ||
<ref>"Eswatini", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *'''Eswatini''', officially the '''Kingdom of Eswatini''' and formerly and still commonly '''known in English as Swaziland.''' The population is composed primarily of ethnic Swazis. | ||
*The Swazis established their kingdom in the mid-18th century. The present boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of the "Scramble for Africa". | |||
*After the Second Boer War, the kingdom, '''under the name of Swaziland, was a British protectorate from 1903 until it regained its independence''' on 6 September 1968. | |||
*In April 2018, the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring the name commonly used in Swazi. The government is an absolute monarchy, ruled by King Mswati III since 1986.<ref>"Eswatini", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Eswatini== | ==Emigration From Eswatini== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | ||
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Online Sources[edit | edit source]
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
British Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]
Eswatini 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 Eswatini[edit | edit source]
- Eswatini, officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly and still commonly known in English as Swaziland. The population is composed primarily of ethnic Swazis.
- The Swazis established their kingdom in the mid-18th century. The present boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of the "Scramble for Africa".
- After the Second Boer War, the kingdom, under the name of Swaziland, was a British protectorate from 1903 until it regained its independence on 6 September 1968.
- In April 2018, the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring the name commonly used in Swazi. The government is an absolute monarchy, ruled by King Mswati III since 1986.[1]
Emigration From Eswatini[edit | edit source]
KNOMAD Statistics: [2]
Records of Eswatini Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]
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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. |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Eswatini", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini, accessed August 2021.
- ↑ "Eswatini", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, , accessed August 2021