Venezuela Emigration and Immigration

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Emigration and Immigration

Online Records

• 1890-1901 Auswanderung nach Brasilien und Venezuela, 1890-1901 Civil records relating to the migration to Brazil and Venezuela of inhabitants of Bromberg, Posen, Germany
• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Venezuela
• Italian Emigration Sites, including Venezuela
• Confederate exiles in Venezuela, e-book

Finding the Town of Origin in Venezuela

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

Venezuela Emigration and Immigration

"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 Venezuela

Immigration to Venezuela has been significant. After the Spanish colonization of the Americas brought European colonists and African slaves, immigration to Venezuela was significant particularly in the period after World War II, with large numbers of immigrants from Asia and Europe, particularly southern Europe. In addition, Venezuela shares a 1000-mile border with Colombia and has long had substantial numbers of Colombian residents. Since the 1980s, the Colombian conflict has seen large-scale Colombian immigration, with Venezuela the number one destination for displaced Colombians: by 2008, there were over 4 million, compared to a total Venezuelan population of around 27 million.

Records of Italian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

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.

• United States Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Spain Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Italy Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Mexico Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Brazil Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Panama Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Trinidad and Tobago Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans
• Argentina Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Venezuelans