Mauritius Emigration and Immigration

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Emigration and Immigration

Online Records[edit | edit source]

1813-1834 Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834, index, incomplete, ($).
1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Mauritius

French Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]

1728-1811 Ile de France (Mauritius) French Overseas Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1728-1811, index and images.

British Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]

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

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

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

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

Mauritius 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 Mauritius[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Mauritius[edit | edit source]

Records of 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:

References[edit | edit source]