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Online Sources
- 1813-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for New Zealand
- 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Malta, index and images, ($)
- 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
Finding the Town of Origin in Brunei
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
"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
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
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
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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. |
For Further Reading
There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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References
- ↑ "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.