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Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources[edit | edit source]

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 Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]

Zimbabwe 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.

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

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

Immigration into Zimbabwe[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Zimbabwe[edit | edit source]

KNOMAD Statistics: <ref>"Zimbabwe", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

Records of Zimbabwe 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.

References[edit | edit source]