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Emigration and Immigration

Online Records

• 1921-1937 Immigration to and internal migration within Armenia, 1921-1937 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
• hayrenadardz.org (Museum of repatriation [to Soviet Armenia]), name search must be done in Armenian.

Diaspora in Americas and Western Europe

Many Armenians have emigrated to countries within the Americas and Western Europe. If your ancestor was one of these individuals you may be able to find immigration records for them. Below are the names of some of these records specific to individual countries.

France

Records

• List of Armenian refugees living at Camp Oddo, Marseille, 1922
• Passport Nansen: List of Transit of Nansen Passport Holders in Marseilles (1926-1946)

Limitations: Online access does not indicate origin of individual.

United States

Records

• Naturalization Records
• Armenian Immigration Project. Database of indexed US records for Armenians (passenger lists, naturalization records, military draft cards, vital records, etc.).

Limitations: Location of birth mentioned, but for many born after 1913 they may have been born in other countries after their parents left Armenia.

Argentina

Records

• Immigration Records of the Archivo General de la Nacion (Collection of CEMLA as well 1888-1925)

Limitations: Not available for online research.

Brazil

Records

• Immigration Cards
• Naturalization Records

Limitations: Location of birth mentioned, but for many born after 1913 they may have been born in other countries after their parents left Armenia.