Benin Emigration and Immigration
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Online Sources
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1889-1912 Dahomey (Benin) Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1889-1912, index and images.
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
British Overseas Subjects
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Benin, index and images, ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa, index and images, ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa, index and images, ($)
Benin 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 Benin
Emigration From Benin
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 657,594. Top destination countries: Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Gabon, France, Ghana, Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Mali[1]
Records of Benin 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. |
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Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Gabon, France, Ghana, Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Mali |
References
- ↑ "Benin", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=2, accessed 4 August 2021.