Belize Emigration and Immigration
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Online Sources[edit | edit source]
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 at Ancestry - index & 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 Belize
British Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Belize, index and images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Belize, index and images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Belize, index and images ($)
Belize 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 Belize[edit | edit source]
- European exploration was begun by English settlers in 1638. This period was also marked by Spain and Britain both laying claim to the land until Britain defeated the Spanish in the Battle of St. George's Caye (1798).
- It became a British colony in 1840, known as British Honduras, and a Crown colony in 1862.
- Independence was achieved from the United Kingdom on 21 September 1981.[1]
Emigration From Belize[edit | edit source]
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 58,687, Top destination countries: United States, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, United Kingdom, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica [2]
Records of Belize Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]
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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 Wiki articles about immigration records for major destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at Category:Emigration and Immigration Records. |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Belize", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize, accessed August 2021.
- ↑ "Belize." at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=2, accessed 9 August 2021.