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==Online Sources== | ==Online Sources== | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | Search these records for the country under the name '''"Rhodesia".''' | ||
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace= | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&keywordsplace=rhodesia&keywordsplace_proximity=5&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=rhodesia&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Rhodesia | ||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/?event=_rhodesia Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | |||
===British Overseas Subjects=== | ===British Overseas Subjects=== | ||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&keywordsplace=zimbabwe%20 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Zimbabwe], index | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&keywordsplace=zimbabwe%20 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Zimbabwe], index & images ($) | ||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20civil%20service%20evidence%20of%20age&keywordsplace=rhodesia British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, Rhodesia], index ($) | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20civil%20service%20evidence%20of%20age&keywordsplace=rhodesia British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, Rhodesia], index ($) | ||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+banns+and+marriages&country=zimbabwe British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Zimbabwe], index | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+banns+and+marriages&country=zimbabwe British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Zimbabwe], index & images ($) | ||
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&country=zimbabwe British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Zimbabwe], index | *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&country=zimbabwe British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Zimbabwe], index & images ($) | ||
==Zimbabwe Emigration and Immigration== | ==Zimbabwe Emigration and Immigration== | ||
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*In 1953, Britain consolidated the two Rhodesias with Nyasaland (Malawi) in the ill-fated '''Central African Federation'''. Britain dissolved that Union in 1963, forming three separate divisions. | *In 1953, Britain consolidated the two Rhodesias with Nyasaland (Malawi) in the ill-fated '''Central African Federation'''. Britain dissolved that Union in 1963, forming three separate divisions. | ||
*On 1 June 1979, the country's name was changed to Zimbabwe Rhodesia. | *On 1 June 1979, the country's name was changed to Zimbabwe Rhodesia. | ||
*Britain granted independence to the new nation of Zimbabwe at a ceremony in April 1980.<ref>"Zimbabwe", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe | *Britain granted independence to the new nation of Zimbabwe at a ceremony in April 1980.<ref name="zim">"Zimbabwe", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe, accessed 2 August 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Zimbabwe== | ==Emigration From Zimbabwe== | ||
*An economic meltdown and the political situation in Zimbabwe have led to a flood of refugees into neighboring countries. An estimated 3.4 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population, had fled abroad by mid-2007. Some 3,000,000 of these left for '''South Africa and Botswana'''. | *An economic meltdown and the political situation in Zimbabwe have led to a flood of refugees into neighboring countries. An estimated 3.4 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population, had fled abroad by mid-2007. Some 3,000,000 of these left for '''South Africa and Botswana'''.<ref name="zim"/> | ||
*'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 973,200. Top destination countries: '''South Africa, the United Kingdom, Malawi, Australia, Botswana, Mozambique, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Zambia'''<ref>"Zimbabwe", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=26, accessed 2 August 2021.</ref> | *'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 973,200. Top destination countries: '''South Africa, the United Kingdom, Malawi, Australia, Botswana, Mozambique, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Zambia'''<ref>"Zimbabwe", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=26, accessed 2 August 2021.</ref> | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">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.</span> | |<span style="color:DarkViolet">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 [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | ||
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[United States Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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*[[Zambia Emigration and Immigration]] | *[[Zambia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
[[Category:Zimbabwe]] | [[Category:Zimbabwe]] | ||
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