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France Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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Significant numbers of emigrants left France during the following periods: | Significant numbers of emigrants left France during the following periods: | ||
'''1538 to 1685'''<nowiki>: | '''1538 to 1685'''<nowiki>: Protestants flee religious persecutions in France.</nowiki> | ||
'''1632 to 1713'''<nowiki>: | '''1632 to 1713'''<nowiki>: French settle Quebec and Acadia (Canada).</nowiki> | ||
'''1722'''<nowiki>: | '''1722'''<nowiki>: Alsatian colonies established in the Holy Roman Empire (Austria-Hungary).</nowiki> | ||
'''1764 to 1786'''<nowiki>: | '''1764 to 1786'''<nowiki>: Alsatians colonize Russia, Ukraine, and Banat.</nowiki> | ||
'''1785: | '''1785: ''' Some exiled Acadians shipped from France to Louisiana. | ||
'''1789 to 1791'''<nowiki>: | '''1789 to 1791'''<nowiki>: About 500,000 refugees flee the French Revolution for neighboring nations and the Americas. About half later returned.</nowiki> | ||
'''1804 to 1832'''<nowiki>: | '''1804 to 1832'''<nowiki>: Additional Alsatians emigrate to Ukraine, Bessarabia, and Banat.</nowiki> | ||
'''1815 to 1817'''<nowiki>: | '''1815 to 1817'''<nowiki>: Political turmoil after the fall of Napoleon leads to a wave of French emigration to neighboring countries and the Americas.</nowiki> | ||
'''1830 to 1962'''<nowiki>: | '''1830 to 1962'''<nowiki>: French colonize Algeria (Africa).</nowiki> | ||
'''1830s, 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s'''<nowiki>: | '''1830s, 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s'''<nowiki>: Agents go from town to town recruiting emigrants, mostly in Alsace-Lorraine. Some went to America, others to Russia.</nowiki> | ||
'''1871'''<nowiki>: | '''1871'''<nowiki>: There is a wave of French emigrants, largely to North America.</nowiki> | ||
For emigrants leaving France, documents that record their migration can sometimes be found in France and in the country to which they moved. | For emigrants leaving France, documents that record their migration can sometimes be found in France and in the country to which they moved. | ||
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Researchers may send written inquiries to learn if a relative is indexed. The society can search only for passengers between 1780 and 1840, and they will search only for a specific name. They will not respond to vague requests to search for anyone with a certain surname. Send the correctly spelled given name and surname of the passenger, a self-addressed envelope, and three international reply coupons (purchased at large post offices) to— | Researchers may send written inquiries to learn if a relative is indexed. The society can search only for passengers between 1780 and 1840, and they will search only for a specific name. They will not respond to vague requests to search for anyone with a certain surname. Send the correctly spelled given name and surname of the passenger, a self-addressed envelope, and three international reply coupons (purchased at large post offices) to— | ||
Liste de passagers<br | Liste de passagers<br>[http://gghsm.free.fr/ Groupement Généalogique du Havre et de Seine-Maritime]<br>B.P. 80<br>76050 Le Havre Cedex<br>FRANCE | ||
=== French Emigration Indexes === | === French Emigration Indexes === | ||
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'''Immigration lists'''. An example of a published list of emigrants from Canada to America with French ancestors is: | '''Immigration lists'''. An example of a published list of emigrants from Canada to America with French ancestors is: | ||
Dennisen, Christian. | Dennisen, Christian. ''Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region, 1701-1936'''''''.'''''Editor Harold F. Powell. Two Volumes. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1987. (FHL book 977.43 D2d 1987; not on microfilm.) Text in English.'' | ||
=== Russia === | === Russia === | ||
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Unfortunately, there are very few immigration sources for France. Instead, look for emigration records of the nation from which your ancestor moved. | Unfortunately, there are very few immigration sources for France. Instead, look for emigration records of the nation from which your ancestor moved. | ||
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