Uzbekistan Emigration and Immigration
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]
Finding the Town of Origin in Uzbekistan[edit | edit source]
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Uzbekistan, see Uzbekistan Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.
Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan[edit | edit source]
- Before the arrival of the Russians, present Uzbekistan was divided between Emirate of Bukhara and khanates of Khiva and Kokand. In the 19th century, the Russian Empire began to expand and spread into Central Asia. There were 210,306 Russians living in Uzbekistan in 1912.
- By the beginning of 1920, Central Asia was firmly in the hands of Russia and, despite some early resistance to the Bolsheviks, Uzbekistan and the rest of Central Asia became a part of the Soviet Union.
Emigration From Uzbekistan[edit | edit source]
Records of 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 immigration records for major destination countries below. |
For Further Reading[edit | edit source]
There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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