Ghana Emigration and Immigration

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Emigration and Immigration

Online Records[edit | edit source]

Gold Coast Database Ghana and the Netherlands: Genealogies, Biographies, Histories
1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Ghana
1924-1947 Ghana (Gold Coast), Colonial Secretary's Office, passport applications, images only.

British Overseas Subjects[edit | edit source]

British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Ghana, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Ghana, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Finding the Town of Origin in Ghana[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Ghana, see Ghana Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Ghana 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 Ghana[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Ghana[edit | edit source]

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

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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