French Polynesia Emigration and Immigration

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How to Find the Records

Online Sources

• 1813-1834
• 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
• 1886-1906 France National Overseas Archives, Austral Islands
• 1843-1906France National Overseas Archives, Windward Islands
• 1886-1906 France National Overseas Archives, Gambier Islands
• 1843-1906 France National Overseas Archives, Marquesas Islands
• 1881-1906 France National Overseas Archives, Tuamotu Islands
• 1898-1906 France National Overseas Archives, Leeward Islands

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES%20DU%20VENT Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.

British Subjects Oversea

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Tahiti, index and images, ($)

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Finding the Town of Origin in French Polynesia

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

French Polynesia Emigration and Immigration

"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.

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

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.

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For Further Reading

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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