Trinidad and Tobago Emigration and Immigration

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Finding the Town of Origin in Trinidad and Tobago

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

Trinidad and Tobago 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.


Immigration into Trinidad and Tobago

Emigration From Trinidad and Tobago

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png 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

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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