Trinidad and Tobago Emigration and Immigration
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Online Sources
- 1813-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
- 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Trinidad
- 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Tobago
- United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records
Cultural Grouops
- Church book from The Norwegian Seamen's Mission in San Fernando 1959-1983 - Baptisms - images, Digitalarkivet.no
- Church book from The Norwegian Seamen's Mission in San Fernando 1959-1983 - Marriages - images, Digitalarkivet.no
- Church book from The Norwegian Seamen's Mission in San Fernando 1959-1983 - Deaths and burials - images, Digitalarkivet.no
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Trinidad and Tobago , index and images, ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)
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
- The island of Trinidad was inhabited for centuries by native Amerindian peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire.
- Spain surrendered the island to the British in 1797.
- During the same period, the island of Tobago changed hands among Spanish, British, French, Dutch and Courlander colonists more times than any other island in the Caribbean.
- Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889. Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962, becoming a republic in 1976.
Emigration From Trinidad and Tobago
Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations
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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
There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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