Bahrain Emigration and Immigration

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Online Sources

• 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
• 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)

British Overseas Subjects

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

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Bahrain , index and images, ($)

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

Bahrain 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 Bahrain

• Bahrain was one of the earliest areas to be influenced by Islam.
• Following a period of Arab rule, Bahrain was ruled by the Portuguese Empire from 1521 until 1602.
• In the late 1800s, following successive treaties with the British, Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1971, it declared independence.

Emigration From Bahrain

• In 1948, following rising hostilities and looting, most members of Bahrain's Jewish community abandoned their properties and evacuated to Bombay, later settling in Israel (Pardes Hanna-Karkur) and the United Kingdom.

KNOMAD Statistics: <ref>"Bahrain", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

Records of Bahrain 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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