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• 1901-1914 French Overseas Civil Registration, Niger, 1901-1914, index and images.

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Niger 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.

Historical Background

• In December 1904, the Military Territory of Niger was created within the Upper Senegal and Niger colony (modern Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) with its capital at Niamey, then little more than a large village. In 1912, the Niger Military Territory was split off from Upper Senegal and Niger.
• In 1922 when Niger became a fully-fledged colony within French West Africa.
• Various territorial adjustments took place: the areas west of the Niger river were only attached to Niger in 1926–27, and during the dissolution of Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso) in 1932–47 much of the east of that territory was added to Niger.
• On 4 December 1958, Niger became an autonomous state within the French Community.

Emigration From Niger

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 290,300. Top destination countries: Nigeria, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, France, Chad

Records of Niger 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 Wiki articles about immigration records for major destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at Category:Emigration and Immigration Records.

Nigeria Emigration and Immigration Benin Emigration and Immigration Côte d'Ivoire Emigration and Immigration Cameroon Emigration and Immigration Togo Emigration and Immigration

Burkina Faso Emigration and Immigration Ghana Emigration and Immigration Mali Emigration and Immigration France Emigration and Immigration Chad Emigration and Immigration

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