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Online Sources

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

British Overseas Subjects

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

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

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

Cyprus 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

• Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC.
• As a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878.
• Cyprus was placed under the UK's administration in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914.
• Following nationalist violence in the 1950s, Cyprus was granted independence in 1960.

Emigration From Cyprus

• Outside Cyprus there are significant and thriving diasporas - both a Greek Cypriot diaspora and a Turkish Cypriot diaspora - in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the United States, Greece and Türkiye.

Records of Cyprus 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.

United States Emigration and Immigration Canada Emigration and Immigration England Emigration and Immigration Australia Emigration and Immigration Greece Emigration and Immigration Türkiye Emigration and Immigration