Questions tagged [emigration]
For questions about the process and records associated with people leaving the country or place where they were born in order to settle in a new country.
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How can I find immigration or emigration records for Indians that went to Kenya in the 1920s?
I am trying to find out how I can trace any sort of records, like ship manifests, arrival records or departure records for Indians that went to Kenya in the early 1900s (around 1920).
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Emigration Documents Antwerp 1905 SS Montreal April 1905
I have determined the arrival in Canada information for my great grandfather. From there I was able to determine the exact ship (SS Montreal arrived May 6, 1905) and the exact date of departure from ...
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Emigration records for private colonisation attempts from England
I'm looking for details of whether an ancestor was a part of a short lived colonisation attempt that took place circa 1849/1850, that targeted a place in the Auckland Islands and was led by Charles ...
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Finding information on Emigration ships (UK to US) in 1841
My 3x great grandfather and his family of 5 emigrated to the US , arriving in New York on 16 July 1841 from Liverpool UK on board the Ship Splendid (or Splendid of New York). Archives image
I would ...
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Jewish records in Germany, late 1700 to early 1800
I've been able to trace my ancestry several generations but seemed to have reached a wall. Here's the [long] story behind my question below:
Between records and family lore, I understand my 3rd great-...
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How can I find birth record/Hungarian evidence of ancestor born before 1895?
Is there any way to find a birth or census record for my ancestor? He left the area in early 1900s to immigrate to the US. If there is no chance to find a birth or census record, would any other ...
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Finding records of emigration from UK to Argentina in 1935
My relative George Owen emigrated on 19 Oct 1935 with his two children from Southampton, UK to Argentina via ship to Buenos Aires. He was an experienced railway engineer and family stories say helped ...
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Reasons for leaving Germany in 1886?
Have done much reading, still trying to figure why great-grandparents would have left Germany in 1884-1886?
Went through Luxembourg, then to Antwerp, to Philadelphia. Land ownership,freedom and ...
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Looking for emigration records from Liverpool England in 1921
I have an arrival record for my wife's grandmother.
She and her mother/brother/sister arrived in Halifax, Canada on the "SS Canada" in February 1921. The record said that the ship departed from ...
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Finding ships sailing from Germany to Brazil between 1824 to 1830?
Is it possible to find the names of ships used to transport German emigrants to Brazil in the period of 1824 to 1830?
I am specially looking for ships in the period 1827-1829.
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Locating information on John Megone from 1800's Ireland
I'm trying to location more information on my 4th great grandparents John Megone (born around 1817) and his wife Agnes Galbraith (born around 1822).
I've hit a brick wall.
I can tell from the 1861 ...
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Twentieth-century emigration from Romania?
My Grandfather arrived in England round about 1910 and married my Grandmother in 1912. His surname was Cancea and we believe his first name was Stanley.
We have one family letter which looks like he ...
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Finding railroad maps for Germany in late 19th century?
I am studying a group of immigrants who came to the northeastern United States from Saxony in the 1870s to 1890s. Many of them were skilled workers all recruited from the same area specifically for ...
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Where is Wortono, Russia?
I'm looking for a town my ancestors emigrated from in 1911 in Russia.
The spelling for the town on envelopes is Wortono, Russia.
I think it's in the central to northern west section of the ...
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Reasons for fleeing from Germany in the 1870s?
Two of my ancestors left two different part of Germany in the 1870s (Baden and Wurttemberg, which were at the time separate). They went first to Switzerland (La Chaux de Fonds) in 1874 where they met ...
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