Emmigration and immigration records provide useful information about our ancestors' movement around the world. For every emmigration record there is often a matching immigration record. Often the details differ, so it worth looking for both.
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
Link: | https://www.1820settlers.com/ |
Description: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
Extra Info: | Information about the 1820 British settlers to South Africa, including transcribed letters, photographs and pictures of some of the settlers and a forum. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | 1820 Settler Correspondence - Cape of Good Hope |
Link: | https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/ |
Description: | Letters from the Settlers of the Cape of Good Hope |
Extra Info: | This correspondence concerns the immigration scheme for the Cape of Good Hope following the Napoleonic Wars. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Archives - Libraries and Archives of Canada |
Link: | https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng |
Description: | Libraries and Archives of Canada |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists from Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin to Canada, immigrant diaries, naturalisations, British Home children and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Archives for the State of New South Wales, Australia |
Link: | https://mhnsw.au/archive/subjects/ |
Description: | New South Wales - State Archives |
Extra Info: | Includes databases of immigrants, convicts and more. Now includes early convict records 1788-1801. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Archives of Tasmania - Names Indexes |
Link: | https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/ |
Description: | Archives Office of Tasmania - Names Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger details, convicts, naturalisations and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Bound For South Australia 1836 |
Link: | https://boundforsouthaustralia.history.sa.gov.au/ |
Description: | Bound For South Australia 1836 |
Extra Info: | Follow the journey of those who sailed to Australia in 1836. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Bristol Home Children |
Link: | http://bristolhomechildren.co.uk/ |
Description: | Bristol Home Children |
Extra Info: | Information on the children from Bristol who were sent to Canada 1869-1939. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | British Home Children |
Link: | https://www.britishhomechildren.com/ |
Description: | British Home Children - Information and Database |
Extra Info: | Canada's leading organization for the British Home Children. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | British Home Children Registry |
Link: | http://britishhomechildrenregistry.com/ |
Description: | British Home Children Advocacy and Researcg Assocication |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa |
Link: | https://www.bifhsgo.ca/ |
Description: | British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa |
Extra Info: | Click on projects. Includes lists of the 'home children' the children who travelled to Canada between 1869-1932. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Sports Clubs and Associations |
Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Link: | https://patbrit.org/ |
Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Extra Info: | A wealth of information about those British who settled in here. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | British South Africa - A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/britishsouthafri00camp |
Description: | British South Africa - A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope |
Extra Info: | Online Book. Lists the names of many settlers and the ships on which they sailed. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
Link: | http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ImmNat/... |
Description: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Castle Garden Immigration Centre (USA) |
Link: | http://www.castlegarden.org/ |
Description: | Castle Garden Immigration Centre (USA) - (1820-1892) |
Extra Info: | Immigration centre prior to Ellis Island. Search by name of the individual fro the 11 million immigrants, or by ship. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London |
Link: | Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London |
Description: | Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778 |
Extra Info: | Bluecoat School children who left for America to serve apprenticeships. Some were as young as 3 years old. Also some list the ship on which they travelled. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Cook County, Illinois Naturalisations |
Link: | https://services.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/NR/ |
Description: | Cook County, Illinois, Naturalisation Declarations of Intention |
Extra Info: | An ongoing project. Search by surname or place of origin (note some peculiar spellings such as Chestshire and Cordiff). |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Cornish People in Latin America |
Link: | http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/cornishlatin/ |
Description: | Cornish People in Latin America |
Extra Info: | Surname search for ancestors, may also give details of when and which ship they travelled on, their occupation and other useful dates. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations |
Link: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations |
Description: | Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 |
Extra Info: | Includes information on the ships they were sent on as well as the master of the ship. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Directory of Scots in the Carolinas |
Link: | Directory of Scots in the Carolinas |
Description: | Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830 |
Extra Info: | In some cases includes birthdate and place in Scotland as well as occupation. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 |
Link: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 |
Description: | Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 |
Extra Info: | This volume brings together a list of all Scots emigrants appearing in ships' passenger lists before 1825. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Ellis Island Foundation |
Link: | https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger |
Description: | Ellis Island - Port of New York Passenger Records 1892-1954 |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Emigration Database |
Link: | https://www.dunbrody.com/ |
Description: | Emigration Database from the Dunbrody Famine Ship Website |
Extra Info: | The Dunbrody famine ship carried many Irish passenger to America. Although this website includes a database of Irish emigration many of those on the list are English, Welsh and Scottish. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
Link: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
Description: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
Extra Info: | From The Records of the English High Court of Admiralty. Includes details of their profession and residence before emigration. Only those who settled in colonial America. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Family History South Australia |
Link: | https://www.familyhistorysa.org/ |
Description: | Family History South Australia |
Extra Info: | Includes many ships passenger lists and naturalizations. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/agenealogicalre02farmgo... |
Description: | Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes family details and for many details of their origin. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1835-1910 |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy... |
Description: | Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1835-1910 |
Extra Info: | Includes details of the dates of the journeys and some occupations and ages of the passengers. Includes ships and lists of the 'Parkhurst Boys' sent to New Zealand in 1842-3. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20181109024047/https://... |
Description: | Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Some of the information is still available, some links do not work. Includes information about the Allan Line, arrivals at Grosse Isle in 1866 and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigration to Maryland, USA |
Link: | http://usgwarchives.net/md/statewide/immig.htm |
Description: | Maryland USA, Immigration |
Extra Info: | Includes some early passenger lists and naturalizations. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigration to North Dakota, USA |
Link: | http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/state/naturalizatio... |
Description: | North Dakota USA, Immigration |
Extra Info: | Includes some naturalizations. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigration to Pennsylvania, USA |
Link: | http://usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm#state |
Description: | Pennsylvania USA, Immigration and Naturalizations |
Extra Info: | Scroll down past the counties to find the statewide files which include some naturalizations and immigrants. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigration to Virginia, USA |
Link: | http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/statewide.htm |
Description: | Immigration and Passenger Lists to Virginia |
Extra Info: | Irish Immigrants to Virginia in 1600s and som who were transported in 1700s. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Irish Emigration to New England |
Link: | Irish Emigration to New England |
Description: | Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 |
Extra Info: | Includes emigrant deaths. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Irish Famine Memorial |
Link: | https://irishfaminememorial.org/ |
Description: | Irish Famine Memorial |
Extra Info: | Database and information about the famine orphan girl ships to Australia. Database includes such details as parents, employment, religion, home town, age etc. 1848-1851 |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Irish Immigrants to Virginia |
Link: | http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/statewide/immigrant... |
Description: | Irish Immigrants to Virginia |
Extra Info: | Little Information other than name and date. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
Link: | https://www.italiangen.org/ |
Description: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
Extra Info: | Click on Databases Naturalizations, then scroll down the pages for the database search. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Servants / Slaves Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Jamaican Family Search |
Link: | http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/ |
Description: | Jamaican Family Search |
Extra Info: | Includes many British people in Jamaica. There is also a useful site search. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.ozlists.com/allluceys/ |
Description: | LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy |
Extra Info: | LUCY and LUCEY's arriving in Australia, convicts, and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | O'Flynn and Flynn One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/flynn/ |
Description: | O'Flynn and Flynn One Name Study |
Extra Info: | O'Flynn, Flynn and variants. Includes naturalizations in New York and Georgia, Boston passenger lists and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships |
Link: | http://www.norwayheritage.com/ |
Description: | Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships |
Extra Info: | Includes some searchable passenger lists. also information about the ships and lists documenting their individual voyages, as well as pictures of the ships. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passenger Lists to New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigration |
Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 |
Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 |
Extra Info: | Assisted immigrants had their passages subsidized or paid for by another person or agency. This collection is four different series of records. Information listed may include name, age, and native place. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passengers in History |
Link: | https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/ |
Description: | Passengers in History - An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum |
Extra Info: | The passengers data base was produced by staff and volunteers at the South Australian Maritime Museum over 20 years. It includes entries for 328,000 passengers and 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1961. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia |
Link: | https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/online-... |
Description: | Public Record Office of Victoria Online Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists, plus convicts index 1842-54 and certificates of freedom index within the convict index. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Queensland, Australia Online Databases and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/ar... |
Description: | Queensland, Australia Online Databases and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Queensland State Library archives. Includes convicts, naturalisations, immigration and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Scotland Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Scotland Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Scotland Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories and Gazetteers and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Servants / Slaves Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Slave Voyages |
Link: | https://www.slavevoyages.org |
Description: | Slave Voyages |
Extra Info: | Explore your ancestors who may have been involved in the slave trade. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | South African Passenger Lists |
Link: | http://www.eggsa.org/arrivals/lists.html |
Description: | South African Passenger Lists |
Extra Info: | The eGSSA branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa has embarked on a project to transcribe all the passenger lists in the South African Archives. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
Link: | https://www.sa-passenger-list.za.net/ |
Description: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists from London, Glasgow, Liverpool etc. to Natal (Durban) and Cape Town. Also includes details of Haidee settlers. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | US Genweb Archives |
Link: | http://www.usgwarchives.net/ |
Description: | US Genweb Archives |
Extra Info: | Some of the states have information about immigrants and naturalizations. Select State, the scrolldown to statewide files. |
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