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: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | BAUGHEN One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.baughen.co.uk/OneNameStudy.html |
Description: | BAUGHEN One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes extracts of Ellis Island records for Baughens. |
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: | 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, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | CLENDIN and variants such as GLENDINNING One Name Study |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clendin/ |
Description: | Clendin, Glendinning and variants One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate |
Title: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.cluett.org.uk/ |
Description: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Part way down the home page is the Search link. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.daltondatabank.org/ |
Description: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | DIBDEN One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/ |
Description: | DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants |
Extra Info: | Many references to the DIBDEN name. |
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: | Emigrants - From England to America |
Link: | A List of Emigrants from England to America |
Description: | A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692, 1718-1759 |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
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: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Genes Reunited : Search Passport Applications |
Link: | Genes Reunited : Search passport applications |
Description: | Search UK Passport Applications 1851 to 1903 |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
Link: | https://www.immigrantships.net/ |
Description: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
Extra Info: | Includes records by ship, by departure point, by arrival point and also name search. Over 9000 ships passenger lists online. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | List of Emigrants to America from Liverpool |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/listofemigrantst00bost |
Description: | List of Emigrants to America from Liverpool 1697-1707 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Some interesting spellings and some occupations and final destinations also recorded. |
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: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140407043350/http://m... |
Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information and photographs still seem to be available. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | PENNYFATHER One Name Study |
Link: | https://pennyfather.one-name.net/ |
Description: | PENNYFATHER One Name Study |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs |
Link: | http://www.john-pinckney.co.uk/family/index.htm |
Description: | PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs and Variants |
Extra Info: | Includes PINCKNEYs at Oxford and Cambridge and those who emigrated abroad. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.pratley.info/ |
Description: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Quaker Arrivals in Philadelphia |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/quakerarrivalsa00myerg... |
Description: | Quaker Arrivals in Philadelphia 1682-1750 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes the certificates of removals for those arriving in Philadelphia. List the parish the relocated from in England, Ireland or Wales. Includes a names index |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany References and Records |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091026134802/http://g... |
Description: | Romany References and Records |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active, although most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Valuation Books, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study |
Link: | http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html |
Description: | A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families |
Extra Info: | Scroll down to sources of information. |
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, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | STAVELEY and STAVELY Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.staveley-genealogy.com/ |
Description: | STAVELEY and STAVELY Genealogy |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | YEO One Name Study |
Link: | https://yeoonline.net/ |
Description: | YEO One Name Study |
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