Guatemala Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
 * Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose Guatemala under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".

Passports

 * 1579-1873 Pasaportes, 1579-1873, images
 * 1917, 1920-22 Registros de la Legación de España en Centroamérica, Guatemala, images

Finding the Town of Origin in Guatemala
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Guatemala, see Guatemala Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Guatemala 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.

Records of Guatemalan Emigrants in Their Destination Nations

 * United States Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Canada Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Australia Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * New Zealand Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * France Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Brazil Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Argentina Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Mexico Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Venezuela Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans
 * Israel Emigration and Immigration – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Guatemalans