Sri Lanka Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1813-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
 * 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
 * 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
 * 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Ceylon

British Overseas Subject

 * British In Ceylon Parish Records'', index and images ($)
 * British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, index ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Sri Lanka, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Sri Lanka, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

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

Sri Lanka 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.

Emigration From Sri Lanka
at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

For Further Reading
There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
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