Malta Emigration and Immigration

Online Resources

 * 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
 * 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Malta
 * 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Malta

Passports and Visas

 * Digital passport applications, National Archives of Malta
 * 1535-1967 Malta, Customs Department, registers, passports and other documents, 1535-1967 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
 * 1815-1934 Passport applications, 1815-1934 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
 * 1870-1940 Passports in Malta, index.
 * 1907-1988 Passport application indexes, 1907-1988 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
 * 1916-1990 Passport records, 1916-1990 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
 * 1946-1957 Arrivals by aircraft, 1946-1957 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
 * 1970-1977 Visa indexes, 1970-1977 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only

British Overseas Subjects

 * 1800-1900 Index of British Residents, 1800-1900, incomplete, includes all nationalities
 * 1900-1979 Index of British Residents, 1900-1979, incomplete, includes all nationalities
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Malta, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Malta, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Malta, index and images, ($)
 * -1925 Malta British Forces Church Baptisms to 1925, index, incomplete
 * British Forces Church Marriages, index, incomplete

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

Malta 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.

Immigration into Malta

 * Malta's location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St. John, French, and British.
 * Malta became a British colony in 1813, serving as a way station for ships and the headquarters for the British Mediterranean Fleet.
 * Between 1915 and 1918, during the First World War, Malta became known as the Nurse of the Mediterranean due to the large number of wounded soldiers who were accommodated in Malta.
 * Malta achieved its independence as the State of Malta on 21 September 1964 A defence agreement was signed soon after independence, and after being re-negotiated in 1972, expired on 31 March 1979. Upon its expiry, the British base closed down and all lands formerly controlled by the British on the island were given up to the Maltese government.

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