Zimbabwe Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 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 New Zealand
 * 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.

British Overseas Subjects

 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Zimbabwe, index and images, ($)
 * British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, Rhodesia, index ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Zimbabwe, index and images, ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Zimbabwe, index and images, ($)

Zimbabwe 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.

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

Emigration From Zimbabwe
KNOMAD Statistics: "Zimbabwe", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development