Solomon Islands Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

 * 1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
 * 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at Findmypast - index & images ($)

British Overseas Subjects

 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Solomon Islands, index & images ($)
 * British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Solomon Islands, index & images ($)

Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands

 * Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, and declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate.
 * The official name of the then-British administration was changed from the British Solomon Islands Protectorate to the Solomon Islands in 1975, and self-government was achieved the following year. Independence was obtained, and the name changed to just "Solomon Islands" (without the definite article), in 1978.

Emigration From Solomon Islands
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 3,000. Top destination countries: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the United States, Ukraine, Canada, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, the Marshall Islands, the Netherlands