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Records of migration are particularly important in many family histories. For many people, tracing their family history will lead them either to an ancestor who was born abroad but came to live in the United Kingdom (immigrated) or who left the United Kingdom to live abroad (emigrated). Many types of records relating to people leaving England, Wales and the United Kingdom are held by the PRO (Public Records Office) in Kew (London).

For emigration records relating to people leaving Ireland (Ulster), particularly for the USA, Canada and Australia, many records are also held by the Public Record Office of Northern Island.

Some records relating to specific schemes of emigration from Scotland in the nineteenth century can be found at the National Archive of Scotland, however there are unfortunately very few records in the NAS which list names of emigrants.

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