Armenia Emigration and Immigration

Introduction
Research use: Identifies residents of Armenia that are not in the parish registers.

Record type: Civil record of those arriving to live in Armenia.

General: Lists of refugees from the genocide in Turkey and other groups entering Armenia.

Time period: 1914-present.

Contents: Name, birth date, nationality, citizenship, occupation, country of arrival, other details, and in some instances a photograph.

Location: Modern History Archive, Yerevan.

Percentage in Family History Library: 100%.

Population coverage: 5% coverage of the population.

Armenian Immigration Records

 * See the FamilySearch catalog to view copies of original repatriation records. (Mostly from the 1940s.)
 * hayrenadardz.org (Museum of repatriation [to Soviet Armenia]), name search must be done in Armenian.

Refugee records
Files are held in the Armenian National Archives in Yerevan and are made available online through FamilySearch.org.
 * Miscellaneous records 1800-1934. Some lists of war refugees and orphans.
 * List of refugees from Turkey resettled in the city of Baku 1916 Fond 27, series 1, file 269. Text in Armenian. Orphans.
 * list of orphans in Khosrovyan orphanage in the city of Baku 1916 Fond 27, series 1, file 352. Text in Armenian.
 * list of Armenian refugees living in private homes in the city of Baku 1917 Fond 27, series 1, file 361. Text in Armenian.
 * List of refugees from Turkey resettled in the city of Baku 1917 Fond 27, series 1, file 362. Text in Armenian.
 * List of refugee students in the city of Baku 1916-1917 Fond 27, series 1, file 281. Text in Russian.
 * List of refugee priests (and families) from Turkey 1915-1917. Fond 50, series 1, file 8. Text in Armenian.
 * List of refugees resettled from Turkey and Persia 1914-1915. Fond 50, series 1, file 20. Text in Armenian. Appears to be organized by place of origin not place of resettlement.
 * List of refugees resettled from Turkey and Persia 1914-1915. Fond 50, series 1, file 21. (Part 1) Text in Armenian.
 * List of refugees resettled from Turkey and Persia 1914-1915. Fond 50, series 1, file 21. (Part 2) Text in Armenian.
 * List of refugees from Turkey 1915. Fond 50, series 1, file 28. Text in Armenian and Russian.
 * List of orphan refugees from Turkey eligible for placement in orphanages 1915. Fond 50, series 1, file 33.
 * List of refugee students from Turkey 1916-1917. Fond 50, series 1, file 45.
 * List of refugees from Turkey resettled in Tiflis. Fond 50, series 1, file 50.
 * List of orphans in orphanages in Karakilisa Nakhichevan. Fond 50, series 1, file 74.
 * List of orphans in the city of Dilijan. Fond 50, series 1, file 84.
 * Fond 50 inventory continued
 * Family Lists of Armenian refugees in Aleksandropol uyezd 1902-1914. Fond 105, series 1, file 609.

Diaspora in Americas and Western Europe
Many Armenians have emigrated to countries within the Americas and Western Europe. If your ancestor was one of these individuals you may be able to find immigration records for them. Below are the names of some of these records specific to individual countries.

France
Records
 * List of Armenian refugees living at Camp Oddo, Marseille, 1922
 * Passport Nansen: List of Transit of Nansen Passport Holders in Marseilles (1926-1946)

Limitations: Online access does not indicate origin of individual.

United States
Records
 * Naturalization Records
 * Armenian Immigration Project. Database of indexed US records for Armenians (passenger lists, naturalization records, military draft cards, vital records, etc.).

Limitations: Location of birth mentioned, but for many born after 1913 they may have been born in other countries after their parents left Armenia.

Argentina
Records
 * Immigration Records of the Archivo General de la Nacion (Collection of CEMLA as well 1888-1925)

Limitations: Not available for online research.

Brazil
Records
 * Immigration Cards
 * Naturalization Records

Limitations: Location of birth mentioned, but for many born after 1913 they may have been born in other countries after their parents left Armenia.