Over the centuries there have been many waves of immigrants (or aliens as
described in official documentation) arriving in the UK. From medieval times
onwards Jews, Huguenots and religious minorities escaping from persecution have
made their home there.
More recently, many people from former colonies have emigrated to the shores
of the UK. In this book, the records of each group held at The National Archives
are examined in full, as well as documents relating to prisoners of war, spies,
internees and deportees. An appendix gives the location of immigrant records
held outside The National Archives, as well as many other useful addresses.
Following the success of the first edition of this title, this research guide
has been fully updated to cover:
- recent changed at the National Archives
- using online sources including citizenship records, the 1901 censuses, and
Moving Here, a major new website relating to the experience of immigrants over
the past two centuries
- key sources and legislation up to 1987
Contents:
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Legislative Framework
- Denizen or native?
- A chronology of key legislation
2. Post-Second World War Immigration and British Citizenship
- European immigration
- Colonial immigration, pre-1948
- Colonial immigration, 1948-87
- Colonial immigration, post-1962
- Registration of British citizenship documents 1948-87
3. Aliens, Spies, Refugees, Internees and Deportees in the Twentieth Century
- General sources
- Aliens
- Spies
- Refugees
- Internees
- Prisoners of War
- Deportees
4. Certificates of Arrival and Passenger Lists
- Certificates of arrival
- Board of Trade passenger lists
- Quarantine records
5. Naturalization and Denization
- The law of nationality
- Sources for citizenship policy records
- Sources for individual denization and naturalization records, 1509-1987
- Tracing memorial records
- Tracing Acts of
Parliament and letters patent
- Tracing citizenship certificate records, 1844-1987
- Other citizenship records
6. Tracing Immigrant Communities
- Irish migration and settlement
- The Jewish community
- The black community
- German immigrants
- Twentieth century communities
7. Huguenots and Other Refugee Groups
- The Reformation and religious refugees
- The Huguenots
- Palatinate refugees
- French emigres 1789-1815
- Nineteenth century refugees
8. Immigrants and Aliens Before 1800
- Alien merchants and immigrants in the medieval period
- The medieval Jewish community
- Aliens and strangers
- Dutch William and German George
- Russians
- Alien estates
Appendix 1:
Immigration records held in county record offices, other local authority record
offices and police archives in England and Wales
Appendix
2: Listing of certificates and declarations of naturalization and British
nationality
Appendix 3: Useful addresses and websites
Bibliography
Index
