Migration
There are 2,356 collections containing things related to migration, in 324 archives across the UK.
Collections across centuries
Prominent migration collections
London South Bank University Students' Union LSBUSU
24 boxes, dated c1968-2002
photographs, programs, letters
London South Bank University Students' Union LSBUSU
24 boxes, dated c1968-2002
photographs, programs, letters
London South Bank University Students' Union LSBUSU
24 boxes, dated c1968-2002
photographs, programs, letters
London South Bank University Students' Union LSBUSU
24 boxes, dated c1968-2002
photographs, programs, letters
London South Bank University Students' Union LSBUSU
24 boxes, dated c1968-2002
photographs, programs, letters
London South Bank University Students' Union LSBUSU
24 boxes, dated c1968-2002
photographs, programs, letters
Research guides about migration
Alien entry books
You can search and download (charges apply) alien entry books (1794-1921) from ancestry.co.uk.
Internees
This is a guide to finding records of individual internees.
Aliens’ registration cards 1918-1957
These records are the registration cards for over 600 immigrants to Britain, known as ‘aliens’ in the legal terminology of the time, who arrived between 1918 and 1957.
Refugees
The National Archives holds a large quantity and variety of records relating to refugees.
Locations of archives with migration materials
- Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, 2 collections
- London South Bank University Archives Centre, 2 collections
- Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), 1 collection
- Religious Society of Friends Library, 1 collection