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→Emigration: Indentured Labourer Scheme records online through Trove
== Emigration ==
From 1879 to 1916, over 60,000 Indians migrated to Fiji under the Indentured Labourer Scheme. They were recruited to work in plantations. Records relating to these Indian migrants include immigration passes, general registers, plantation registers, repatriation registers and death registers. In a joint project between the National Library of Australia and the National Archives of Fiji, the records are now freely available online through Trove.
''Indian immigration passes to Fiji, 1879-1916'' | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2586944660
Many records have been microfilmed by the LDS and are available at LDS [[Family History Centres]]. The following are related to emigration from India:
''Indian immigration passes to Fiji, 1879-1916''. There are 42 microfilms and the index is microfilm no. '''833098'''. Unfortunately, this microfilm can only be viewed at the LDS Family History Centre in Salt Lake City, although I believe that the original records are kept by the Central Archives of Fiji & Western Pacific High Commission
''Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922''. Microfilm nos. '''833149-833150'''. These are also available only in Salt Lake City.
== Genealogy with LDS==
