Introduction
The majority of 19th Century non-British settlers and workers came to the Falkland Islands from or through Montevideo, Uruguay. Other settlers were sailors who were either shipwrecked or decided to stay. Late in the 19th Century there was constant migration between the Falkland Islands and Chile & Patagonia or “The Coast” as it was referred to locally.
The Archives hold very few immigration records. The following lists often show the age and nationality of some of these early immigrants and seamen. These lists are those researched to date and are not necessarily complete and should not be treated as such.
NB Oriental is often used as an abbreviation for Banda Oriental in these documents.
1843 Jan - FIC Contracts Montevideo - H3.pdf(5.49 MB)
1847 Jun - per "Napoleon" - H8.pdf(1.17 MB)
1847 Nov 11 - per "Vigilante" - H8.pdf(400.04 KB)
1848 Feb 14 - to Montevideo - D3.pdf(618.25 KB)
1851 - On Lafone's Estates - H8.pdf(488.05 KB)
1851 Nov - Aliens Since Oct 1850 - D5.pdf(617.9 KB)
1851 Nov 19 - to Montevideo - H13.pdf(1.34 MB)
1852 Mar 26 - Registered to Date - H8.pdf(1.29 MB)
1852 Mar 27 - Permission to Reside - E4.pdf(1.47 MB)
1852 Apr 27 - Registered to Date - H8.pdf(442.19 KB)
1852 Jul 01 - per "Amelia" - H8.pdf(477.94 KB)
1852 Sep 25 - per "Stanley Cacique" to Hope Place - H11.pdf(358.12 KB)
1853 Sep 14 - per "Amelia" - H12.pdf(410.59 KB)
1853 Nov 12 - per Amelia - H13.pdf(585.51 KB)
1855 Jan 16 - to Montevideo - H13.pdf(387.2 KB)
1855 May - to Montevideo - D7.pdf(1.56 MB)
1855 May - Statement of Livelihood - H8.pdf(2.81 MB)
1855 May - Permission to Reside - H13.pdf(416.47 KB)
1855 May 18 - Means of Livelihood - H12.pdf(715.16 KB)
1855 May 22 - Employed by FIC - H12.pdf(1.36 MB)
1855 May 25 - to Montevideo - H12.pdf(365.16 KB)
1855 Jul - Permission to Reside - D7.pdf(1.48 MB)
1855 Jul 16 - to Montevideo - H13.pdf(371.62 KB)
1855 Sep - to Montevideo - D7.pdf(543.19 KB)
1855 Sep 14 - Registered in Police Office - H8.pdf(1.31 MB)
1856 Mar 01 - per "Victoria" - H13.pdf(206.34 KB)
1856 Jun 06 - per "Victoria" - H13.pdf(445.81 KB)
1856 Sep - Patagonian Mission Society - D7.pdf(490.35 KB)
1856 Dec 26 - Soyla FRANCO Celestino ZAPATA - H14.pdf(3.91 MB)
1857 Jan 02 - to Montevideo - H14.pdf(419.85 KB)
1857 Jan 07 - per "Fairy" - H14.pdf(219.44 KB)
1857 Jan 16 - Soyla FRANCO - H14.pdf(415.98 KB)
1859 Wulaia Massacre - Crew of the Allen Gardiner Evidence etc.pdf(6.18 MB)
1867 Jan 24 - USA & Captain SMYLEY - H25.pdf(733.29 KB)
1867 Apr 15 - SA Missionary Society - H25.pdf(292.03 KB)
1867 Jun 24 - List of Aliens - H25.pdf(1.58 MB)
Naturalisations to May 1900 - FI Gazette Jun 1900.pdf(243.2 KB)
Naturalisation - ALAZIA George A - BUG-REG-7.pdf(524.75 KB)
Naturalisation - BERNTSEN Lars M - BUG-REG-7.pdf(564.58 KB)
Naturalisation - BUNDES Jeff A - BUG-REG-7.pdf(512.96 KB)
Naturalisation - ENESTROM Charles P - BUG-REG-7.pdf(475.25 KB)
Naturalisation - LARSEN Charles A - BUG-REG-7.pdf(1.15 MB)
Naturalisation - OLSEN Henry - BUG-REG-7.pdf(498.28 KB)
Naturalisation - SAANUM Peter - BUG-REG-7.pdf(502.7 KB)
Naturalisation - WANG Charles S - BUG-REG-7.pdf(514.25 KB)
Foreign Consuls in the Falkland Islands.pdf199.48 KB
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