On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:07, Michael Kenefick (kenefick@copper.net) opined: > Generic question for the masses. How do you define immigration? And / > or how do you define emigration? Do you consider them the same thing or > a I vs. E event? In my database, I have called all the relatives > immigration based on Census record, or other documentation. > > TIA for your opinion or supporting information as to a difference > between the two items. > > Michael Kenefick > Hilliard, Ohio Not sure I understand your question, but ... Broad generalizations: Emigration = leaving a place/country without consideration of destination. Immigration = coming to a place/country, usually without consideration of place of origin. Operational definitions: So, e.g., the Irish immigrants TO the US emigrated FROM Ireland or many English and Scottish emigrants went to Australia. Equally, the American West was settled by emigrants from "back East", the "Okies" of the Dust Bowl era were immigrants to California, who emigrated from Oklahoma and elsewhere. Dunno if this answers your question; offered FWIW. "Scholarly" Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine