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[[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Carolina|North Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''North Carolina Emigration and Immigration''' {{Adoption NCGenWeb}} | [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Carolina|North Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''North Carolina Emigration and Immigration''' {{Adoption NCGenWeb}} | ||
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North Carolina’s treacherous coastline prevented significant immigration by sea. Most immigrants arrived at major northern ports such as New York, Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia. The [[United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants to this country. These sources include many references to people who settled in North Carolina. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, research strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant’s original hometown. | |||
North Carolina’s treacherous coastline prevented significant immigration by sea. Most immigrants arrived at major northern ports such as New York, Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia. The [ | |||
=== People === | === People === | ||
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:*Indexes to these minor ports lists<br>United States. Bureau of Customs. ''A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports, 1820–1874''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M334. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1960. {{FHL|67478|item|disp=FHL films 418161–418348)}} A comprehensive list of about 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain is: | :*Indexes to these minor ports lists<br>United States. Bureau of Customs. ''A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports, 1820–1874''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M334. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1960. {{FHL|67478|item|disp=FHL films 418161–418348)}} A comprehensive list of about 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain is: | ||
*Newsome, Albert Ray, ''Records of Emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina, 1774-1775'' (Raleigh, NC : State Dept. of Archives and History, 1962) {{WorldCat|12182612|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|170905|item|disp=FHL book 975.6 A1 no. 30}} Digital version available through catalog entry for this book. | *Newsome, Albert Ray, ''Records of Emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina, 1774-1775'' (Raleigh, NC : State Dept. of Archives and History, 1962) {{WorldCat|12182612|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|170905|item|disp=FHL book 975.6 A1 no. 30}} Digital version available through catalog entry for this book. | ||
*''Wayne County, Indiana, settlers from North and South Carolina,'' {{FHL|156490|item|disp=FHL film 908530 item 6; book 977.263 H2w}} | *''Wayne County, Indiana, settlers from North and South Carolina,'' {{FHL|156490|item|disp=FHL film 908530 item 6; book 977.263 H2w}} | ||
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Dorothy Williams Potter in ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823'' ({{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL Book 975 W4p}}) identifies some migrants from North Carolina into territories that are now [[Alabama|Alabama]], [[Florida|Florida]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi|Mississippi]], and [[Missouri|Missouri]]. | Dorothy Williams Potter in ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823'' ({{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL Book 975 W4p}}) identifies some migrants from North Carolina into territories that are now [[Alabama|Alabama]], [[Florida|Florida]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi|Mississippi]], and [[Missouri|Missouri]]. | ||
Robertson compiled a list of North Carolinians living in Kansas in 1860: | Robertson compiled a list of North Carolinians living in Kansas in 1860: | ||