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Withington also located a list of people arriving in England who had been in Virginia in the years [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918732 1655] and [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915349 1656].<ref>Lothrop Withington, "Arrivals from Virginia in 1655," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jan. 1912):186-187; Lothrop Withington, "Arrivals from Virginia in 1656," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 21, No. 4 (Apr. 1913):258-262. Digitized by JSTOR - free.</ref> | Withington also located a list of people arriving in England who had been in Virginia in the years [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918732 1655] and [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915349 1656].<ref>Lothrop Withington, "Arrivals from Virginia in 1655," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jan. 1912):186-187; Lothrop Withington, "Arrivals from Virginia in 1656," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 21, No. 4 (Apr. 1913):258-262. Digitized by JSTOR - free.</ref> | ||
Records of ethnic groups, including Huguenots, Mennonites, Scots, Germans, and blacks, are listed in the Locality Search of the | Records of ethnic groups, including Huguenots, Mennonites, Scots, Germans, and blacks, are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under the subject heading VIRGINIA - MINORITIES. | ||
Nugent identifies about 5,000 of the earliest immigrants to Virginia: | Nugent identifies about 5,000 of the earliest immigrants to Virginia: | ||
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=== 1783 to Present === | === 1783 to Present === | ||
The Family History Library and the National Archives have many of the post-1820 passenger lists and indexes for Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other major ports. These are listed in the | The Family History Library and the National Archives have many of the post-1820 passenger lists and indexes for Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other major ports. These are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under [STATE], [COUNTY], [CITY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. | ||
The Family History Library and the National Archives also have incomplete passenger lists for the following ports. | The Family History Library and the National Archives also have incomplete passenger lists for the following ports. | ||
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*Richmond, 1820-1844 {{FHL|830246}} | *Richmond, 1820-1844 {{FHL|830246}} | ||
The above lists are included in ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts'' . . . (in the | The above lists are included in ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts'' . . . (in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under UNITED STATES - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; {{FHL|830231}}-{{FHL|830246}}. These lists are indexed in ''Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports'' . . . (in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under UNITED STATES - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES; {{FHL|418161}}-{{FHL|418348}} | ||
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 333 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Virginia. Most British immigrants were settling in the capital, and in towns, and ports at that time. The numbers show that immigration from Great Britain to Virginia had decreased considerably from the high levels reached during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries:<ref name="null">Kenneth Scott, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/british-aliens-in-the-united-states-during-the-war-of-1812/oclc/5711802 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812]'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 320-333. {{FHL|78653|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W4s}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($).</ref> | During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 333 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Virginia. Most British immigrants were settling in the capital, and in towns, and ports at that time. The numbers show that immigration from Great Britain to Virginia had decreased considerably from the high levels reached during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries:<ref name="null">Kenneth Scott, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/british-aliens-in-the-united-states-during-the-war-of-1812/oclc/5711802 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812]'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 320-333. {{FHL|78653|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W4s}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($).</ref> | ||