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[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maine Genealogy|Maine]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] | '''''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maine Genealogy|Maine]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' Maine Emigration and Immigration''' | ||
[[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. | [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. | ||
== People == | |||
Pre-statehood settlers of Maine were generally of English and Ulster Scots descent. They came from [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]] or directly from [[England Genealogy|England]]. There were also a few hundred persons of Irish origin and free blacks in Maine. A large group of Germans came to the Waldo County area in the late 1700s. | Pre-statehood settlers of Maine were generally of English and Ulster Scots descent. They came from [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]] or directly from [[England Genealogy|England]]. There were also a few hundred persons of Irish origin and free blacks in Maine. A large group of Germans came to the Waldo County area in the late 1700s. | ||
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During the 19th century, jobs in textile and lumber mills also attracted European immigrants of many nationalities, especially the Irish. In the 1870s the state recruited Swedish settlers to farms in Aroostook County. | During the 19th century, jobs in textile and lumber mills also attracted European immigrants of many nationalities, especially the Irish. In the 1870s the state recruited Swedish settlers to farms in Aroostook County. | ||
== Records == | |||
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*United States. Bureau of Customs. ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports of the Great Lakes, 1820-1873''. National Archives Microfilm Publication. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. {{FHL|66154|item|disp=FHL films 830231-44}} Includes incomplete 19th century passenger lists for ''Portland-Falmouth, 1820 to March 1868, and Passamaquoddy, 1820 to 1859'' | *United States. Bureau of Customs. ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports of the Great Lakes, 1820-1873''. National Archives Microfilm Publication. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. {{FHL|66154|item|disp=FHL films 830231-44}} Includes incomplete 19th century passenger lists for ''Portland-Falmouth, 1820 to March 1868, and Passamaquoddy, 1820 to 1859'' | ||
== Canadian Border Crossing Records == | |||
Canadian border crossing records are of particular interest for Maine since it lies on the border of Canada. They are valuable genealogical records because they may include information such as the person's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and place of birth. There are two types of Canadian border crossing records: | Canadian border crossing records are of particular interest for Maine since it lies on the border of Canada. They are valuable genealogical records because they may include information such as the person's name, port or station of entry, date of entry, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, and place of birth. There are two types of Canadian border crossing records: | ||
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*'''1908-1935''' ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1344 Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935.]'' At Ancestry.com ($) | *'''1908-1935''' ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1344 Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935.]'' At Ancestry.com ($) | ||
== Published Sources == | |||
*Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. ''Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775''. Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1931. {{FHL|328742|item|disp=FHL film 874195 item 3; book 974 W2b}} This list includes the person's name, date of entry, place of origin, place of settlement and includes some family information. | *Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. ''Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775''. Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1931. {{FHL|328742|item|disp=FHL film 874195 item 3; book 974 W2b}} This list includes the person's name, date of entry, place of origin, place of settlement and includes some family information. | ||
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776, and Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775''. [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1996. {{FHL|773852|item|disp=FHL compact disc number 9 part 350}} (not available at Family History Centers) This is a comprehensive list of approximately 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain. Because Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819, many immigrants to Maine should be listed. The entries may contain the person's hometown, emigration date, ship, and destination as well as the text of the document abstract. | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776, and Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775''. [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1996. {{FHL|773852|item|disp=FHL compact disc number 9 part 350}} (not available at Family History Centers) This is a comprehensive list of approximately 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain. Because Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819, many immigrants to Maine should be listed. The entries may contain the person's hometown, emigration date, ship, and destination as well as the text of the document abstract. | ||
== Web Sites == | |||
*[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] | *[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] | ||