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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' | ||
The [[Portal: | The [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants to this country. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Tennessee. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] FamilySearch Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor’s original hometown. | ||
=== Migration Trends === | === Migration Trends === | ||
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'''Native American.''' The Chickasaw and Cherokee Indians had nearly all been exiled from the state by 1839. For further information on the tribes and their records in Tennessee, see [[Indians of Tennessee|Indians of Tennessee]]. For information on specific settlement patterns, see county and local histories. | '''Native American.''' The Chickasaw and Cherokee Indians had nearly all been exiled from the state by 1839. For further information on the tribes and their records in Tennessee, see [[Indians of Tennessee|Indians of Tennessee]]. For information on specific settlement patterns, see county and local histories. | ||
'''Major Ports of Entry.''' Most foreign-born immigrants arrived at the ports of New Orleans, New York, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports. The major port of entry for the Mississippi River was New Orleans. Passenger lists for these ports are at the Family History Library and the National Archives. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] and [[Portal: | '''Major Ports of Entry.''' Most foreign-born immigrants arrived at the ports of New Orleans, New York, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports. The major port of entry for the Mississippi River was New Orleans. Passenger lists for these ports are at the Family History Library and the National Archives. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] and [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] articles give details about those records. | ||
=== Records === | === Records === | ||
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*Lightfoot, Marise Parrish. ''Let the Drums Roll: Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee.'' [Columbia, Tennessee]: Maury County Historical Society, 1976. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199697 FHL US/CAN Book 976.859 D3L]. This record contains maps, historical information, biographical sketches, and an index. | *Lightfoot, Marise Parrish. ''Let the Drums Roll: Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee.'' [Columbia, Tennessee]: Maury County Historical Society, 1976. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199697 FHL US/CAN Book 976.859 D3L]. This record contains maps, historical information, biographical sketches, and an index. | ||
*Peden, Henry C. ''Marylanders to Tennessee''. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1202774 FHL US/CAN Book 973 W2pm]. | *Peden, Henry C. ''Marylanders to Tennessee''. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1202774 FHL US/CAN Book 973 W2pm]. | ||
*"Transportation," in ''Tennessee: A Guide to the State''.' Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Tennessee. American Guide Series. (No Place: New Deal Network, 1996) Original published: Tennessee: State of Tennessee. Department of Conservation, Division of Information, 1939. [http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/tnguide/cont.htm Available online]. This chapter briefly describes the pertinent treaties, roads, waterways, and railroads of Tennessee.<br> | |||
*Williams, Mike K. ''Virginians in Tennessee, 1850.'' Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=679525&disp=Virginians+in+Tennessee%2C+1850%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 W2w]. This book is divided into two parts: the first contains an alphabetical list of Virginians with their ages, county of residence, and the birth date and place of the spouse; the second part contains historical and genealogical information. There is an index. | *Williams, Mike K. ''Virginians in Tennessee, 1850.'' Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=679525&disp=Virginians+in+Tennessee%2C+1850%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 W2w]. This book is divided into two parts: the first contains an alphabetical list of Virginians with their ages, county of residence, and the birth date and place of the spouse; the second part contains historical and genealogical information. There is an index. | ||
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TENNESSEE - MIGRATION, INTERNAL | TENNESSEE - MIGRATION, INTERNAL | ||
TENNESSEE - HISTORY | TENNESSEE - HISTORY | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||