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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]''[[Image:{{NatchezT}}]] | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]''[[Image:{{NatchezT}}]] <br><br>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. | ||
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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'''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. | '''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. | ||
=== Immigrants from Europe === | === Immigrants from Europe === | ||
Many British immigrants were not afraid to venture out into the wilds of Tennessee | Many British immigrants were not afraid to venture out into the wilds of frontier Tennessee. Speaking of English convicts transported to the American colonies in the 1770s, Maryland customs official William Eddis stated "the stamp of infamy is too strong upon them," after they serve their time, many "remove to a distant situation." One of these "distant situations" where ex-convicts started new lives, where neighbors didn't know their pasts, was undoubtedly frontier Tennessee. | ||
During the War of 1812, American officials required each state to submit lists of British aliens living within their bounds and to publish the lists in local newspapers to make Americans aware of their identities, for fear they might join | During the War of 1812, American officials required each state to submit lists of British aliens living within their bounds and to publish the lists in local newspapers to make Americans aware of their identities, for fear they might join British forces. Tennessee reported 154 British aliens to the State Departement in Washington, D.C. Many of these immigrants had families. Of those 154, 102 lived in the East half of Tennessee and 52 in the West half. These individuals are identified in the following book: | ||
*Scott, Kenneth. ''British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812.'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378. FHL US/CAN 973 W4s; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($). | *Scott, Kenneth. ''British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812.'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378. FHL US/CAN 973 W4s; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($). | ||
=== Migrants from the Eastern United States === | === Migrants from the Eastern United States === | ||
In his well researched article "The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West" (1943), John D. Barnhart concluded that because of better road access, the largest percentage of East Tennessee pioneers had come to the area from Virginia. This, he believes changed over time. To reach this conclusion, he did a statistical analysis of the origins of Tennessee Constitution delegates and places of enlistment for Revolutionary War pensioners. | In his well researched article "The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West" (1943), John D. Barnhart concluded that because of better road access, the largest percentage of East Tennessee pioneers had come to the area from Virginia. This, he believes changed over time. To reach this conclusion, he did a statistical analysis of the origins of Tennessee Constitution delegates and places of enlistment for Revolutionary War pensioners. | ||
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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]. | ||
*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. | ||