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| ==== German Immigrants ==== | | ==== German Immigrants ==== |
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| The largest group of non-British persons in the colonial period were Rhineland Germans who were encouraged by Maryland officials to settle in the rich farm lands of western Maryland in the 1730s and 1740s. Many of these Germans came through [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. A few Dutch, Swedish, Huguenot, and Acadian refugee families also came to the colony. | | The largest group of non-British persons in the colonial period were Rhineland Germans who were encouraged by Maryland officials to settle in the rich farm lands of western Maryland in the 1730s and 1740s. Many of these Germans came through [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. A few Dutch, Swedish, Huguenot, and Acadian refugee families also came to the colony. |
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1029014?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Germans to America - series II: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports in the 1840s''.] Glazier, Ira A., ed. 7 vols. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2002 Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004.){{FHL|1029014|item|disp=FHL book 973 W2ger Ser. 2}} | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1029014?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Germans to America - series II: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports in the 1840s''.] Glazier, Ira A., ed. 7 vols. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2002 Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004.){{FHL|1029014|item|disp=FHL book 973 W2ger Ser. 2}} |
| *[https://www.worldcat.org/title/maryland-germans-a-history/oclc/479162 ''The Maryland Germans: A History.''] Cunz, Dieter. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1948.) {{FHL|187114|item|disp=FHL fiche 6048035; book 975.2 F2c.}} | | *[https://www.worldcat.org/title/maryland-germans-a-history/oclc/479162 ''The Maryland Germans: A History.''] Cunz, Dieter. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1948.) {{FHL|187114|item|disp=FHL fiche 6048035; book 975.2 F2c.}} |
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| === Baltimore Arrivals, 1820 to 1891 === | |
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| The following records can help you identify an ancestor who arrived in Baltimore City, Maryland between 1820 and 1891.
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| '''Passenger Lists'''
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| *1820 - 1948 {{RecordSearch|2018318|Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch]— index and images<br>
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| *{{FHL|2018318|subject_id|disp=Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948}} Browsable images online in FamilySearch Historical Records.
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| *Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1948; quarterly abstracts of passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore, 1820-1869. Customs passenger lists beginning in January 1820. Most early customs passenger lists were reportedly destroyed by a fire.
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| :*Ancestry has these records indexed and calls the collection [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8679&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948].
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| *The Family History Library has the following records in one collection of 165 films {{FHL|65295|item|disp=FHL film 417383}}
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| :*Surviving U.S. Customs passenger lists from 1 January 1840 to 28 December 1891.
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| :*Baltimore City lists for 4 September 1833 to 13 June 1866 (with some gaps). During these years, ship masters were required to submit copies of their passenger lists to the mayor of Baltimore. These city lists partially replace the missing original lists.
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| :*Quarterly Abstracts for 1820-1869 with several gaps (see below).
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| :*Cargo manifests from 2 September 1820 to 30 March 1821 and 19 August 1832.
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| '''Indexes to customs passenger lists, 1820 to 1897'''
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| *A soundex card index to the U.S. Customs passenger lists indexes the federal lists for 1820 to 1897. {{FHL|74109|item|disp=FHL films 417212-382}}
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| *A separate soundex card index includes the individuals appearing in the city lists from 1833 to 1866 {{FHL|291611|item|disp=FHL films 821565-86}} Both indexes have the same format and give all information found on the original lists except the name of the ship master and the port of embarkation.
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| *[http://www.stevemorse.org/ One Step Webpages by Stephen Morse] Links to free and $ online passenger lists
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| '''Quarterly abstracts of Baltimore City passenger lists'''
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| *{{FHL|65295|item|disp=FHL films 1376177-82}} Beginning in 1820, U.S. Customs collectors were required to send quarterly copies of the customs lists to the U.S. Secretary of State who published transcripts for Congress.
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| :Use the abstracts when the original list is missing. These quarterly abstracts or copies give the quarter-year of an individual's arrival and sometimes the port of embarkation. Passengers' given names are usually shortened to the initial letter, but otherwise the information is the same as that found in the original lists. The abstracts also have many gaps, and some years are missing. The Family History Library has the abstracts for the following years:
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| :::• January 1820 to December 1845
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| :::• July 1848 to September 1850
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| :::• March 1857 to June 1869
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| '''Indexes to the quarterly abstracts'''
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| *1820-1834. ''Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834: From Customs Passenger Lists'', ed. by Bentley, Elizabeth P., and Michael H. Tepper. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.) {{FHL|290278|item|disp=FHL book 975.26 W3p}} This also indexes the few city lists, cargo manifests, and state department transcripts for this period.
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| *1820-1874. United States. Bureau of Customs. ''A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York) 1820-1874''. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960.) {{FHL|67478|item|disp=FHL films 418161-348}} This indexes the Baltimore City abstracts through June 1869 and the existing Annapolis and Havre de Grace lists (see the paragraph labelled "Other Ports").
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| === Baltimore Arrivals, 1892-1952 ===
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| The National Archives has the immigration passenger lists and indexes of Baltimore City since 1892. FamilySearch has the following:
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| *{{FHL|2018318|subject_id|disp=Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948}} Browsable images online in FamilySearch Historical Records.
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| *Lists for 1892 to 1948. {{FHL|65295|item|disp=FHL film 830467}}
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| :*Ancestry has these records indexed and calls the collection [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8679&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948].
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| *Soundex card index for 1897 to 1952. {{FHL|291580|item|disp=FHL film 1373824 (first of 43)}}
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| :• The National Archives also has four volumes of lists of passengers who died on board ship from 1867 to 1914.
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| *Baltimore was served by the North German Lloyd shipping line from Bremen. If you know the name of the steamship that your ancestor arrived on, you can obtain the date of arrival for the years 1904 to 1926 from:
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| :*Morton Allan ''Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals. 1931''. Reprint. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.) [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/265922-redirection FHL fiche 6046854; book 973 U3m 1980}] 1931 edition
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| '''1870s and 1880s'''
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| In the 1870s and 1880s virtually all immigrants were of German origin. In the post-1880 wave of immigration, large numbers of Germans continued to come to Maryland. They were joined by Poles, Bohemians, Lithuanians, Greeks, Jews (from Germany, Poland, and Russia), Czechs, Italians, and the Irish. | | In the 1870s and 1880s virtually all immigrants were of German origin. In the post-1880 wave of immigration, large numbers of Germans continued to come to Maryland. They were joined by Poles, Bohemians, Lithuanians, Greeks, Jews (from Germany, Poland, and Russia), Czechs, Italians, and the Irish. |
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| '''Finding Histories of Ethnic Groups'''
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| Histories of ethnic groups are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under MARYLAND - MINORITIES.
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| === Westward Migrants === | | === Westward Migrants === |
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