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Runaway advertisements for colonial indentured servants often yield immigration data. [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements] indexes these records (for both white indentured servants and black slaves). These records can also be found in the digitized [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette 1736-1780''], available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website.  
Runaway advertisements for colonial indentured servants often yield immigration data. [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements] indexes these records (for both white indentured servants and black slaves). These records can also be found in the digitized [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette 1736-1780''], available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website.  


Murphy's research guide to tracing the English origins of Colonial Virginia '''indentured servants''' is available online: [http://www.pricegen.com/learningcenter/overseas-origins/ "Origins of Colonial Chesapeake Indentured Servants: American and English Sources,"] ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 93, No. 1 (Mar. 2005):5-24.  
Murphy's research guide to tracing the English origins of Colonial Virginia '''indentured servants''' is available online: [http://www.pricegen.com/learningcenter/overseas-origins/ "Origins of Colonial Chesapeake Indentured Servants: American and English Sources,"] ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 93, No. 1 (Mar. 2005):5-24.
 
Two excellent websites, containing tens of thousands of indentured servants are:
 
#[http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database] 20,000+ colonial immigrants, primary focus: Chesapeake Bay colonies (Virginia and Maryland)
#[http://www.virtualjamestown.org Virtual Jamestown] Indentured servant registers from colonial period, which identify English indentured servants shipped to America
 
The English port of Whitehaven, in northwest England, had extensive trade dealings with Virginia and Maryland during the colonial period. For an excellent study of this trade and the families involved, see:<br>
 
*Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth and Daniel Hay. ''Whitehaven to Washington''. Copeland, England, 1974. {{FHL|258446|item|disp=FHL Book 975 H2d}}.<br>


==== Scottish and Irish Immigrants  ====
==== Scottish and Irish Immigrants  ====
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