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== | ==Resources== | ||
===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_mississippi-usa_27&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry | *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_mississippi-usa_27&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Mississippi; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) | ||
*'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at | *'''1820-1870''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10373/atlantic-gulf-ports-passenger-list-card-index-1820-1870?s=275764761 Atlantic and Gulf Ports, Passenger List Card Index, 1820-1870] at MyHeritage - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1903-1935:''' {{RecordSearch|2822776|Mississippi, Admitted Alien Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Pascagoula, Mississippi, July 1903 - May 1935}} at FamilySearch - [[Mississippi, Admitted Alien Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Pascagoula, Mississippi, July 1903 - May 1935 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images | *'''1849-1862''' [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE65127&vid=FHD&vid=FHD Passports and ship passengers 1849-1862 : Mobile, Alabama]. Index. | ||
*'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Mississippi | |||
*'''1903-1935:''' {{RecordSearch|2822776|Mississippi, Admitted Alien Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Pascagoula, Mississippi, July 1903 - May 1935}} at FamilySearch - [[Mississippi, Admitted Alien Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Pascagoula, Mississippi, July 1903 - May 1935 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | |||
*'''1904-1954''' {{FSC|291590|item|disp=Index to passengers arriving at Gulfport, Aug 27, 1904 - Aug 28, 1954, and at Pascagoula, Mississippi, July 15, 1903 - May 21, 1935}} - FamilySearch, index & images. | |||
*'''1904-1962''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9119 Alabama, Passenger Lists, 1904-1962], at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/225594-redirection Four Centuries on the Pascagoula] e-book | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/225594-redirection Four Centuries on the Pascagoula] e-book | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1gEPDH-Y5EEmL_78yhM2a4zc81C6_yVU&ll=2.0214455198272887%2C156.72834639000985&z=3 World Passenger Lists Map] | |||
====Cultural Groups==== | ====Cultural Groups==== | ||
*'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at | *'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Mississippi | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at | *'''1767''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/514542-redirection The arrival of one hundred and fifty Acadians in 1767] | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Mississippi | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Mississippi | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Mississippi+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Mississippi | |||
==== Passport Records Online ==== | ==== Passport Records Online ==== | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($) | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
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*Libraries with large genealogical collections, such as the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah'''] and the [https://acpl-cms.wise.oclc.org/genealogy '''Allen County Piblic Library'''] also have selected NARA microfilm publications. | *Libraries with large genealogical collections, such as the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah'''] and the [https://acpl-cms.wise.oclc.org/genealogy '''Allen County Piblic Library'''] also have selected NARA microfilm publications. | ||
:*Order copies of passenger arrival records with [https://www.archives.gov/files/forms/pdf/natf-81.pdf '''NATF Form 81'''.] | :*Order copies of passenger arrival records with [https://www.archives.gov/files/forms/pdf/natf-81.pdf '''NATF Form 81'''.] | ||
=====Ports in NARA Records==== | =====Mississippi Ports in NARA Records===== | ||
====U.S. Citizenship and and Immigration Services Genealogy Program==== | ====U.S. Citizenship and and Immigration Services Genealogy Program==== | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*The earliest European settlers came by ship to the Gulf Coast. | *The earliest European settlers came by ship to the Gulf Coast. | ||
*Most pre-statehood settlers of [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] came from the '''older Southern states along the Atlantic seaboard'''. Most of them came overland via the Natchez Trace, which ran from Memphis, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi. Others came from Athens, Georgia and traveled westward through the Tombigbee River settlements of Alabama. | *Most pre-statehood settlers of [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] came from the '''older Southern states along the Atlantic seaboard'''. Most of them came overland via the Natchez Trace, which ran from Memphis, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi. Others came from Athens, Georgia and traveled westward through the Tombigbee River settlements of Alabama. | ||
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*Most of the settlers, however, were of '''Ulster Scottish, English, and northern European ancestry'''. | *Most of the settlers, however, were of '''Ulster Scottish, English, and northern European ancestry'''. | ||
*Blacks outnumbered whites in Mississippi from the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth. | *Blacks outnumbered whites in Mississippi from the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth. | ||
==Immigration Records== | |||
'''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another. Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Mississippi Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | |||
===What can I find in them?=== | |||
====[[Mississippi Emigration and Immigration #Online Resources|Information in Passenger Lists]]==== | |||
*'''Before 1820''' - Passenger lists before 1820 included '''name, departure information and arrival details'''. The names of wives and children were often not included. | |||
*'''1820-1891''' - Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for '''each immigrant’s name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin''', but not the city or town of origin. | |||
*'''1891-1954''' - Information given on passenger lists from 1891 to 1954 included: | |||
**name, age, sex, | |||
**nationality, occupation, marital status, | |||
**last residence, final destination in the U.S., | |||
**whether they had been to the U.S. before (and if so, when, where and how long), | |||
**if joining a relative, who this person was, where they lived, and their relationship, | |||
**whether able to read and write, | |||
**whether in possession of a train ticket to their final destination, who paid for the passage, | |||
**amount of money the immigrant had in their possession, | |||
**whether the passenger had ever been in prison, a poorhouse, or in an institution for the insane, | |||
**whether the passenger was a polygamist, | |||
**and immigrant's state of health. | |||
*'''1906--''' - In 1906, the '''physical description and place of birth''' were included, and a year later, the '''name and address of the passenger’s closest living relative in the country of origin''' was included. | |||
====[[Mississippi Emigration and Immigration#Passport Records Online|Information in Passports]] ==== | |||
Over the years, passports and passport applications contained different amounts of information about the passport applicant. The first passports that are available begin in 1795. These usually contained the individual's name, description of individual, and age. More information was required on later passport applications, such as: | |||
*Birthplace | |||
*Birth date | |||
*Naturalization information | |||
*Arrival information, if foreign born | |||
==In-country Migration== | |||
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<ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-right:5px;"> | |||
<li>[[Mississippi River]]</li> | |||
<li>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazoo_River Yazoo River]</li> | |||
<li>[[Alabama, Choctaw and Natchez Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Choctaw-Bay St. Louis Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Federal Horse Path]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Gaine's Trace]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Jackson's Military Road]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Lake Ponchartrain Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Lower Creek Trading Path]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Memphis, Pontotoc and Mobile Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Mobile and Natchez Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Natchez-Lower Creeks Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Natchez-New Orleans Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Natchez Trace]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Natchez Trace|Chickasaw Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Tombigbee and Arkansas River Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[West Tennessee Chickasaw Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Illinois Central Railroad]]</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
|} | |||
==For Further Reading== | |||
The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Mississippi - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1370674685|disp=United States, Mississippi - Emigration and immigration}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Mississippi - Emigration and immigration - Indexes|subject|subject-id=1569266160|disp=United States, Mississippi - Emigration and immigration - Indexes}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Mississippi - Minorities|subject|subject-id=668227088|disp=United States, Mississippi - Minorities}} | |||
== References == | == References == | ||