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==How to Find the Records== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
West Virginia, being entirely inland, has no seaports. Immigrants would have initially arrived at a port on the coast. To search those records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] | West Virginia, being entirely inland, has no seaports. Immigrants would have initially arrived at a port on the coast. To search those records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an important port of entry to West Virginia, but the major port between 1870 and 1915 was New York, where thousands of European immigrants boarded labor trains headed for the coal fields. | ||
===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_west+virginia-usa_51&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry; index only ($); includes those with Destination of West Virginia; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.West%2F3Virginia+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) | *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_west+virginia-usa_51&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry; index only ($); includes those with Destination of West Virginia; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.West%2F3Virginia+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) | ||