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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_kentucky-usa_20&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=_kentucky-usa_20&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Kentucky; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Kentucky+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) | ||
*'''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.Kentucky+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at | *'''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.Kentucky+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Kentucky | ||
*'''1850-1895''' {{FSC|189760|item|disp=Marriage, Birth and Death Records of Families with Proved Lineages of American Revolution Ancestors: Who Emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky and From There to Texas, 1850–1895}}, e-book. This indicates the name of the Revolutionary ancestor and his or her date of birth, marriage, or death. | |||
====Cultural Groups==== | ====Cultural Groups==== | ||
*'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Kentucky+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/49091/ British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812], e-book | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Kentucky+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at | *'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Kentucky+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Kentucky | ||
*[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.Kentucky+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.Kentucky+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Kentucky | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Kentucky+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Kentucky+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Kentucky | ||
*[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.Kentucky+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Kentucky | |||
==== Passport Records Online ==== | ==== Passport Records Online ==== | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch — index & images - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | |||
*'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($) | |||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Pre-statehood settlers of Kentucky were mostly of [[England|English]], [[Germany|German]] | *Pre-statehood settlers of Kentucky were mostly of [[England|English]], [[Germany|German]] and [[Northern Ireland|Ulster Scots]] descent who migrated from the Atlantic seaboard states. | ||
*Immigrants from [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]] and southwestern [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] came by way of the Cumberland Gap and over the [[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Road]]. Immigrants from [[Maryland, United States Genealogy|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] came on flatboats and rafts down the Ohio River from [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. | *Immigrants from [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]] and southwestern [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] came by way of the Cumberland Gap and over the [[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Road]]. Immigrants from [[Maryland, United States Genealogy|Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]] came on flatboats and rafts down the Ohio River from [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. | ||
*Other early immigrants included small groups of [[France|'''French''']], [[Switzerland|'''Swiss''']], and [[Wales|'''Welsh''']]. | *Other early immigrants included small groups of [[France|'''French''']], [[Switzerland|'''Swiss''']], and [[Wales|'''Welsh''']]. | ||
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*1820 statistics vary slightly: English (57%), Scots-Irish or Scots (18%), Welsh (9%), Irish (8%), German (6%), French (2%), Dutch (1%), and Swedish (0.2%).<ref name="purvis">Thomas L. Purvis, "The Ethnic Descent of Kentucky's Early Population: A Statistical Investigation of European and American Source of Immigration, 1790-1820," ''Register of The Kentucky Historical Society,'' Vol. 80 (1982):263.</ref> | *1820 statistics vary slightly: English (57%), Scots-Irish or Scots (18%), Welsh (9%), Irish (8%), German (6%), French (2%), Dutch (1%), and Swedish (0.2%).<ref name="purvis">Thomas L. Purvis, "The Ethnic Descent of Kentucky's Early Population: A Statistical Investigation of European and American Source of Immigration, 1790-1820," ''Register of The Kentucky Historical Society,'' Vol. 80 (1982):263.</ref> | ||
*There was a large [[Kentucky African Americans|'''African American''']] population in Kentucky prior to the Civil War. The coal boom of the early 1900s brought additional African Americans and new immigrants from Europe to work in the Cumberland Plateau area. | *There was a large [[Kentucky African Americans|'''African American''']] population in Kentucky prior to the Civil War. The coal boom of the early 1900s brought additional African Americans and new immigrants from Europe to work in the Cumberland Plateau area. | ||
*Land speculator John Filson's early history, which "portrayed Kentucky as a natural paradise, | *Land speculator John Filson's early history, which "portrayed Kentucky as a natural paradise, where peace, plenty, and security reigned," and contained a narrative of Daniel Boone, became very popular.<ref name="null">Much of his motivation, no doubt, was to attract settlers to purchase his unoccupied land grants. [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/3/ "The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke (1784) ..."], Digital Commons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln.</ref> Filson influenced many of our ancestors to venture out to this newly opening area of settlement: <ref>Filson, John. ''The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke: and an Essay Towards the Topography and Natural History of that Important Country: to which is Added, an Appendix, Containing, I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, One of the First Settlers, Comprehending Every Important Occurrence in the Political History of that Province. II. The Minutes of the Piankashaw Council, Held at Post St. Vincents, April 15, 1784. III. An Account of the Indian Nations Inhabiting within the Limits of the Thirteen United States ... IV. The Stages and Distances between Philadelphia and the Falls of the Ohio; from Pittsburg to Pensacola and Several Other Places. The Whole Illustrated by a New and Accurate Map of Kentucke and the Country Adjoining, Drawn from Actual Surveys.'' Wilmington, Del.: Printed by James Adams, 1784. Digital version at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/3/ University of Nebraska Lincoln Digital Commons]. Users may also download a free color map of Kentucky created in 1784 at this site. 1793 edition at [https://www.archive.org/details/discoverysettlem00infils Internet Archive].</ref> | ||
==Immigration Records== | ==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 [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | '''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 [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] Again, Kentucky has no seaports. Most foreign-born immigrants who came to Kentucky arrived at the ports of New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports. To search those records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] | ||
===What can I find in them?=== | ===What can I find in them?=== | ||
====[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration #Online Resources|Information in Passenger Lists]]==== | ====[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration #Online Resources|Information in Passenger Lists]]==== | ||
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*Birthplace | *Birthplace | ||
*Birth date | *Birth date | ||
*Naturalization | *Naturalization information | ||
*Arrival information, if foreign born | *Arrival information, if foreign born | ||
==In-country Migration== | ==In-country Migration== | ||
===Kentucky Migration Routes=== | |||
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<li>[[Cumberland River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Green River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Kentucky River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Licking River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Mississippi River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Ohio River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Tennessee River]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Louisville and Portland Canal]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Buffalo Trace]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Catawba Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Cumberland and Great Lake Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Cumberland and Ohio Falls Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Great Valley Road]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Kentucky Road]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Maysville Turnpike]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Nashville-Saline River Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Russellville-Shawneetown Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Tennessee, Ohio and Great Lakes Trail]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Warriors Path]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Wilderness Road]]</li> | |||
<li>[https://www.touring-ohio.com/history/zane-trace.html Zane's Trace]</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
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=== Westward Migrants === | === Westward Migrants === | ||
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| bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''State''' | | bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''State''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Persons Born in | | bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Persons Born in Kentucky''' | ||
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==For Further Reading== | |||
The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog: | |||
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*{{FSC|United States, Kentucky - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1594216402|disp= United States, Kentucky - Emigration and immigration}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Kentucky - Minorities|subject|subject-id=927491611|disp= United States, Kentucky - Minorities}} | |||
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== References | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Kentucky, United States]] | [[Category:Kentucky, United States]] | ||
[[Category:United States Emigration and Immigration]] | [[Category:United States Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
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