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[[Atlantic Coast Ports]]{{·}} [[Chesapeake Bay]]{{·}} [[James River]]{{·}} [[Potomac River]]{{·}} [[Rappahannock River]]{{·}} [[York River]]{{·}} [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]]{{·}} [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad]]{{·}}[[National Road|Cumberland Road (or National Road)]]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road|Fall Line Road (or Southern Road)]]{{·}} [[Great Indian Warpath]]{{·}} [[Great Trading Path]]{{·}} [[Great Valley Road]]{{·}} [[Kanawha Trail]]{{·}} [[King's Highway]]{{·}} [[National Road|National Road (or Cumberland Road)]]{{·}} [[New River and Southern Trail]]{{·}} [[Occaneechi Path]]{{·}} [[Old Cherokee Path]]{{·}} [[Old Northwestern Turnpike]]{{·}} [[Pamunkey-New River Trail]]{{·}} [[Pioneer Road]]{{·}} [[Richmond Road]]{{·}} [[Richmond-Williamsburg Road]]{{·}} [[Saura-Saponi Trail]]{{·}} [[Secondary Coast Road]]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road|Fall Line Road (or (Fall LIne Road)]]{{·}} [[Upper Road]]{{·}} [[Wilderness Road]]{{·}} [[Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail]]
==Published Sources==
=== Colonial Records  ===
Very few passenger lists exist for immigrants entering colonial Virginia. There are quite a few sources, however, that include immigration information. Most records have been published. The place to start is P. William Filby, ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' (available online at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486 Ancestry] ($)). Available library copies can be located through [http://www.worldcat.org/title/passenger-and-immigration-lists-index-a-guide-to-published-arrival-records-of-about-500000-passengers-who-came-to-the-united-states-and-canada-in-the-seventeenth-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries/oclc/7385897&referer=brief_results WorldCat]. See also [http://www.worldcat.org/title/passenger-and-immigration-lists-index-supplement/oclc/9228872&referer=brief_results ''Passenger and immigration lists index. Supplement''].
The major port in Virginia from the late eighteenth century forward was [[Norfolk County, Virginia#Immigration|Norfolk]], but many settlers arrived at [[Baltimore, Maryland Genealogy#Immigration|Baltimore]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania#Immigration|Philadelphia]], or other ports and then migrated to Virginia. In the eighteenth century, ships selling indentured servants and transported convicts often docked at ports along the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers.
It is often quite a challenge to determine whether or not a Colonial Virginian was an immigrant. Headright grants identify a certain percentage (particularly before 1720; at least three-fourths of the names of new settlers in the 1600s are found in these land contracts<ref>Thomas, Robert E. ''The Thomas Family in 300 Years of American History''. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982. Print.</ref>), but require special attention to correctly interpret.<ref>Edmund S. Morgan, "Headrights and Head Counts: A Review Article," ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 80, No. 3 (Jul. 1972):361-371. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4247736 JSTOR] ($); Richard Slatten, "Interpreting Headrights in Colonial-Virginia Patents: Uses and Abuses," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 75 (1987):169-179. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society website] ($); {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 75 (1987)}}; James W. Petty, "Seventeenth Century Virginia County Court Headright Certificates," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):3-22; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):112-122. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg}}; Noel Currer-Briggs, "Headrights and Pitfalls," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 23 (Jan. 1979):45-46. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/ American Ancestors] ($); Charles E. Drake, "Virginia Headrights: Genealogical Content and Usage," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):50-52. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($); {{FHL|478773|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vs}}.</ref> Colonial sources describing individuals as indentured or convict servants further develop a list. Military records kept about soldiers in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War (particularly pensions) identify additional immigrants.
McCartney completed a 20-year scholarly study of all persons known to have resided in Colonial Virginia between 1607 and 1634. She published the results in 2007 to celebrate Virginia's 400th anniversary:
*McCartney, Martha W. ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary.'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|1384461|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 D36m}}.
The families of early settlers who left descendants are charted in:
*Dorman, John Frederick. ''Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5.'' 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. {{FHL|1149556|item|disp=FHL Books 975.5 H2j v. 1 - v. 3}}.
Other studies establishing the identities of early Virginia immigrants include:
*''The Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginia, 1607- 1660'' lists many immigrants. See [[Virginia Biography]].
*Greer, George Cabell. ''Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666''. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=xDISAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [http://www.evmedia.com/virginia/ evmedia website].
*Standard, W.G. ''Some Emigrants to Virginia: Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia During the Colonial Period Whose Parentage is Shown or Former Residence Indicated by Authentic Records''. Richmond, Va.: The Bell Book & Stationery Company, 1911. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48413 Ancestry] ($), [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/185214-some-emigrants-to-virginia-memoranda-in-regard-to-several-hundred-emigrants-to-virginia-during-the-colonial-period-whose-parentage-is-shown-or-former-residence-indicated-by-authentic-records?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://books.google.com/books?id=TCASAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [http://www.archive.org/details/someemigrantstov00stan Internet Archive]. Free online surname index and purchase details for 2005 reprint at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0691w.html Mountain Press] website.
Headright grants document the importation of settlers into the colony. "Although it was possible to secure land on the headright system throughout the whole of the colonial period in Virginia, after about 1720 few of the land patents were issued on this basis."<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Cavaliers and Pioneers,''" in ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1980):221. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 24 (1980)}}</ref> They are kept at the [[Library of Virginia]]. They have been abstracted and digitized:
*Nugent, Nell M. et al. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants'' (1623-1782). 8 vols. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934-200. {{FHL|160644|item|disp=FHL Books 975.5 R2n v. 1-v. 8}}. Volume 1 (1623-1666) is available on [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48408 Ancestry] ($) and [http://archive.org/details/cavalierspioneer00nuge Internet Archive] - free.<br>
Once the patentee's name is known it is possible to retrieve digital images of the original land office patents on the website of the [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]], see: [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/5RRY7GYMGHQCI2LPGPHUFPID9I4VN1AN7QEHE8D54REKQ8RVC9-45281?func=find-m&find_code=WRD&request=&adjacent=N&find_base=CLAS30&btnSubmit=&filter_code_2=WYR&filter_request_2=&filter_code_3=WYR&filter_request_3=&filter_code_4=WFM&filter_request_4=&filter_code_5=WSL&filter_request_5= Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants].
{{Main|Virginia Land and Property}}
The Virginia Colonial Records Project at the [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]] can help Americans trace their European immigrant origins. Scholars visited United Kingdom and other European archives searching for references to colonial-era Virginians. Their 14,704 records survey reports contain half a million names of persons and ships which are searchable at the Library's web site. They also microfilmed about two-thirds of the records they located. The 963 reels of microfilm are held at the Library of Virginia and are available for interlibrary loan. The Library's [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/vcrpabout.htm About the Virginia Colonial Records Project] provides more information. See also: *Riley, Edward M. "The Virginia Colonial Records Project," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 1963):81-89. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 51}}.
=== Virginians in English archives ===
Waters and Withington, like the Virginia Colonial Records Project scholars, sought out references to Virginians in English archives:
*Waters, Henry F. ''Genealogical Gleanings in England.'' Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1885-1889. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalgle02socigoog Vol. 1 (1st Part)] | [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalgle01socigoog Vol. 1 (2nd Part)] | [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalgle00socigoog Vol. 1 (3rd Part)]. 1901 edition; also at Internet Archive: [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalglea01byuwate Vol. 1] | [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalglea02byuwate Vol. 2] - all free.
*Withington, Lothrop. ''Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-Century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians. ''{{FHL|975.5 P28w}}
Withington's work, along with his successors Leo Culleton and Reginald M. Glencross, was originally published as a serial article in ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'' between 1902 and 1948. Nearly the entire set (through 1922) is available online for free at JSTOR:
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | <center>'''Virginia Gleanings in England''' by Withington</center>
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242536 Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jan. 1902)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242929 Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jul. 1908)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243319 Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan. 1914)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243751 Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan. 1920)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242556 Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr. 1903)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242945 Vol. 16, No. 2 (Oct. 1908)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243342 Vol. 22, No. 2 (Apr. 1914)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243764 Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr. 1920)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242575 Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jul. 1903)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242962 Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan. 1909)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243363 Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul. 1914)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243774 Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul. 1920)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242591 Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct. 1903)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242977 Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr. 1909)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243386 Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct. 1914)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243787 Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct. 1920)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242619 Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1904)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242978 Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr. 1909) Addenda]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243405 Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan. 1915)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243801 Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan. 1921)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242631 Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1904)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242995 Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul. 1909)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243432 Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1915)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243830 Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul. 1921)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242654 Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul. 1904)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243018 Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct. 1909)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243451 Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul. 1915)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243844 Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct. 1921)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242667 Vol. 12, No. 2 (Oct. 1904)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243036 Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. 1910)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243470 Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1915)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243862 Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan. 1922)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242688 Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1905)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243053 Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr. 1910)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243489 Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan. 1916)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243882 Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul. 1922)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242706 Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1905)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243057 Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr. 1910) Errata]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243512 Vol. 24, No. 2 (Apr. 1916)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243894 Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct. 1922)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242725 Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jul. 1905)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243074 Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul. 1910)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243550 Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct. 1916)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243918 Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr. 1923)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242737 Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct. 1905)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243091 Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct. 1910)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243571 Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan. 1917)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243928 Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul. 1923)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242748 Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1906)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243130 Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr. 1911)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243592 Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr. 1917)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243940 Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct. 1923)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242765 Vol. 13, No. 4 (Apr. 1906)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243143 Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul. 1911)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243608 Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul. 1917)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243966 Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr. 1924)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242783 Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jul. 1906)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243162 Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct. 1911)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243629 Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct. 1917)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243978 Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul. 1924)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242799 Vol. 14, No. 2 (Oct. 1906)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243180 Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan. 1912)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243643 Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan. 1918)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243989 Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1924)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242814 Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jan. 1907)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243666 Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr. 1918)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4244108 Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct. 1926)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242836 Vol. 14, No. 4 (Apr. 1907)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243681 Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul. 1918)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4244246 Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan. 1929)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242850 Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jul. 1907)]
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243720 Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr. 1919)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245521 Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan. 1948)] ($)
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| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242911 Vol. 15, No. 4 (Apr. 1908)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243301 Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct. 1913)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243731 Vol. 27, No. 3/4 (Jul.-Oct. 1919)]
| [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245564 Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul. 1948)] ($)
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Withington also located a list of people arriving in England who had been in Virginia in the years [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918732 1655] and [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915349 1656].<ref>Lothrop Withington, "Arrivals from Virginia in 1655," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jan. 1912):186-187; Lothrop Withington, "Arrivals from Virginia in 1656," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 21, No. 4 (Apr. 1913):258-262. Digitized by JSTOR - free.</ref>
Records of ethnic groups, including Huguenots, Mennonites, Scots, Germans, and blacks, are listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under the subject heading VIRGINIA - MINORITIES.
Nugent identifies about 5,000 of the earliest immigrants to Virginia:
*Nugent, Nell M. ''Early Settlers of Virginia. ''Baltimore:&nbsp; Genealogical Publishing Company 1969 (lists&nbsp;pre-1616 settlers)
==== English Immigrants  ====
In lieu of colonial passenger lists regarding early settlers of Virginia, genealogists must rely on evidence gleaned from a variety of sources to successfully trace immigrant origins.
Scholarly articles published in ''The American Genealogist'', the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', and ''The Virginia Genealogist'' illustrate strategies that will help Americans trace their colonial Virginia immigrant origins.
The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Virginia. For access, see&nbsp;[[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Online archive catalogs, such as [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ Access to Archives], can be keyword searched for place names, such as "Virginia" to retrieve manuscripts stored in hundreds of English archives relating to persons and landholdings&nbsp;in this former English colony. These types of records establish links between Virginia residents and England, which can lead researchers back to their specific ancestral English towns, villages, and hamlets.
The multi-volume ''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial, America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see discussion in&nbsp;[[Virginia Public Records|Virginia Public Records]]), highlights many connections between England and Virginia.
A standard work on early Virginia immigrants, which includes some passenger lists, is now also widely available on the Internet:
*Hotten, John Camden. ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, with Their Ages, the Localities Where They Formerly Lived in the Mother Country, the Names of the Ships in which They Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars; from MSS. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England''. London: the author, 1874. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2065 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=B414AAAAMAAJ Google Books]&nbsp;and [http://www.archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft Internet Archive]; 1983 reprint: {{FHL|1055287|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2hot 1983}}.
Sherwood published additional references not found in Hotten's work:
*Sherwood, George. ''American Colonists in English Records.'' 1932.
Brandow also published an addendum to Hotten's work:
*Brandow, James C. ''Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49280 Ancestry] ($).
[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Peter Wilson Coldham]] has published several volumes of English records that identify hundreds of thousands, among other American immigrants, those destined for Virginia. Many English indentured servants completed labor terms in Virginia. Coldham's works are indexed in Filby's ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s'' (digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486 Ancestry] ($)).
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''British Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1788''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2004. {{FHL|1210004|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 2150}}. Includes numerous Virginia immigrants. May show British hometown, emigration date, ship, destination, and text of the document abstract.
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988. {{FHL|658375|item|disp=FHL Book 942.41/B2 W2c}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49090 Ancestry] ($); [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/PubForums.htm Chronicle Barbados]&nbsp;(Barbados entries only); [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown].
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1776''. n.p.: Brøderbund, 1996. {{FHL|773852|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 350}}; digital version of select portions at [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown].
For English passenger lists, 1773 to 1776, which include emigrants destined for Virginia, see:
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham,&nbsp;Peter Wilson]]. ''Emigrants from England to the American Colonies, 1773-1776''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing co., 1988. {{FHL|313545|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 973 W3c}}.
For London children apprenticed to Virginia colonists, see:
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. Christ's Hospital.
*Hume, Robert. ''Early child immigrants to Virginia, 1618-1642&nbsp;: copied from the records of Bridewell Royal Hospital.'' Baltimore, Md.: Magna Carta Book Company, 1986. {{FHL|477424|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 W2h}}
{{Main|Virginia Church Records#Clergy|Virginia Church Records}}
English officials kept records of payments made for the transportation of Anglican ministers to America, see:
*Fothergill, Gerald. ''A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811''. London: E. Stock, 1904. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4760 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVgEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/listofemigrantmi00fothuoft Internet Archive], 1965 reprint: {{FHL|973 W2f 1965}}
Runaway advertisements for colonial indentured servants often yield immigration data. [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The&nbsp;Geography of Slavery&nbsp;in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements]&nbsp;indexes these records (for both white indentured servants and black slaves). These records can also be found in the&nbsp;digitized [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette&nbsp;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.
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>
==== African Immigrants  ====
{{Main|Virginia African Americans}}
The [http://www.slavevoyages.org/ Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database] Internet site contains references to 35,000 slave voyages, including over 67,000 Africans aboard slave ships, using name, age, gender, origin, and place of embarkation. The database documents the slave trade between Africa, Europe, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States.
==== Scottish and Irish Immigrants  ====
Many Scottish merchants established stores where British goods were imported in eighteenth-century Virginia.
Scots-Irish settlement was particularly concentrated in the Shenandoah Valley during the eighteenth-century in places such as [[Augusta County, Virginia]].
David Dobson has dedicated many&nbsp;years to establishing links between Scots and their dispersed Scottish cousins who settled throughout the world. For Virginia connections,&nbsp;see publications by {{FHL|66144|author-id|disp=David Dobson}}.<br>
A helpful book about Scottish Highlanders in America is:
*MacLean, J.A.P. ''An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 Together with Notices of Highland Regiments and Biographical Sketches''. Cleveland, Ohio: The Helman-Taylor Company, 1900. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historicalaccoun00macluoft Internet Archive].
==== French Immigrants  ====
Huguenots came in 1700. Their settlement, in [[King William Parish, Virginia|King William Parish]], near Richmond on the James River, was known as Manakin Town.<ref>"Manakin Town: The French Huguenot Settlement in Virginia 1700-ca. 1750," ''National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox. Becoming American: The British Atlantic Colonies, 1690-1763,'' http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/growth/text4/frenchvirginia.pdf, accessed 23 June 2012.</ref> They and many of their descendants lived in [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland]], [[Cumberland County, Virginia|Cumberland]], and [[Powhatan County, Virginia|Powhatan]] counties.
==== German Immigrants  ====
A group of Germans created a settlement called Germanna in early eighteenth-century Virginia. Several books have been published about the history and genealogy of these families, such as:<br>
*Memorial Foundation of Germanna Colonies in Virginia. ''Germanna Heritage Book''. Culpeper, Va.: by the society, 2000. {{FHL|1007396|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 975.5 D2gd no. 15}}.<br>
Herrmann Schuricht wrote a chapter titled "The first Germans in Virginia" in:<br>
*Lohr, Otto et al. ''The First Germans in America: With a Biographical Directory of New York Germans''. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1992. {{FHL|524630|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W2Lo}}.
Additional histories:
*Schuright, Herrmann. ''History of the German Element in Virginia''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: T. Kroh, 1898, 1900. Digital versions at Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=C1vNAAAAMAAJ Vol. 1]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=PVzNAAAAMAAJ Vol. 2]; 1977 reprint: {{FHL|491164|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 975.5 F2gs v. 1-2}}.
*Wust, Klaus. ''The Virginia Germans.'' Charlottesville, Va.: The University Press of Virginia, 1969.
[https://www.geni.com/projects/The-Palatine-Families-Project/735 The Palatine Project], sponsored by [http://www.progenealogists.com/ AncestryProGenealogists], includes annotated passenger lists for Germans entering Colonial Virginia.
'''[[Germanna Foundation]]''' maintains a visitor's center with genealogical library. They work to promote historic preservation as well as family history information and research.
=== Colonial Ships  ===
Though they do not include names of passengers, records kept by the Board of Trade and stored at [[England The National Archives|The National Archives]] (Kew, England), document ships' arrivals and departures from Virginia ports between 1698 and 1774. FamilySearch microfilmed these records. They are useful for learning about the history of ships entering the colony:
*Naval Office Shippings Lists for Virginia, 1698-1774 in the Public Record Office, London. {{FHL|301374|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Films 972825-972828}}.
For maritime court proceedings, see:
*Reese, George, ed. ''Proceedings of the Court of Vice-Admiralty of Virginia, 1698-1775.'' Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1983. {{FHL|478569|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 P2p}}.
Ports and eastern seaboard towns were divided into customs districts. In 1770, there were six:
Accomack District {{·}} James River Lower District {{·}} James River Upper District {{·}} South Potomac District {{·}} Rappahannock District {{·}} York River District<ref>Lester J. Cappon, Barbara Bartz Petchenik, and John H. Long, ''Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790'' (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976), Plate 40. {{FHL|90443|item|disp=FHL Book 973 E7ae}}.</ref>
Ships mentioned in the ''Virginia Gazette'' between 1736 and 1780 have been identified in the free online index produced by [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/VirginiaGazette/VGPPIndex.cfm?firstltr=S Colonial Williamsburg]. The index links to scanned newspaper images.
Information about ships can also be gleaned from colonial county court order books and [[Virginia Public Records#Calendar_of_State_Papers_Colonial.2C_America_and_West_Indies|English State Papers Colonial, American and West Indies]].
If you believe your ancestor served on the '''crew '''of an English vessel that docked in Virginia, Rediker's book ''Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750'' ({{FHL|630553|item|disp=FHL Book 942 U3re}})<ref>Marcus Rediker, ''Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987). {{FHL|630553|item|disp=FHL Book 942 U3re}}.</ref> provides an excellent description of what your ancestor's life at sea would have been like. Records about these people are stored in England at facilities such as the [[England The National Archives|British National Archives]]. Their website offers research guides, such as [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/merchant-seamen-registers-1835-1857.htm Merchant seamen serving up to 1857: further research].
If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL|487703|item|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL|487703|item|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref> Shomette also wrote a book titled ''Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807'' (1988) for those who believe they may have '''pirates''' in their family tree.
==== English Voyages  ====
British Naval Office Shipping Lists, 1678-1825, have been digitized by [http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/collection.php?cid=9781851173181&pid=&did=&cat=&sid=BOABRAW&date_option=equal British Online Archives] (site requires subscription).
''Lloyd's Register of Shipping'' identifies ships leaving England, their masters, ports of departure, and destinations. They survive as early as 1764 and are being put online at [http://www.lr.org/en/research-and-innovation/historical-information/lloyds-register-of-ships-online/ Lloyd's Register of Ships Online] - free.
[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Virginia ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''British Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1788.'' CD-ROM. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. {{FHL|1210004|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM CD-ROM no. 2150}}.
Many English ships that voyaged to Colonial Virginia are also mentioned in:
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''English Adventurers and Emigrants: Abstracts of Examinations in the High Court of Admiralty with Reference to Colonial America''. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984-. {{FHL|5169|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 942 P2cw v. 1 - v. 3}}
*[[Peter Wilson Coldham|Coldham, Peter Wilson]]. ''The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988. {{FHL|658375|item|disp=FHL Book 942.41/B2 W2c}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49090 Ancestry] ($); [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~brbwgw/PubForums.htm Chronicle Barbados]&nbsp;(free; Barbados entries only); [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown] (free).
Many ships that sailed from Bristol, England to Virginia are described in: ''Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807'' (4 vols.) {{FHL|504033|item|disp=FHL British Books 942.41/B2 B4b v. 38-39, 42, 47}}. All four volumes are available for free online at the [http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/bristolrecordsociety/publications.htm Bristol Record Society website].
'''Historic Jamestowne - National Park Service '''
*[https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/genealogical-research-for-a-jamestown-ancestor.htm Genealogical Research for a Jamestown Ancestor]
==== German Voyages  ====
Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include Virginia (1730s-1750s). She published the list in an Appendix to:
*Wokeck, Marianne S. ''Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America''. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. {{FHL|1023023|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 970 W2w}}.
==== Irish Voyages  ====
A list of Irish ships that made voyages to the English colonies in America is included in:
*Griffin, Patrick. ''The People With No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764.'' Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001.
==== Scottish Voyages  ====
Dr. [[David Dobson|David Dobson]] has compiled a detailed list of ships voyaging between Scotland and America. Volume 4 includes information gleaned from the ''Virginia Gazette'':
*[[David Dobson|Dobson, David]]. ''Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828''. 4 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Ships%20from%20Scotland%20to%20America,%201628-1828/1492.html Vol. 1]; [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Ships%20from%20Scotland%20to%20America,%201628-1828.%20Volume%20II/1468.html Vol. 2]; [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Ships%20from%20Scotland%20to%20America,%201628-1828.%20Volume%20III/1465.html Vol. 3]; [http://www.genealogical.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&item_number=9704 Vol. 4]. {{FHL|691567|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Books 973 W3d v. 1-v. 3}} FHL has Volumes 1 to 3.
=== 1783 to Present  ===
The Family History Library and the National Archives have many of the post-1820 passenger lists and indexes for Baltimore, Philadelphia, and other major ports. These are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under [STATE], [COUNTY], [CITY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.
The Family History Library and the National Archives also have incomplete passenger lists for the following ports.
*Alexandria, 1820-1865 {{FHL|830231}}
*East River, 1830 {{FHL|830232}}
*Hampton, 1820-1821 {{FHL|830234}}
*Norfolk and Portsmouth, 1820-1857 {{FHL|830236}}
*Petersburg, 1820-1821 {{FHL|830238}}
*Richmond, 1820-1844 {{FHL|830246}}
The above lists are included in ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts'' . . . (in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under UNITED STATES - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; {{FHL|830231}}-{{FHL|830246}}. These lists are indexed in ''Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports'' . . . (in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under UNITED STATES - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES; {{FHL|418161}}-{{FHL|418348}}
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of&nbsp;333 British aliens, many of&nbsp;whom had families,&nbsp;living in Virginia. Most British immigrants were settling in the capital, and in towns, and ports at that time. The numbers show that immigration from Great Britain to Virginia had decreased considerably from the high levels reached during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries:<ref name="null">Kenneth Scott, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/british-aliens-in-the-united-states-during-the-war-of-1812/oclc/5711802 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812]'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 320-333. {{FHL|78653|item|disp=FHL Book 973 W4s}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($).</ref>
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1"
|-
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''Place'''</center>
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''Aliens'''</center>
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''Place'''</center>
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''Aliens'''</center>
|-
| <center>Richmond</center>
| <center>105</center>
| <center>Fairfax, Alexandria</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Petersburg</center>
| <center>50</center>
| <center>Baltimore</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Norfolk, Boro</center>
| <center>36</center>
| <center>Bedford</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Rockbridge</center>
| <center>16</center>
| <center>Charles City</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>No place</center>
| <center>13</center>
| <center>Charlotte</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Campbell, Lynchburg</center>
| <center>11</center>
| <center>Cumberland</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg</center>
| <center>7</center>
| <center>Dinwiddie</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Wythe</center>
| <center>7</center>
| <center>Elizabeth City</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Culpeper</center>
| <center>6</center>
| <center>Fluvanna</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Fauquier</center>
| <center>6</center>
| <center>Grayson</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Henrico</center>
| <center>6</center>
| <center>Greenbrier</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Powhatan</center>
| <center>5</center>
| <center>Hanover</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Chesterfield, Manchester</center>
| <center>4</center>
| <center>Jefferson, Charles Town</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Stafford, Falmouth</center>
| <center>4</center>
| <center>Loudoun, Leesburg</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Botetourt</center>
| <center>3</center>
| <center>Louisa</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Chesterfield</center>
| <center>3</center>
| <center>Madison</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Norfolk County</center>
| <center>3</center>
| <center>Middlesex</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Botetourt, Fincastle</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Norfolk, Portsmouth</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Cumberland, Cartersville</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Northumberland</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Elizabeth City, Hampton</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Philadelphia [sic]</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Goochland</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Pittsylvania</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Harrison</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Prince George</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Kentucky, Lexington</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Prince William, Dumfries</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Lunenburg</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Southampton</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Princess Anne</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Spotsylvania</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Washington, Abingdon</center>
| <center>2</center>
| <center>Washington</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Accomack</center>
| <center>1</center>
| <center>Westmoreland</center>
| <center>1</center>
|-
| <center>Albemarle, Charlottesville</center>
| <center>1</center>
| <center>Wood</center>
| <center>1</center>
|}
Free native-born Virginians, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Virginians who had resettled and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref>
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="1"
|-
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''State'''</center>
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''Persons Born in Virginia'''</center>
| bgcolor="#cccccc" | <center>'''Percentage'''</center>
|-
| <center>Ohio</center>
| <center>85,762</center>
| <center>22%</center>
|-
| <center>Kentucky</center>
| <center>54,694</center>
| <center>14%</center>
|-
| <center>Tennessee</center>
| <center>46,631</center>
| <center>12%</center>
|-
| <center>Indiana</center>
| <center>41,819</center>
| <center>11%</center>
|-
| <center>Missouri</center>
| <center>40,777</center>
| <center>11%</center>
|-
| <center>Illinois</center>
| <center>24,697</center>
| <center>6%</center>
|-
| <center>Alabama</center>
| <center>10,387</center>
| <center>3%</center>
|-
| <center>Mississippi</center>
| <center>8,357</center>
| <center>2%</center>
|-
| <center>Georgia</center>
| <center>7,331</center>
| <center>2%</center>
|-
| <center>Texas</center>
| <center>3,580</center>
| <center>1%</center>
|-
| <center>Louisiana</center>
| <center>3,216</center>
| <center>1%</center>
|-
| <center>Other</center>
| <center>60,808</center>
| <center>16%</center>
|-
| <center>'''Total'''</center>
| <center>'''388,059'''</center>
| <center>'''101%'''</center>
|}
Many Virginians moved to [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] immediately after the American Revolution.<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Research in Georgia,"'' in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1981):147. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 25 (1981)}}</ref> Barlow published records identifying some of them:
*Barlow, Lundie W. "Some Virginia Settlers of Georgia, 1773-1798," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):19-27. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($).
What was it like to move from Virginia to [[Kentucky, United States Genealogy|Kentucky]] in the early 1800s? Daniel Trabue's journal makes a fascinating read:
*Young, Chester Raymond. ''Westward into Kentucky, The Narrative of Daniel Trabue''. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. {{FHL|57459|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 H2td}}.
What was it like to move from Virginia to [[Alabama, United States Genealogy|Alabama]] in the early 1800s? Owen's journal of his trip is available online at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n100/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.<ref>"John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," ''Publications of the Southern History Association,'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by [http://archive.org/stream/publicationssou02assogoog#page/n100/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref>
Dorothy Williams Potter in ''Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823'' ({{FHL|265121|item|disp=FHL Book 975 W4p}}) identifies some migrants from Virginia into territories that are now [[Alabama, United States Genealogy|Alabama]], [[Florida Genealogy|Florida]], [[Louisiana Genealogy|Louisiana]], [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]], and [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]].
Robertson compiled a list of Virginians in Kansas in 1860:<br>
*Robertson, Clara Hamlett. ''Kansas Territorial Settlers of 1860 Who were Born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina:&nbsp;A Compilation with Historical Annotations and Editorial Comment''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. {{FHL|978.1 H2ro}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806306971_clarahamlettrobertson1976 World Vital Records] ($).
British Mercantile Claims identify migrations made by many Virginians during the period 1775 to 1803. The folks listed owed debts to overseas British merchants at the opening of the Revolutionary War and after the War was over, the merchants came to collect their debts, only to find that many of these people had moved. Dorman published these records in ''The Virginia Genealogist'', beginning with Volume 6. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedFiles/American_Ancestors/Content/Databases/PDFs/VA_Genealogist/VA_GenealogistTOC6-10.pdf American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 6 (1962)}}.
Dr. Koontz wrote a helpful article about life on "The Virginia Frontier, 1754-1763," ''Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science'' (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1925). Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/81808-the-virginia-frontier-1754-1763?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
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