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The major port of entry into Maryland was Baltimore. Most Baltimore passenger lists are on microfilm at the National Archives, the Maryland Historical Society, the Baltimore City Archives, and the Family History Library. | The major port of entry into Maryland was Baltimore. Most Baltimore passenger lists are on microfilm at the National Archives, the Maryland Historical Society, the Baltimore City Archives, and the Family History Library. | ||
Baltimore and Annapolis were the two major ports of arrival for convicts transported to the American colonies from England.<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham, ''British Emigrants in Bondage.''</ref> | Baltimore and Annapolis were the two major ports of arrival for convicts transported to the American colonies from England.<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham, ''British Emigrants in Bondage.''</ref> | ||
Some immigrants arrived at Annapolis, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, and St. Mary's.The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are: | Some immigrants arrived at Annapolis, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, and St. Mary's.The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are: | ||
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:• Havre de Grace, 1820 (Family History Library film 830234). | :• Havre de Grace, 1820 (Family History Library film 830234). | ||
Immigrants to Maryland, especially western Maryland, may have arrived in Philadelphia (see [[Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration]]. | Immigrants to Maryland, especially western Maryland, may have arrived in Philadelphia (see [[Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration]]. | ||
=== <br>'''Baltimore Arrivals, 1820 to 1891''' === | === <br>'''Baltimore Arrivals, 1820 to 1891''' === | ||
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The earlier colonists settled along Maryland's rivers and bays, as these were the primary routes of transportation. By about 1740, English, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish immigrants began moving into the Appalachian section of western Maryland. | The earlier colonists settled along Maryland's rivers and bays, as these were the primary routes of transportation. By about 1740, English, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish immigrants began moving into the Appalachian section of western Maryland. | ||
Sometimes records in the English Court of Chancery help Americans learn about their British origins, for an example, see: | Sometimes records in the English Court of Chancery help Americans learn about their British origins, for an example, see: | ||
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. "William Roberts of Maryland: Sidelights from the British Public Records Office," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):219-221. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng}} | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. "William Roberts of Maryland: Sidelights from the British Public Records Office," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):219-221. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng}} | ||
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Histories of ethnic groups are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MARYLAND - MINORITIES. An example is: | Histories of ethnic groups are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MARYLAND - MINORITIES. An example is: | ||
• Cunz, Dieter. The Maryland Germans: A History. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1948. (Family History Library book 975.2 F2c; fiche 6048035.) | • Cunz, Dieter. The Maryland Germans: A History. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1948. (Family History Library book 975.2 F2c; fiche 6048035.) | ||
=== | === Westward Migrants === | ||
Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:*~65,000 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri | |||
*~45,000 in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Delaware<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated 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> | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Maryland|Emigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish]] [[Category:English]] [[Category:Germans]] [[Category:African_Americans]] | [[Category:Maryland|Emigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish]] [[Category:English]] [[Category:Germans]] [[Category:African_Americans]] | ||