Rhode Island Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_rhode+island-usa_42&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Rhode%2F3Island+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Rhode Island

*'''1700-1775''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/476920-immigrants-to-new-england-1700-1775?offset=1 ''Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775'']

*'''1820-1870''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007699386?i=4&cat=66154 Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island]  

*'''1829-1957''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20348/new-england-passenger-crew-lists?s=275764761 New England, Passenger and Crew Lists] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

*'''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.Rhode%2F3Island+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Rhode Island

*'''1911-1954''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2072112 United States, New England Passenger and Crew Lists, 1911-1954] at FamilySearch - [[United States, New England Passenger and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images

*'''1955-1957''' {{RecordSearch|2443354|Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists, 1955-1957}} at FamilySearch - [[Rhode Island, Davisville, Melville, Newport, and Quonset Point, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images

*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10119/immigrant-ships-transcribers-guild?s=1&formId=istg&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.rhode%2F3island+epmo.similar Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] at MyHeritage - index only ($)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49318 Rhode Island Passenger Lists] at Ancestry; images only ($)

*Beginning about 1880, overseas emigration shifted from northern Europe to southern and eastern Europe. The '''Italians''' were the largest ethnic group to arrive at this time. Other groups who arrived in Rhode Island between 1880 and 1915 include the '''Portuguese colonials, Poles, and Jews from Russia'''.

*According to the 2010–2015 American Community Survey, the largest ancestry groups were I'''rish (18.3%), Italian (18.0%), English (10.5%), French (10.4%), and Portuguese (9.3%)'''.

*Additionally, the state also has the highest percentage of '''Liberian''' immigrants, with more than 15,000 residing in the state.

*'''Italian Americans''' make up a plurality in central and southern Providence County.

*Rhode Island's legislative body passed an act in 1652 abolishing the holding of slaves (the first British colony to do so), but this edict was never enforced and Rhode Island continued to be heavily involved in the slave trade during the post-revolution era.

*In 1774, the slave population of Rhode Island was 6.3% of the total (nearly twice the ratio of other New England colonies).

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