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*Nugent, Nell M. et al. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers.'' Multi-volume. | *Nugent, Nell M. et al. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers.'' Multi-volume. | ||
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, 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]. | 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]. | ||
The Virginia Colonial Records Project can help American trace their European immigrant origins. For a description, see: | The Virginia Colonial Records Project at the [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]] can help American trace their European immigrant origins. Reports from the collection are available [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas27&local_base=CLAS27 online] and searchable by name; description: [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/vcrpabout.htm About the Virginia Colonial Records Project]. | ||
For a genealogical description, see: | |||
*Riley, Edward M. "The Virginia Colonial Records Project," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 1963):81-89. {{FHL|39597|item}} 973 B2ng v. 51 | *Riley, Edward M. "The Virginia Colonial Records Project," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 1963):81-89. {{FHL|39597|item}} 973 B2ng v. 51 | ||
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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/BrowseVG.cfm Colonial Williamsburg]. The index links to scanned newspaper images. | 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/BrowseVG.cfm 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]]. | 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]]. | ||
===== English Voyages ===== | ===== English Voyages ===== | ||
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 compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Virginia ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to: | ||
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. {{FHL|658375|item|disp=FHL Book 942.41/B2 W2c}} | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. {{FHL|658375|item|disp=FHL Book 942.41/B2 W2c}} | ||
===== Scottish Voyages ===== | ===== Scottish Voyages ===== | ||
Dr. David Dobson has compiled a detailed list of ships voyaging between Scotland and America. Volume 4 includes information gleaned from the ''Virginia Gazette'': | Dr. David Dobson has compiled a detailed list of ships voyaging between Scotland and America. Volume 4 includes information gleaned from the ''Virginia Gazette'': | ||
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*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 Books 973 W3d v. 1-v. 3}} FHL has Volumes 1 to 3. | *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 Books 973 W3d v. 1-v. 3}} FHL has Volumes 1 to 3. | ||
===== German Voyages ===== | ===== 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: | 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: | ||
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*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 Book 970 W2w}}. | *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 Book 970 W2w}}. | ||
===== Irish Voyages ===== | ===== Irish Voyages ===== | ||
A list of Irish ships that made voyages to the English colonies in America is included in: | 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. | *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. | ||