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'''Germans''' began coming to Pennsylvania in large numbers at the end of the 1600s. Pennsylvania was the top destination for German immigrants arriving in Colonial North America.<ref>Marianne Wokeck, "The Flow and the Composition of German Immigration to Philadelphia, 1727-1775," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 105, No. 3 (Jul. 1981):249-278. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> They settled first in the eastern counties and later migrated to western Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Many Pennsylvania Germans also migrated later to North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. | '''Germans''' began coming to Pennsylvania in large numbers at the end of the 1600s. Pennsylvania was the top destination for German immigrants arriving in Colonial North America.<ref>Marianne Wokeck, "The Flow and the Composition of German Immigration to Philadelphia, 1727-1775," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 105, No. 3 (Jul. 1981):249-278. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> They settled first in the eastern counties and later migrated to western Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Many Pennsylvania Germans also migrated later to North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. | ||
:*Kuhns, Oscar. ''The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch.'' Ann Arbor, Mich.: Gryphon Books, 1971. Digital version at | :*Kuhns, Oscar. ''The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch.'' Ann Arbor, Mich.: Gryphon Books, 1971. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/27740-the-german-and-swiss-settlements-of-colonial-pennsylvania-a-study-of-the-so-called-pennsylvania-dutch?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. | ||
'''Scots-Irish''' started coming in large numbers after 1718. They settled first in the western Chester County area (later Lancaster county) and moved west over the Susquehanna River valley and Cumberland Valley area and later pushed into the western Pennsylvania counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, Greene, and Allegheny. Many Scotch-Irish eventually moved into southern states such as Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. French Huguenot and Swiss families mingled with the Germans. Some Huguenots from New York migrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks and Lancaster counties. Swiss Mennonites began to settle in Lancaster county about 1710. | '''Scots-Irish''' started coming in large numbers after 1718. They settled first in the western Chester County area (later Lancaster county) and moved west over the Susquehanna River valley and Cumberland Valley area and later pushed into the western Pennsylvania counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, Greene, and Allegheny. Many Scotch-Irish eventually moved into southern states such as Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. French Huguenot and Swiss families mingled with the Germans. Some Huguenots from New York migrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks and Lancaster counties. Swiss Mennonites began to settle in Lancaster county about 1710. | ||
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'''Welsh''' Quakers also came to Pennsylvania as early as the 17th century. Many more came in the nineteenth-century to work in the coal industry. An excellent history identifying many of the original Welsh settlers is: | '''Welsh''' Quakers also came to Pennsylvania as early as the 17th century. Many more came in the nineteenth-century to work in the coal industry. An excellent history identifying many of the original Welsh settlers is: | ||
*Glenn, Thomas Allen. ''Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania''. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Company, 1911. Digital version of Vol. 1 at | *Glenn, Thomas Allen. ''Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania''. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Company, 1911. Digital version of Vol. 1 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/115311-welsh-founders-of-pennsylvania?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. | ||
There are many online resources for finding Irish emigrant ancestry to the United States and Pennsylvania in particular. Visit a | There are many online resources for finding Irish emigrant ancestry to the United States and Pennsylvania in particular. Visit a significant website containing several Irish immigration website links for Pennsylvania [http://www.genealogybranches.com/irishpassengerlists/#immigration http://www.genealogybranches.com/irishpassengerlists/#immigration]. | ||
It was estimated that 3000 to 4000 Irish immigrants arrived at the port of Philadelphia in the decades before and after the Revolution.<ref>Edward C. Carter, "A 'Wild Irishman' Under Every Federalist's Bed: Naturalization in Philadelphia, 1789-1806," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 94, No. 3 (Jul. 1970):331-346. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | It was estimated that 3000 to 4000 Irish immigrants arrived at the port of Philadelphia in the decades before and after the Revolution.<ref>Edward C. Carter, "A 'Wild Irishman' Under Every Federalist's Bed: Naturalization in Philadelphia, 1789-1806," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 94, No. 3 (Jul. 1970):331-346. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | ||
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An interesting collection of records compiled during the Revolutionary War period that may provide helpful information on families is ''Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council, Application for Passes, 1775-1790'' (Family History Library film {{FHL|685312|item|disp=FHL film 1759080}}. See Guide to the Microfilm of the Records of Pennsylvania Revolutionary Governments, 1775-1790 in the "'''[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'''" article on this site for a list of names in these records. | An interesting collection of records compiled during the Revolutionary War period that may provide helpful information on families is ''Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council, Application for Passes, 1775-1790'' (Family History Library film {{FHL|685312|item|disp=FHL film 1759080}}. See Guide to the Microfilm of the Records of Pennsylvania Revolutionary Governments, 1775-1790 in the "'''[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'''" article on this site for a list of names in these records. | ||
*The | *The Israel Daniel Rupp Collection of 30,000 Pennsylvania immigrants from 1727-1776 is online at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/293219-a-collection-of-upwards-of-thirty-thousand-names-of-german-swiss-dutch-french-and-other-immigrants-in-pennsylvania-from-1727-to-1776-with-a-statement-of-the-names-of-ships-whence-they-sailed-and-the-date-of-their-arrival-at-philadelphia-c?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library.]<br><br>For the period 1792-1794, there is A Health Officer's Register of Passenger's Names at the State Archives (but not at the Family History Library) that lists the names of ship passengers.<br><br>In ''Pennsylvania Archives'', Series 2 vol. 17, pp. 521-667, is ''Names of Foreigners Arriving in Pennsylvania, 1786-1808'', which appears to be the same records covering a longer span of time. Some entries include place of birth. They are also included in Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, which is listed below. | ||
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