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*In the 1770s''''' redemptioners (the equivalent of indentured servants)''''' from Germany immigrated in one of two ways. One way was for an individual to make arrangements before leaving home to work for an American farmer or tradesman for a certain number of years in return for his passage fare. The other way was for an individual to agree to be sold into servitude by the ship captain in compensation for his passage to America. Most of the redemptioners settled in Pennsylvania. | *In the 1770s''''' redemptioners (the equivalent of indentured servants)''''' from Germany immigrated in one of two ways. One way was for an individual to make arrangements before leaving home to work for an American farmer or tradesman for a certain number of years in return for his passage fare. The other way was for an individual to agree to be sold into servitude by the ship captain in compensation for his passage to America. Most of the redemptioners settled in Pennsylvania. | ||
*A good website to identify indentured servants, convict servants, or redemptioners is the [ | *A good website to identify indentured servants, convict servants, or redemptioners is the [https://immigrant.pricegen.com/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database ] sponsored by Price and Associates. | ||
===='''Pre-1820 Passenger Lists:'''==== | ===='''Pre-1820 Passenger Lists:'''==== | ||
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*To find an LDS pioneer immigrant, search the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration Mormon Immigration Index] sponsored by Brigham Young University. To see pictures of the ships LDS pioneers sailed on, go to LDS Emigrant Roster and Voyage History, Crossing the Ocean, 1840-1869 in the FamilySearch catalog while in a | *To find an LDS pioneer immigrant, search the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration Mormon Immigration Index] sponsored by Brigham Young University. To see pictures of the ships LDS pioneers sailed on, go to LDS Emigrant Roster and Voyage History, Crossing the Ocean, 1840-1869 in the FamilySearch catalog while in a FamilySearch Center to view the digitized book Ships, Saints and Mariners: A Maritime Encyclopedia of Mormon Migration, 1830-1890, by Conway B. Sonne. | ||
*[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Website]. Information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages from the years 1514 to 1866. | *[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Website]. Information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages from the years 1514 to 1866. | ||
*[http://www.theshipslist.com The Ships List]. | *[http://www.theshipslist.com The Ships List]. | ||
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