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*Young, Chester Raymond. ''Westward into Kentucky, The Narrative of Daniel Trabue''. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. {{FHL|57459|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 H2td}}.
*Young, Chester Raymond. ''Westward into Kentucky, The Narrative of Daniel Trabue''. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. {{FHL|57459|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 H2td}}.
Mrs. Mary Dewees's kept a journal during her voyage from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in 1787-1788. It provides many details of what such a trip was like and is available to read for free online:
*Cochran, Samuel P. "Mrs. Mary Dewees's Journal from Philadelphia to Kentucky, 1787-1788," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 28 (1904):182-198. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/pennsylvaniamaga1904hist#page/370/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.


=== Westward Migrants  ===
=== Westward Migrants  ===
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=== Migration Trails  ===
=== Migration Trails  ===
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*Brown, Cecil. ''Old Roads in Kentucky: The Wilderness Road, Indian War Roads, Trails of the Buffalo, Early Road Customs.'' 1929. Reprint, Lexington, KY: Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, 1953. {{FHL|156888}} item 3 This is a microfilm edition of a work originally published in 1929.  
*Brown, Cecil. ''Old Roads in Kentucky: The Wilderness Road, Indian War Roads, Trails of the Buffalo, Early Road Customs.'' 1929. Reprint, Lexington, KY: Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, 1953. {{FHL|156888}} item 3 This is a microfilm edition of a work originally published in 1929.  
*Dollarhide, William. ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735–1815''. Bountiful, Utah: AGLL Genealogical Services, 1977. {{FHL|973 E3d}} This includes a place-name index and shows migration trails through Kentucky.  
*Dollarhide, William. ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735–1815''. Bountiful, Utah: AGLL Genealogical Services, 1977. {{FHL|973 E3d}} This includes a place-name index and shows migration trails through Kentucky.


There are maps of several migration trails into Kentucky and other states in ''The Handy Book for Genealogists'', 8th ed. Revised. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishing, 1991. {{FHL|973 D27e 1991}}; 6th ed. This is a popular source for its capsule summaries of state and county histories and some of the records available in each county.<br>  
There are maps of several migration trails into Kentucky and other states in ''The Handy Book for Genealogists'', 8th ed. Revised. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishing, 1991. {{FHL|973 D27e 1991}}; 6th ed. This is a popular source for its capsule summaries of state and county histories and some of the records available in each county.<br>  
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*Hines, Edward Warren. ''Corporate History of the Louisville &amp; Nashville Railroad Company: And Roads in Its System''. Louisville, Ky.: J.P. Morton, 1905. Digital version at [http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=kyetexts;cc=kyetexts;view=toc;idno=B92-34-26573558 Kentuckiana Digital Library].
*Hines, Edward Warren. ''Corporate History of the Louisville &amp; Nashville Railroad Company: And Roads in Its System''. Louisville, Ky.: J.P. Morton, 1905. Digital version at [http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=kyetexts;cc=kyetexts;view=toc;idno=B92-34-26573558 Kentuckiana Digital Library].


The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants to the United States. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Kentucky. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor’s original hometown.
The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants to the United States. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Kentucky. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor’s original hometown.  


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