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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]. | 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> | |||
'''French''' settlers were minorities in Colonial Pennsylvania.<ref>Wayland Fuller Dunaway, "The French Racial Strain in Colonial Pennsylvania," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct. 1929):322-342. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | '''French''' settlers were minorities in Colonial Pennsylvania.<ref>Wayland Fuller Dunaway, "The French Racial Strain in Colonial Pennsylvania," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct. 1929):322-342. 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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*The Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland (1790 - '''Irish''') | *The Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland (1790 - '''Irish''') | ||
*''La Société Française de Bienfaisance de Philadelphie, pour conseiller et secourir les Français'' (1791 - '''French''') | *''La Société Française de Bienfaisance de Philadelphie, pour conseiller et secourir les Français'' (1791 - '''French''') | ||
*The German Lutheran Aid Society (1790 - '''German''') | *The German Lutheran Aid Society (1790 - '''German''') | ||
*The Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Emigrants and Persons Emigrating from Foreign Countries (1793)<ref>Erna Risch, "Immigrant Aid Societies Before 1820," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 60, No. 1 (Jan. 1936):15-33; John G. Frank and John E. Pomfret, "The German Lutheran Aid Society of 1790," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):60-65. For free online access to both articles, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | *The Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Emigrants and Persons Emigrating from Foreign Countries (1793)<ref>Erna Risch, "Immigrant Aid Societies Before 1820," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 60, No. 1 (Jan. 1936):15-33; John G. Frank and John E. Pomfret, "The German Lutheran Aid Society of 1790," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):60-65. For free online access to both articles, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | ||