West Virginia Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an important port of entry to West Virginia, but the major port between 1870 and 1915 was New York, where thousands of European immigrants boarded labor trains headed for the coal fields. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists for New York for 1820 to 1919, and indexes for 1820 to 1846 and 1897 to 1943. The lists for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania date from 1800 to 1916 with indexes for 1800 to 1948. These lists may also be found at [http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 ancestry.com.] FamilySearch.org also has an index to passengers arriving in Atlantic and Gulf ports titled {{RecordSearch|1921756|United States, Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874.}} More detailed information on U.S. immigration sources is in [[United States Emigration and Immigration]].  

Names of colonial immigrants to America that have been listed in published sources are indexed in:  

Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. 15 Volumes. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981. (Family History Library {{FHL|973 W32p|disp=book 973 W32p}}; some volumes are on films beginning with {{FHL|291926|item|disp=FHL film 1597960 items 4-6}}.) The first three volumes are a combined alphabetical index published in 1981. Supplemental volumes have been issued annually. There are also later cumulative indexes.  

The early court records of Augusta county through 1800, which include many of the first settlers of West Virginia, have been published in:  

Chalkley,Lyman. ''Chronicles of the Scots-Irish Settlement in Virginia'' ''<nowiki>: extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1754-1800&nbsp;</nowiki>''<br>  

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