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To search emigration records effectively, you should know the approximate date of emigration, the name of the ship, the type of or reason for emigration, or the emigrant’s previous residence in Scotland. If you know the ship’s name, you might find additional details on the ship, including ports of embarkation and arrival in: | To search emigration records effectively, you should know the approximate date of emigration, the name of the ship, the type of or reason for emigration, or the emigrant’s previous residence in Scotland. If you know the ship’s name, you might find additional details on the ship, including ports of embarkation and arrival in: | ||
''Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping.'' Fiche ed. LaCrosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1981. ( | ''Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping.'' Fiche ed. LaCrosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=22058&disp=Lloyd%27s+register+of+British+%26+foreig%20%20&columns=*,0,0 fiche 6024581-6025295]; does not circulate to Family History Centers.) | ||
'''Passenger Lists.''' Port records listing the names of departing or arriving passengers are called passenger lists. Pre-1890 passenger departure lists are rare. Post-1890 lists are arranged chronologically by port of departure. These lists—which usually give the emigrant’s name, age, occupation, address, and sometimes destination—are kept at the Public Record Office, Kew (see the "[[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries’ section]] of this outline). | '''Passenger Lists.''' Port records listing the names of departing or arriving passengers are called passenger lists. Pre-1890 passenger departure lists are rare. Post-1890 lists are arranged chronologically by port of departure. These lists—which usually give the emigrant’s name, age, occupation, address, and sometimes destination—are kept at the Public Record Office, Kew (see the "[[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries’ section]] of this outline). | ||
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Testaments of some Scots dying in America were proven in Scotland. Probate would have taken place in the Commissary Court of Edinburgh (until 1830) or the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh (after 1830). For a listing of these probates, see: | Testaments of some Scots dying in America were proven in Scotland. Probate would have taken place in the Commissary Court of Edinburgh (until 1830) or the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh (after 1830). For a listing of these probates, see: | ||
Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. (FHL book 973 P22d.) | Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. (FHL book 973 P22d.) | ||
=== Records of Scottish Emigrants in Their Destination Countries === | === Records of Scottish Emigrants in Their Destination Countries === | ||