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=== Colonial immigrants  ===
=== Colonial immigrants  ===


Names of colonial immigrants listed in published sources are indexed in P. William Filby’s ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. See the [[United States Emigration and Immigration|“Emigration and Immigration”]] section of the United States Research Outline (30972) for this source and more detailed information on U.S. immigration sources.  
Names of colonial immigrants listed in published sources are indexed in P. William Filby’s ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. See [[United States Emigration and Immigration]] for this source and more detailed information on U.S. immigration sources.  


A comprehensive list of about 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain is:  
A comprehensive list of about 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain is:  


Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607–1776 and Emigrants in Bondage, 1614–1775''. Family Tree Maker’s Family Archives, Number 350. Brøderbund Software, Novato, Calif., 1996. (Family History Library compact disc [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=773852&disp=The+Complete+book+of+emigrants%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Number 9 pt.350].) This compact disc is not circulated to Family History Centers. It includes Vermont immigrants and may show British hometown, emigration date, ship, destination, and text of the document abstract. These are also indexed in the FamilyFinder™ Index and Viewer (FamilyFinder is a trademark of Brøderbund Software, Inc.) described in the [[Vermont Census|"Census"]] section of this outline.  
Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607–1776 and Emigrants in Bondage, 1614–1775''. Family Tree Maker’s Family Archives, Number 350. Brøderbund Software, Novato, Calif., 1996. (Family History Library compact disc [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=773852&disp=The+Complete+book+of+emigrants%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Number 9 pt.350].) This compact disc is not circulated to Family History Centers. It includes Vermont immigrants and may show British hometown, emigration date, ship, destination, and text of the document abstract. These are also indexed in the FamilyFinder™ Index and Viewer (FamilyFinder is a trademark of Brøderbund Software, Inc.) described in [[Vermont Census]].  


''New England Passenger Lists (1820–1940)''. The major port of entry to New England is Boston. The following indexes and records are available:  
''New England Passenger Lists (1820–1940)''. The major port of entry to New England is Boston. The following indexes and records are available:  
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=== Canadian Border Crossing Records (1895–1954)  ===
=== Canadian Border Crossing Records (1895–1954)  ===


Lists of passengers crossing the Canadian border to the United States, including Vermont, were collected at St. Albans, Vermont, and are called Manifest of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont District. This collection includes records from all over Canada and the northern United States. These are the records compiled by U.S. immigration officials who inspected travelers at all Canadian seaports, major cities, and emigration stations and at U.S. train arrival stations in all border states from Maine to Washington. These lists may include the name of the passenger, date and port or station of entry, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, place of birth, and names of relatives in the United States and Canada. For a full description of the two sets of records and four indexes, see the [[United States Emigration and Immigration|“Emigration and Immigration”]] section of the United States Research Outline (30972). One record pertains more to Vermont than the others:  
Lists of passengers crossing the Canadian border to the United States, including Vermont, were collected at St. Albans, Vermont, and are called Manifest of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont District. This collection includes records from all over Canada and the northern United States. These are the records compiled by U.S. immigration officials who inspected travelers at all Canadian seaports, major cities, and emigration stations and at U.S. train arrival stations in all border states from Maine to Washington. These lists may include the name of the passenger, date and port or station of entry, literacy, last residence, previous visits to the United States, place of birth, and names of relatives in the United States and Canada. For a full description of the two sets of records and four indexes, see the [[United States Emigration and Immigration]]. One record pertains more to Vermont than the others:  


United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service. ''St. Albans District Manifest Records of Aliens Arriving from Foreign Contiguous Territory: Records of Arrivals through Small Ports in Vermont, 1895–1924''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1462. Washington, DC: National Archives Records Service, 195–?. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=452594&disp=St.+Albans+District+manifest+records+o++ 1430987–92].) These records are arranged first by entry station, then alphabetically by surname. They are from Vermont ports of entry only: Alburg, Beecher Falls, Canaan, Highgate Springs, Island Pond, Norton, Richford, St. Albans, and Swanton.  
United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service. ''St. Albans District Manifest Records of Aliens Arriving from Foreign Contiguous Territory: Records of Arrivals through Small Ports in Vermont, 1895–1924''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1462. Washington, DC: National Archives Records Service, 195–?. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=452594&disp=St.+Albans+District+manifest+records+o++ 1430987–92].) These records are arranged first by entry station, then alphabetically by surname. They are from Vermont ports of entry only: Alburg, Beecher Falls, Canaan, Highgate Springs, Island Pond, Norton, Richford, St. Albans, and Swanton.  
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== References  ==
== References  ==


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Vermont.ASP Vermont Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''[[Vermont]] Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
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