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=== Records === | === Records === | ||
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. More detailed information on U.S. immigration sources is in | 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. 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: | 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+W32p book 973 W32p]; some volumes are on films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291926&disp=Passenger+and+immigration+lists+index++ 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. | Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. 15 Volumes. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+W32p book 973 W32p]; some volumes are on films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=291926&disp=Passenger+and+immigration+lists+index++ 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. | ||
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== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[ | ''[[West Virginia]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
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[[Category:West_Virginia|Emigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish]] | [[Category:West_Virginia|Emigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish]] | ||