Maine Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

=== People ===

Pre-statehood settlers of Maine were generally of English and Ulster Scots descent. They came from [[Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire]] or directly from [[England]]. There were also a few hundred persons of Irish origin and free blacks in Maine. A large group of Germans came to the Waldo County area in the late 1700s.

=== Records ===

The major port of entry to New England is Boston. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists for Boston from 1820 to March 1874 and 1883 to 1943 (listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MASSACHUSETTS, SUFFOLK, BOSTON - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION). The following indexes are also available:

=== Canadian Border Crossing Records ===

There are two types of Canadian border crossing records:

=== Published Sources ===

Names of colonial immigrants listed in published sources are indexed in:

=== Web Sites ===