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Customs records for the ports of Charleston, Georgetown, and Beaufort are at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Several published records of pre-1900 immigrants are indexed in P. William Filby, ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981, 1985, 1986; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+W32p 973 W32p]). Supplements are issued annually. There are cumulative indexes. | Customs records for the ports of Charleston, Georgetown, and Beaufort are at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Several published records of pre-1900 immigrants are indexed in P. William Filby, ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981, 1985, 1986; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+W32p 973 W32p]). Supplements are issued annually. There are cumulative indexes. | ||
In the eighteenth century, many immigrants petitioned for headright lands in the Colony of South Carolina, see: | |||
*Holcomb, Brent H. ''Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals''. (1734-1774) 7 vols. Columbia, S.C.: SCMAR, 1996-1999. {{FHL|975.7 R2h v. 1}} | |||
More detailed information on immigration sources is in the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline]. Records of blacks are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under the heading SOUTH CAROLINA - SLAVERY AND BONDAGE and under the heading SOUTH CAROLINA - MINORITIES. Records of other major ethnic groups, including French Huguenots, Ulster Scots, Jews, Quakers, and Catawba Indians, are listed under SOUTH CAROLINA - MINORITIES. | More detailed information on immigration sources is in the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline]. Records of blacks are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under the heading SOUTH CAROLINA - SLAVERY AND BONDAGE and under the heading SOUTH CAROLINA - MINORITIES. Records of other major ethnic groups, including French Huguenots, Ulster Scots, Jews, Quakers, and Catawba Indians, are listed under SOUTH CAROLINA - MINORITIES. | ||