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=== The Records  ===
=== The Records  ===


The major port of entry to South Carolina was Charleston. The Family History Library and the National Archives have fragmentary passenger lists for Charleston for 1820 to 1828 (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=66154&disp=Copies+of+lists+of+passengers+arriving+a%20%20&columns=*,0,0 830232]) and for Port Royal for 1865 (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=66154&disp=Copies+of+lists+of+passengers+arriving+a%20%20&columns=*,0,0 830245]). A few arrivals at Charleston are included in an index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at miscellaneous southern ports from 1890 to 1924 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=341257&disp=Index+to+passenger+lists+of+vessels+arri%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1324938-63]).
The major port of entry to South Carolina was Charleston. In the eighteenth century, many immigrants petitioned for headright lands in the Colony of South Carolina, see:  


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.  
*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}}


In the eighteenth century, many immigrants petitioned for headright lands in the Colony of South Carolina, see:
The Family History Library and the National Archives have fragmentary passenger lists for Charleston for 1820 to 1828 {{FHL|830232}} and for Port Royal for 1865 {{FHL|830245}}. A few arrivals at Charleston are included in an index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at miscellaneous southern ports from 1890 to 1924 {{FHL|1324938}}-{{FHL|1324963}}.


*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}}
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; {{FHL|[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.


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 [[United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]]. 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.  


*Dobson, David. ''Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, Volume 1''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. {{FHL|975 F2d}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_directoryscottishnorthamerica1680-1830_vol1 World Vital Records] ($).  
*Dobson, David. ''Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, Volume 1''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. {{FHL|975 F2d}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_directoryscottishnorthamerica1680-1830_vol1 World Vital Records] ($).  
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*Stephenson, Jean. ''Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers''. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1971. {{FHL|975.7 W2s}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806348321_scotch-irishsc World Vital Records] ($).
*Stephenson, Jean. ''Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers''. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1971. {{FHL|975.7 W2s}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806348321_scotch-irishsc World Vital Records] ($).


The following internet site has potentially useful information:<br><span class="a">&nbsp;http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html</span>
The following internet site has potentially useful information: [[ http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html|German Roots]]&nbsp;(Port of Charleston).&nbsp;


=== Westward Migrants  ===
=== Westward Migrants  ===
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