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| === Records ===
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| Most foreign-born immigrants who came to Kentucky arrived at the ports of New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports. [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Passenger lists]] for these ports are available at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] and the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. For additional details, see: [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]].
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| Some published sources about migration to and from Kentucky include:
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| *Connor, Seymour V. ''Kentucky Colonization in Texas: A History of the Peters Colony''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. [http://www.genealogical.com/ Free Name Search]; purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Kentucky%20Colonization%20in%20Texas/1144.html Genealogical.com] {{FHL|73348|item|disp=FHL book 976.4 H2cs}}
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| *Kincaid, Robert L. ''The Wilderness Road''. Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1955. {{FHL|113167|item|disp=FHL book 973 H2k}}. This tells the history of the Wilderness Road, which extended from southwestern Virginia to central Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. It was a major route for settlers heading west.
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| *Peden, Henry C. Jr. ''Marylanders to Kentucky, 1775–1825''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line, 1991. {{FHL|479508|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 W2p}}
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| *Peden, Henry C., Jr. ''More Marylanders to Kentucky, 1778–1828.'' Westminster, Md.: Family Line, 1997. {{FHL|678345|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 W2pe}} These books contain biographies of Kentucky residents who migrated from Maryland.
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| See [[Kentucky Minorities]] for sources on German immigrants to Kentucky. Other sources on emigration and immigration can be found in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
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| KENTUCKY- MIGRATION, INTERNAL
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| === Migration Trails === | | === Migration Trails === |