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| === Migration Trails ===
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| For the history and location of some of the old roads in Kentucky used by immigrants, see:
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| *Brown, Cecil. ''Old Roads in Kentucky: The Wilderness Road, Indian War Roads, Trails of the Buffalo, Early Road Customs.'' 1929. Reprint, Lexington, KY: Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, 1953. {{FHL|156888}} item 3 This is a microfilm edition of a work originally published in 1929.
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| *Dollarhide, William. ''Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735–1815''. Bountiful, Utah: AGLL Genealogical Services, 1977. {{FHL|973 E3d}} This includes a place-name index and shows migration trails through Kentucky.
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| There are maps of several migration trails into Kentucky and other states in ''The Handy Book for Genealogists'', 8th ed. Revised. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishing, 1991. {{FHL|973 D27e 1991}}; 6th ed. This is a popular source for its capsule summaries of state and county histories and some of the records available in each county.<br>
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| The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company operated in Kentucky. Many people travelled by train through the area. To learn more, see:
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| *Hines, Edward Warren. ''Corporate History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company: And Roads in Its System''. Louisville, Ky.: J.P. Morton, 1905. Digital version at [https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt76t14tj41j_41#page/1/mode/1up University of Kentucky].
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| The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants to the United States. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Kentucky. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor’s original hometown.
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| == References == | | == References == |