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| The constant arrival of shiploads of African, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants during the colonial period quickly led to overcrowding on this tiny island. Many people left to seek brighter futures on the North American mainland in colonies such as [[South Carolina, United States Genealogy|South Carolina]], [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]],<ref name="irish" /> and [[Massachusetts, United States Genealogy|Massachusetts]]. Genealogists often encounter references to Barbados in colonial American sources. Published [[Barbados Genealogy#Bibliography|Barbados genealogies]] identify many such emigrants.
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| Unfortunately, lists of individuals leaving Barbados for the American continent are almost non-existent for the early period, with one noted exception:
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/35200?availability=Family%20History%20Library "List of tickets granted to people leaving the island in 1679"] is kept at the [[Barbados Archives and Libraries|Barbados Department of Archives]]. The collection has been microfilmed: {{FHL|35200|item}} 1162149 Item 1
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| In 1664, a "group of Barbadians joined in an agreement to settle in Carolina." In the twentieth century, this document was kept in the South Carolina Historical Society Collection (reference V/29).<ref>Moriarty, Appendix, ''Barbados Genealogies,'' p. 670.</ref> | | In 1664, a "group of Barbadians joined in an agreement to settle in Carolina." In the twentieth century, this document was kept in the South Carolina Historical Society Collection (reference V/29).<ref>Moriarty, Appendix, ''Barbados Genealogies,'' p. 670.</ref> |