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[[ | [[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Emigration and Immigration|U.S. Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina|South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South_Carolina_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
=== The People === | === The People === | ||
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=== Immigration === | === Immigration === | ||
The major port of entry to South Carolina was [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston]]. Additional ports include [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort]] and [[Georgetown County, South Carolina|Georgetown]]. | The major port of entry to South Carolina was [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston]]. Additional ports include [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort]] and [[Georgetown County, South Carolina|Georgetown]]. | ||
Some early immigrant lists survive: | Some early immigrant lists survive: | ||
*Revill, Janie. ''A Compilation of the Original Lists Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773''. Columbia, S.C.: State Co., 1939. {{FHL|975.7 W2r}}; 1968 reprint: {{FHL|975.7 W2r 1968}}; digital version of 1996 reprint at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806305991_originalimmigrantssc1763 World Vital Records] ($). | *Revill, Janie. ''A Compilation of the Original Lists Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773''. Columbia, S.C.: State Co., 1939. {{FHL|975.7 W2r}}; 1968 reprint: {{FHL|975.7 W2r 1968}}; digital version of 1996 reprint at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806305991_originalimmigrantssc1763 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
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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}}. | 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}}. | ||
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|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; {{FHL|973 W32p}}. Supplements are issued annually. There are cumulative indexes. | ||
Three major immigration databases are: | Three major immigration databases are: | ||
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*Motes, Margaret Peckham. ''Migration to South Carolina, Movement from the New England and Mid-Atlantic States, 1850 Census''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2004. {{FHL|975.7 X2mm 1850}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc080635223_margaretpeckhammotes2004 World Vital Records] ($). | *Motes, Margaret Peckham. ''Migration to South Carolina, Movement from the New England and Mid-Atlantic States, 1850 Census''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2004. {{FHL|975.7 X2mm 1850}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc080635223_margaretpeckhammotes2004 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
*Scott, Kenneth. ''British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979. {{FHL|973 W4s}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($). [Identifies many British immigrants living in Charleston during the War of 1812.] | *Scott, Kenneth. ''British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979. {{FHL|973 W4s}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($). [Identifies many British immigrants living in Charleston during the War of 1812.] | ||
A standard work on early South Carolina immigrants, which includes some passenger lists, is now also widely available on the Internet: | A standard work on early South Carolina immigrants, which includes some passenger lists, is now also widely available on the Internet: | ||
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*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] ($). | *Dobson, David. ''Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, Volume 1''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. {{FHL|975 F2d}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_directoryscottishnorthamerica1680-1830_vol1 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
*Dobson, David. ''Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, Volume 2''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806352310_directoryscotscarolinas_vol2 World Vital Records] ($). | *Dobson, David. ''Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, Volume 2''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806352310_directoryscotscarolinas_vol2 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
Additional studies include: | Additional studies include: | ||
*Motes, Margaret Peckham. ''Irish Found in South Carolina 1850 Census''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2003. {{FHL|975.7 F2mm}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806352035_margaretpeckhammotes World Vital Records] ($). | *Motes, Margaret Peckham. ''Irish Found in South Carolina 1850 Census''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2003. {{FHL|975.7 F2mm}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806352035_margaretpeckhammotes World Vital Records] ($). | ||
*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] ($). | *Stephenson, Jean. ''Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers''. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1971. {{FHL|975.7 W2s}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806348321_scotch-irishsc World Vital Records] ($). | ||
==== German Immigrants ==== | ==== German Immigrants ==== | ||
The following internet site has potentially useful information: [http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html German Roots] (Port of Charleston). | The following internet site has potentially useful information: [http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html German Roots] (Port of Charleston). | ||
=== Westward Migrants === | === Westward Migrants === | ||
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*Robertson, Clara Hamlett. ''Kansas Territorial Settlers of 1860 Who were Born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina: A Compilation with Historical Annotations and Editorial Comment''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. {{FHL|978.1 H2ro}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806306971_clarahamlettrobertson1976 World Vital Records] ($). | *Robertson, Clara Hamlett. ''Kansas Territorial Settlers of 1860 Who were Born in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina: A Compilation with Historical Annotations and Editorial Comment''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. {{FHL|978.1 H2ro}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806306971_clarahamlettrobertson1976 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||