FamilySearch Wiki

Maryland Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

Page Talk

Maryland Emigration and Immigration (view source)

Revision as of 16:44, 26 March 2011

1,289 bytes added ,  26 March 2011
improved colonial immigration section
VisualWikitext
mNo edit summary
(improved colonial immigration section)
Line 1: Line 1:
''[[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] > [[Maryland|Maryland]] > Maryland Emigration and Immigration'' [[Image:MD Ship The Dove.png|thumb|right|250px]]  
''[[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] > [[Maryland|Maryland]] > Maryland Emigration and Immigration'' [[Image:MD Ship The Dove.png|thumb|right|250px]]  


=== Content ===
=== Overseas Immigration ===


&nbsp;<u>'''Pre-1820'''</u>
==== Colonial Period  ====


Most ship records before 1820 contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records&nbsp;or did not keep any records.&nbsp; Most of the records that survive have been published.&nbsp; Use the ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' to find these records (see below).  
Most colonial ship records contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records&nbsp;or did not keep any records.&nbsp; Most of the records that survive have been published.&nbsp; Use the ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'' to find these records (see below).  


<br>
==== Colonial Ships  ====
 
Though they do not include names of passengers, records kept by the Colonial Office and stored at [[England The National Archives|The National Archives]] (Kew, England), document ships' arrivals and departures from Maryland ports between 1689 and 1754. FamilySearch microfilmed these records. They are useful for learning about the history of ships entering the colony:
 
*Shippings Lists for Maryland, 1689-1754 {{FHL|209582|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Film 964007}}.
 
Ships mentioned in the ''Maryland Gazette'' betwen 1727 and 1761 have been identified in:
*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989. {{FHL|540298|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.
 
Peter Wilson Coldham compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:
 
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''British Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1788.'' CD-ROM. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. {{FHL|1210004|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM CD-ROM no. 2150}}.
 
Names of ships can also be gleaned from colonial county court order books and [[Virginia Public Records#Calendar_of_State_Papers_Colonial.2C_America_and_West_Indies|English State Papers Colonial, American and West Indies]].


<u>'''1820-1948'''</u>
==== 1783 to 1948 ====


Starting in 1820, the US federal government required capitans to turn in passenger lists.&nbsp; The early lists usually named every passenger, but little else.&nbsp;  
Starting in 1820, the US federal government required capitans to turn in passenger lists.&nbsp; The early lists usually named every passenger, but little else.&nbsp;  
Line 27: Line 40:
:- Additional information
:- Additional information


<br><u>'''1949-1957'''</u><br>
==== 1949-1957 ====


After 1957, few passenger lists were submitted to the government.&nbsp; Alien records and naturalization records are more useful than the passenger lists and are easier to obtain.  
After 1957, few passenger lists were submitted to the government.&nbsp; Alien records and naturalization records are more useful than the passenger lists and are easier to obtain.  
Line 51: Line 64:
The "[[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]"&nbsp;page for the United States&nbsp;on the FamilySearch Research Wiki&nbsp;lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.  
The "[[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]"&nbsp;page for the United States&nbsp;on the FamilySearch Research Wiki&nbsp;lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.  


=== Ports for Immigrants to Maryland&nbsp; ===
=== Ports for Immigrants to Maryland  ===


The major port of entry into Maryland was Baltimore. Most Baltimore passenger lists are on microfilm at the National Archives, the Maryland Historical Society, the Baltimore City Archives, and the Family History Library.  
The major port of entry into Maryland was Baltimore. Most Baltimore passenger lists are on microfilm at the National Archives, the Maryland Historical Society, the Baltimore City Archives, and the Family History Library.  
Line 57: Line 70:
Baltimore and Annapolis were the two major ports of arrival for convicts transported to the American colonies from England.<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham, ''British Emigrants in Bondage.''</ref>  
Baltimore and Annapolis were the two major ports of arrival for convicts transported to the American colonies from England.<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham, ''British Emigrants in Bondage.''</ref>  


Some immigrants arrived at Annapolis, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, and St. Mary's.The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are:&nbsp;
Some immigrants arrived at Annapolis, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, and St. Mary's. The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are:


:• Annapolis, 1849 (Family History Library film 830231) <br>
:• Annapolis, 1849 (Family History Library film 830231) <br>
Line 174: Line 187:


Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<br>
Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<br>
*~65,000 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri  
*~65,000 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri  
*~45,000 in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Delaware<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref>
*~45,000 in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Delaware<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref>
Murphynw
407,336

edits

Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/588226"