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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 or did not keep any records. Most of the records that survive have been published. The [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Immigration & Travel Records] ($) collection found at Ancestry.com is a great place to start immigration research. | Most colonial ship records contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records or did not keep any records. Most of the records that survive have been published. The [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Immigration & Travel Records] ($) collection found at Ancestry.com is a great place to start immigration research. | ||
Headright grants were issued to persons responsible for importing settlers into the colony. The records have been made available for free online, courtesy, Maryland State Archives: | |||
*Gibb, Carson. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html New ''Early Settlers of Maryland,''] online database. | |||
Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the overseas origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include: | Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the overseas origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include: | ||
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*''Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|1384518|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2br}}. | *''Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|1384518|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2br}}. | ||
*''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B38b}}. | *''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B38b}}. | ||
Scholarly articles published in ''The American Genealogist'' and the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'' illustrate strategies that will help Americans trace their colonial Maryland immigrant origins. | |||
==== Colonial Ships ==== | ==== Colonial Ships ==== | ||
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==== 1949-1957 ==== | ==== 1949-1957 ==== | ||
After 1957, few passenger lists were submitted to the government. 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. Alien records and naturalization records are more useful than the passenger lists and are easier to obtain. | ||
=== Before Using this Record, Know This === | === Before Using this Record, Know This === | ||