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The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Virginia. For access, see [[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Online archive catalogs, such as [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ Access to Archives], can be keyword searched for place names, such as "Virginia" to retrieve manuscripts stored in hundreds of English archives relating to persons and landholdings in this former English colony. These types of records establish links between Virginia residents and England, which can lead researchers back to their specific ancestral English towns, villages, and hamlets. | The Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London proved the wills of many residents of Virginia. For access, see [[Virginia Probate Records|Virginia Probate Records]]. Heraldic visitations list some members of prominent English families who crossed the Atlantic. [http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html Expert Links: English Family History and Genealogy] includes a concise list of visitations available online. Online archive catalogs, such as [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ Access to Archives], can be keyword searched for place names, such as "Virginia" to retrieve manuscripts stored in hundreds of English archives relating to persons and landholdings in this former English colony. These types of records establish links between Virginia residents and England, which can lead researchers back to their specific ancestral English towns, villages, and hamlets. | ||
The multi-volume ''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial, America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see discussion in [[Virginia Public Records|Virginia Public Records]]), highlights many connections between England and Virginia. | The multi-volume ''Calendar of Colonial State Papers Colonial, America, and West Indies'' (1574-1739), which is available for free online (see discussion in [[Virginia Public Records|Virginia Public Records]]), highlights many connections between England and Virginia. | ||
A standard work on early Virginia immigrants, which includes some passenger lists, is now also widely available on the Internet: | A standard work on early Virginia immigrants, which includes some passenger lists, is now also widely available on the Internet: | ||
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1776''. n.p.: Brøderbund, 1996. {{FHL|773852|item}} CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 350; digital version of select portions at [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown]. | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1776''. n.p.: Brøderbund, 1996. {{FHL|773852|item}} CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 350; digital version of select portions at [http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown]. | ||
Runaway advertisements for colonial indentured servants often yield immigration data. [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements] indexes these records (for both white indentured servants and black slaves). These records can also be found in the digitized [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette 1736-1780''], available online through Colonial Williamsburg. | Runaway advertisements for colonial indentured servants often yield immigration data. [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements] indexes these records (for both white indentured servants and black slaves). These records can also be found in the digitized [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm ''Virginia Gazette 1736-1780''], available online through Colonial Williamsburg. | ||
==== African Immigrants ==== | |||
The [http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database] Internet site contains references to 35,000 slave voyages, including over 67,000 Africans aboard slave ships, using name, age, gender, origin, and place of embarkation. The database documents the slave trade between Africa, Europe, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States. | |||
==== Scottish and Irish Immigrants ==== | |||
David Dobson has dedicated many years to establishing links between Scots and their dispersed Scottish cousins who settled throughout the world. For Virginia connections, see: | |||
*Dobson, David. | |||
Additional studies include: | |||
==== German Immigrants ==== | |||
[http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/ The Palatine Project], sponsored by [http://www.progenealogists.com/ ProGenealogists], includes annotated passenger lists for Germans entering Colonial Virginia. | |||
=== American Immigration === | |||
Many settlers from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina migrated down into South Carolina during the colonial period. The Great Valley Road, which passed through the Shenandoah Valley was a popular route. | |||
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During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 333 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Virginia: | During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 333 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Virginia: | ||
Richmond 105<br>Petersburg 50<br>Norfolk, Boro 36<br>Rockbridge 16<br>No place 13<br>Campbell, Lynchburg 11<br>Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg 7<br>Wythe 7<br>Culpeper 6<br>Fauquier 6<br>Henrico 6<br>Powhatan 5<br>Chesterfield, Manchester 4<br>Stafford, Falmouth 4<br>Botetourt 3<br>Chesterfield 3<br>Norfolk County 3<br>Botetourt, Fincastle 2<br>Cumberland, Cartersville 2<br>Elizabeth City, Hampton 2<br>Goochland 2<br>Harrison 2<br>Kentucky, Lexington 2<br>Lunenburg 2<br>Princess Anne 2<br>Washington, Abingdon 2<br>Accomack 1<br>Albemarle, Charlottesville 1<br>Fairfax, Alexandria 1<br>Baltimore 1<br>Bedford 1<br>Charles City 1<br>Charlotte 1<br>Cumberland 1<br>Dinwiddie 1<br>Elizabeth City 1<br>Fluvanna 1<br>Grayson 1<br>Greenbrier 1<br>Hanover 1<br>Jefferson, Charles Town 1<br>Loudoun, Leesburg 1<br>Louisa 1<br>Madison 1<br>Middlesex 1<br>Norfolk, Portsmouth 1<br>Northumberland 1<br>Philadelphia 1<br>Pittsylvania 1<br>Prince George 1<br>Prince William, Dumfries 1<br>Southampton 1<br>Spotsylvania 1<br>Washington 1<br>Westmoreland 1<br>Wood 1<ref name="null">Kenneth Scott. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/british-aliens-in-the-united-states-during-the-war-of-1812/oclc/5711802 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812.]'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 320-333. {{FHL|78653|item}} 973 W4s; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($).</ref> | Richmond 105<br>Petersburg 50<br>Norfolk, Boro 36<br>Rockbridge 16<br>No place 13<br>Campbell, Lynchburg 11<br>Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg 7<br>Wythe 7<br>Culpeper 6<br>Fauquier 6<br>Henrico 6<br>Powhatan 5<br>Chesterfield, Manchester 4<br>Stafford, Falmouth 4<br>Botetourt 3<br>Chesterfield 3<br>Norfolk County 3<br>Botetourt, Fincastle 2<br>Cumberland, Cartersville 2<br>Elizabeth City, Hampton 2<br>Goochland 2<br>Harrison 2<br>Kentucky, Lexington 2<br>Lunenburg 2<br>Princess Anne 2<br>Washington, Abingdon 2<br>Accomack 1<br>Albemarle, Charlottesville 1<br>Fairfax, Alexandria 1<br>Baltimore 1<br>Bedford 1<br>Charles City 1<br>Charlotte 1<br>Cumberland 1<br>Dinwiddie 1<br>Elizabeth City 1<br>Fluvanna 1<br>Grayson 1<br>Greenbrier 1<br>Hanover 1<br>Jefferson, Charles Town 1<br>Loudoun, Leesburg 1<br>Louisa 1<br>Madison 1<br>Middlesex 1<br>Norfolk, Portsmouth 1<br>Northumberland 1<br>Philadelphia 1<br>Pittsylvania 1<br>Prince George 1<br>Prince William, Dumfries 1<br>Southampton 1<br>Spotsylvania 1<br>Washington 1<br>Westmoreland 1<br>Wood 1<ref name="null">Kenneth Scott. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/british-aliens-in-the-united-states-during-the-war-of-1812/oclc/5711802 British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812.]'' Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 320-333. {{FHL|78653|item}} 973 W4s; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49091 Ancestry] ($).</ref> | ||
=== Westward Migrants === | === Westward Migrants === | ||