Maryland Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

Cunz, Dieter. ''The Maryland Germans: A History''. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1948. (Family History Library book 975.2 F2c; fiche 6048035.)  

Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. 22 Volumes. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981-. (Family History Library book 973 W32p, also CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 354.) The first three volumes are a combined alphabetical index published in 1981. Supplemental volumes have been issued annually. There are also cumulative 1982 to 1985, 1986 to 1990, and 1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2000, 2001 to 2005, and 2006-2008 supplements. This does not index official U.S. arrival lists or manuscript sources, but it does index the names of many people who immigrated between 1538 and the 1900s and who are listed in published sources.  

Indexes to customs passenger lists, 1820 to 1897. A soundex card index to the U.S. Customs passenger lists indexes the federal lists for 1820 to 1897 (Family History Library films 417212-382). A separate soundex card index includes the individuals appearing in the city lists from 1833 to 1866 (Family History Library films 821565-86). Both indexes have the same format and give all information found on the original lists except the name of the ship master and the port of embarkation.  

These quarterly abstracts or copies give the quarter-year of an individual's arrival and sometimes the port of embarkation. Passengers' given names are usually shortened to the initial letter, but otherwise the information is the same as that found in the original lists. Use the abstracts when the original list is missing. The abstracts also have many gaps, and some years are missing. The Family History Library has the abstracts for the following years (Family History Library films 1376177-82):  

Bentley, Elizabeth P., and Michael H. Tepper, eds. ''Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834: From Customs Passenger Lists''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. (Family History Library book 975.26 W3p.) This also indexes the few city lists, cargo manifests, and state department transcripts for this period.  

United States. Bureau of Customs. ''A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York) 1820-1874''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960. (Family History Library films 418161-348.) This indexes the Baltimore City abstracts through June 1869 and the existing Annapolis and Havre de Grace lists (see the paragraph labelled "Other Ports").  

Glazier, Ira A., and P. William Filby, eds. ''Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1850-1897.''. 67 Volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988-. (Family History Library book 973 W2ger.)  

Glazier, Ira A., ed. ''Germans to America - series II: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports in the 1840s''. 7 vols. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2002 Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004. (Family History Library book 973 W2ger Ser. 2.)  

*Soundex card index for 1897 to 1952. (On 43 Family History Library films beginning with 1373824.)

Morton Allan ''Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals. 1931''. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. (Family History Library book 973 U3m 1980; 1931 edition on fiche 6046854.)  

'''Other Ports.''' The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are Annapolis, 1849 (FHL film 830231) and Havre de Grace, 1820 (Family History Library film 830234). Immigrants to Maryland, especially western Maryland, may have arrived in Philadelphia (see the [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Research Outline]]). <!--{12032062387304} --><!--{12032062387305} --><!--{12032062387306} --><!--{12032062387307} --><!--{12032062387308} -->

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