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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Pennsylvania_Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]'' | ||
The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Pennsylvania. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. {{Indexing badge | The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Pennsylvania. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. {{Indexing badge | ||
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Philadelphia has been a major port of entry for European immigrants since the seventeenth century. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of passenger arrival records from the National Archives, including: | Philadelphia has been a major port of entry for European immigrants since the seventeenth century. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of passenger arrival records from the National Archives, including: | ||
*Indexes,1800-1882, 1883-1948, 1906-1926 | *Indexes,1800-1882, 1883-1948, 1906-1926 | ||
*Lists, 1800-1906, 1883-1921 Pennsylvania passenger lists for 1 July 1948 to 30 November 1954 were destroyed before they were microfilmed. | *Lists, 1800-1906, 1883-1921 Pennsylvania passenger lists for 1 July 1948 to 30 November 1954 were destroyed before they were microfilmed. | ||
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*Over 200,000 names of immigrants and naturalized aliens in Pennsylvania are indexed in the following source: *Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. {{FHL|1107338|item|disp=15 vols.}} Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981-. {{FHL|291926|item|disp=FHL book 973.W32p}} 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 1900, and 1991 to 1997 supplements. These volumes index names of colonial immigrants listed in published sources. | |||
*A large alphabetically-arranged 54 volume manuscript collection at the Chester County Historical Society is Albert C. Meyers, comp., ''Notes on Immigrants to Pennsylvania, 1681-1737'' (on 14 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|567010|item|disp=FHL film 567010 item 2}}. | *A large alphabetically-arranged 54 volume manuscript collection at the Chester County Historical Society is Albert C. Meyers, comp., ''Notes on Immigrants to Pennsylvania, 1681-1737'' (on 14 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|567010|item|disp=FHL film 567010 item 2}}. | ||
*''Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists'' from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. {{FHL|285057|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 W3t}}. | *''Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists'' from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. {{FHL|285057|item|disp=FHL book 974.8 W3t}}. | ||