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=== Records of Emigrants  ===
=== Records of Emigrants  ===


In lieu of passenger lists, genealogists have sought for London emigration records in a variety of other sources. Tens of thousands of records of indentured servants and transported convicts leaving London for America exist. They have been published by Peter Wilson Coldham and others. A master index is available on [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486 Ancestry] ($). Examples of Coldham's publications include:  
In lieu of passenger lists, genealogists have sought for London emigration records in a variety of other sources. Tens of thousands of records of indentured servants and transported convicts leaving London for America exist. They have been published by [[Peter Wilson Coldham]] and others. A master index is available on [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486 Ancestry] ($). Examples of Coldham's publications include:  


*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49104 Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778] at Ancestry ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49104 Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778] at Ancestry ($)
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills identify many Londoners voyaging abroad.  
Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills identify many Londoners voyaging abroad.  


{{Main|Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury}}
{{Main|Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury}}  


A list of ship's departing from London for the United States in the mid-1800s has been reconstructed using sources stored in the arrival country:  
A list of ship's departing from London for the United States in the mid-1800s has been reconstructed using sources stored in the arrival country:  
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*''The London Compass''. Digital versions at Family History Archive: [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH21,74717 Vol. 2].
*''The London Compass''. Digital versions at Family History Archive: [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH21,74717 Vol. 2].


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