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=== Passenger Lists === | === Passenger Lists === | ||
There were no comprehensive passenger lists kept for ships departing London before 1890. For further information, see [[ | There were no comprehensive passenger lists kept for ships departing London before 1890. For further information, see [[England Emigration and Immigration|England Emigration and Immigration]]. A list of emigrants leaving London in 1636 survives. Other lists dated 1773 to 1776 also survive.<br> | ||
=== 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] ( | 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 (£) | ||
Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills identify many Londoners voyaging abroad. | Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills identify many Londoners voyaging abroad. | ||
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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]. | ||
[[Image:Thames.JPG]] | [[Image:Thames.JPG]] | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||