17,757
edits
United States Internal Migration: Difference between revisions
United States Internal Migration (view source)
Revision as of 13:54, 10 November 2015
, 10 November 2015no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" | {| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <center>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | | <center>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration Internal]]''</center> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Image:Wagon Train.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Wagon Train.jpg]] | | [[Image:Wagon Train.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Wagon Train.jpg]] | ||
| Line 68: | Line 68: | ||
|} | |} | ||
== '''Value of Migration Research''' == | === '''Value of Migration Research''' === | ||
Mountains, forests, waterways, and the gaps between them | Mountains, forests, waterways, and the gaps between them channeled migration into predictable settlement patterns. Events like gold or land rushes, and Indian treaties also affected settlement. | ||
Understanding the transportation systems available to ancestors can help genealogists better guess their place of origin. Connect the place where an ancestor settled to the nearby canals,waterways, trails, roads, and railroads to look for connections to places they may have lived previously. | Understanding the transportation systems available to ancestors can help genealogists better guess their place of origin. Connect the place where an ancestor settled to the nearby canals,waterways, trails, roads, and railroads to look for connections to places they may have lived previously. | ||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
:*clues for finding other records | :*clues for finding other records | ||
== '''Types of U.S. Migration Records''' == | === '''Types of U.S. Migration Records''' === | ||
Actual lists of travelers are unusual. | Actual lists of travelers are unusual. A few passenger lists are available at the New York State Archives for the [[Erie Canal|Erie Canal]] from 1827-1829. But lists of pioneers who settled an area are sometimes available on the Internet, or in the form of county or local histories. The diaries and journals of people on the move may help you learn who they had as companions on the journey, and what their trip was like. | ||
Censuses, directories, land and property records, plat maps, tax records, and voting registers can sometimes be used to learn where new arrivals settled. Starting in 1850 federal censuses show where a person was born, and starting in 1880 where the parents were born. | Censuses, directories, land and property records, plat maps, tax records, and voting registers can sometimes be used to learn where new arrivals settled. Starting in 1850 federal censuses show where a person was born, and starting in 1880 where the parents were born. | ||
| Line 92: | Line 92: | ||
=== Pre-1850 Migrations === | === Pre-1850 Migrations === | ||
Using the list below, go to the state where the family settled, then revert to the first place in column three, then second place, etc to the end. That is the probable route to the state you have chosen. Semicolons indicated a different route for a different population. | Using the list below, go to the state where the family settled, then revert to the first place in column three, then second place, etc to the end. That is the probable route to the state you have chosen. Semicolons indicated a different route for a different population. <ref> Overcoming Dead Ends. Migration Patterns, Nancy Ellen Carlberg.(Anaheim,CA:Carlsberg Press, 1991) pg 224-226. FHL book 929.1C191o</ref><br> | ||
To: From:<br> <br> | To: From:<br> <br> | ||
| Line 162: | Line 162: | ||
VT Vermont MA,Ct, ME, Canada<br> | VT Vermont MA,Ct, ME, Canada<br> | ||
VA Virginia NC,DE,MC,PA;Quakers-PA,NJ<br> | VA Virginia NC,DE,MC,PA;Quakers-PA,NJ<br> | ||
== '''Migration Records for Selected States''' == | === '''Migration Records for Selected States''' === | ||
*[[Image:California flag.png|border|22x15px|California flag.png]] [http://cagenweb.com/cpl/cpl_list.htm California] | *[[Image:California flag.png|border|22x15px|California flag.png]] [http://cagenweb.com/cpl/cpl_list.htm California] | ||
| Line 173: | Line 173: | ||
*[[Image:Utah flag.png|border|22x15px|Utah flag.png]] [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html Utah] | *[[Image:Utah flag.png|border|22x15px|Utah flag.png]] [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html Utah] | ||
== '''Bibliography''' == | === '''Bibliography''' === | ||
Adams, James Truslow, editor-in-chief. ''Atlas of American History.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. | Adams, James Truslow, editor-in-chief. ''Atlas of American History.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. | ||
| Line 191: | Line 191: | ||
White, C. Langdon & Edwin J. Foscue. ''Regional Geography of North America.'' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1943. | White, C. Langdon & Edwin J. Foscue. ''Regional Geography of North America.'' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1943. | ||
== '''Things you can do''' == | === References === | ||
{{reflist}} | |||
=== '''Things you can do''' === | |||
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:<br> | In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:<br> | ||