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To search emigration records effectively, you should know the approximate date of emigration, the name of the ship, the type of or reason for emigration, or the emigrant’s previous residence in Scotland. If you know the ship’s name, you might find additional details on the ship, including ports of embarkation and arrival in: | To search emigration records effectively, you should know the approximate date of emigration, the name of the ship, the type of or reason for emigration, or the emigrant’s previous residence in Scotland. If you know the ship’s name, you might find additional details on the ship, including ports of embarkation and arrival in: | ||
''Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping.'' Fiche ed. LaCrosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1981. (Family History Library {{FHL|22058|title-id|disp=fiche 6024581-6025295}}; does not circulate to Family History Centers.) Online at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?field1=ocr;q1=Lloyd%E2%80%99s%20Register%20of%20British%20and%20Foreign%20Shipping.;a=srchls;lmt=ft HathiTrust]. | ''Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping.'' Fiche ed. LaCrosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1981. (Family History Library {{FHL|22058|title-id|disp=fiche 6024581-6025295}}; does not circulate to Family History Centers.) Online at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?field1=ocr;q1=Lloyd%E2%80%99s%20Register%20of%20British%20and%20Foreign%20Shipping.;a=srchls;lmt=ft '''HathiTrust''']. | ||
'''Passenger Lists.''' Port records listing the names of departing or arriving passengers are called passenger lists. Pre-1890 passenger departure lists are rare. Post-1890 lists are arranged chronologically by port of departure. These lists—which usually give the emigrant’s name, age, occupation, address, and sometimes destination—are kept at the Public Record Office, Kew (see [[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Scotland Archives and Libraries)]]. | '''Passenger Lists.''' Port records listing the names of departing or arriving passengers are called passenger lists. Pre-1890 passenger departure lists are rare. Post-1890 lists are arranged chronologically by port of departure. These lists—which usually give the emigrant’s name, age, occupation, address, and sometimes destination—are kept at the Public Record Office, Kew (see [[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Scotland Archives and Libraries)]]. | ||