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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)]]. | ||
'''Assisted Emigrants Registers.''' Persons who applied for assistance to emigrate were recorded in assisted emigrants registers, which often contain name, age, occupation, residence, destination, name of sponsor, address of relative, and size of family. Those available at the Family History Library appear in the Locality | '''Assisted Emigrants Registers.''' Persons who applied for assistance to emigrate were recorded in assisted emigrants registers, which often contain name, age, occupation, residence, destination, name of sponsor, address of relative, and size of family. Those available at the Family History Library appear in the Locality Search of the catalog under: | ||
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[DESTINATION COUNTRY] - | ::'''[DESTINATION COUNTRY] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION]''' | ||
EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION | ::[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=115546&query=%2Bsubject%3AEngland%20%2Bsubject%3AEmigration%20%2Bsubject%3Aand%20%2Bsubject%3AImmigration '''ENGLAND - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION''']. | ||
[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=115546&query=%2Bsubject% | ::[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=115546&query=%2Bsubject%3AGreat%20%2Bsubject%3ABritain%20%2Bsubject%3AEmigration%20%2Bsubject%3Aand%20%2Bsubject%3AImmigration '''GREAT BRITAIN - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION'''] | ||
::[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=115546&query=%2Bsubject%3AScotland%20%2Bsubject%3AEmigration%20%2Bsubject%3Aand%20%2Bsubject%3AImmigration '''SCOTLAND - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION '''] | |||
*'''Probate Records.''' Probate records may mention relatives who emigrated. Probates of persons who died overseas who owned property in Scotland should have been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (until 1858). | |||
*For lists of Scottish-American wills proved in England, see: | |||
::Coldham, Peter W. ''American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1989. (Family History Library {{FHL|942 P27c|disp=book 942 P27c.)}} | |||
::Testaments of some Scots dying in America were proven in Scotland. Probate would have taken place in the Commissary Court of Edinburgh (until 1830) or the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh (after 1830). For a listing of these probates, see: | |||
::Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. (Family HistoryLibrary {{FHL|588724|title-id|disp=book 973 P22d}}.) | |||
Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. (Family HistoryLibrary {{FHL|588724|title-id|disp=book 973 P22d}}.) | |||
=== Records of Scottish Emigrants in Their Destination Countries === | === Records of Scottish Emigrants in Their Destination Countries === | ||