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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*During the early 1700s, some '''French and Spanish families''' immigrated to the southern coastal area, but most pre-statehood settlers of Alabama came from the older southern states, especially [[North Carolina Genealogy|'''North Carolina''']] and [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|'''Georgia''']]. | *During the early 1700s, some '''French and Spanish families''' immigrated to the southern coastal area, but most pre-statehood settlers of Alabama came from the older southern states, especially [[North Carolina Genealogy|'''North Carolina''']] and [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|'''Georgia''']]. | ||
*Alabama was a '''Spanish territory''' beginning in the sixteenth century. | |||
*The '''French''' acquired it in the early eighteenth century, founding Mobile in 1702. This area was claimed by the French from 1702 to 1763 as part of '''La Louisiane.''' | |||
*After the French lost to the British in the Seven Years' War, it became part of '''British West Florida''' from 1763 to 1783. | |||
*After the United States victory in the American Revolutionary War, the territory was divided between the United States and Spain. Spain retained control of this western territory from 1783 until the surrender of the Spanish garrison at Mobile to U.S. forces on April 13, 1813. | |||
*During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major cotton producer and widely used '''African-American''' slaves on its plantations | |||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||
'''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another. Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Alabama Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | '''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another. Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Alabama Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | ||