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*[[U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin|'''U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin''']] | *[[U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin|'''U. S. Immigration Records: Finding the Town of Origin''']] | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*In 1666, '''French''' settlers erected Fort Sainte Anne on Isle La Motte, the first European settlement in Vermont. | |||
*In 1690, a group of '''Dutch-British''' settlers from Albany established a settlement and trading post at Chimney Point. | |||
*The first permanent '''English''' settlement was established in 1724 with the construction of Fort Dummer. | |||
*Colonial settlers of Vermont generally came from [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]], [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[New York Genealogy|New York]], [[Connecticut, United States Genealogy|Connecticut]], and [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island]]. | *Colonial settlers of Vermont generally came from [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]], [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[New York Genealogy|New York]], [[Connecticut, United States Genealogy|Connecticut]], and [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island]]. | ||
*During the early years of statehood until about 1808, settlers continued to come to Vermont from southern New England, but by the 1830s many Vermonters had left for developing cities in the south or for new farmlands to the west in the United States or to the north in Canada. | *During the early years of statehood until about 1808, settlers continued to come to Vermont from southern New England, but by the 1830s many Vermonters had left for developing cities in the south or for new farmlands to the west in the United States or to the north in Canada. | ||
*Before the middle of the 19th century, '''Irish''' immigrants from overseas came to build the railroads. | *Before the middle of the 19th century, '''Irish''' immigrants from overseas came to build the railroads. | ||
*Canadian immigrants, especially '''French Canadians''' from Quebec province, began to come to the state before the Civil War and continued to come in large numbers in the early 1900s. | *Canadian immigrants, especially '''French Canadians''' from Quebec province, began to come to the state before the Civil War and continued to come in large numbers in the early 1900s. | ||
* | *Beginning in the mid-19th century, Vermont industries attracted numerous '''Irish, Scots-Irish and Italian immigrants'''. Many of the immigrants migrated to Barre, where the men worked as stonecutters of granite, for which there was a national market. Many Italian and Scottish women operated boarding houses to support their families.<ref>"Vermont", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont, accessed 7 April 2021.</ref> | ||
==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 [[Vermont 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 [[Vermont Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | ||