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==In-country Migration== | ==In-country Migration== | ||
During the colonial period, many immigrants lived temporarily in Pennsylvania before resettling elsewhere in the colonies - particularly those of German and Scotch-Irish background. Many went to the backcountry regions of [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] and [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]].<ref>Wayland Fuller Dunaway, "Pennsylvania as an Early Distributing Center of Population," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 55, No. 2 (Apr. 1931):134-169; William H. Gehrke, "The Beginning of the Pennsylvania-German Element in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 58, No. 4 (Oct. 1934):342-369. For free online access to both articles, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | During the colonial period, many immigrants lived temporarily in Pennsylvania before resettling elsewhere in the colonies - particularly those of German and Scotch-Irish background. Many went to the backcountry regions of [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] and [[North Carolina, United States Genealogy|North Carolina]].<ref>Wayland Fuller Dunaway, "Pennsylvania as an Early Distributing Center of Population," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 55, No. 2 (Apr. 1931):134-169; William H. Gehrke, "The Beginning of the Pennsylvania-German Element in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 58, No. 4 (Oct. 1934):342-369. For free online access to both articles, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref> | ||
===Pennsylvania Migration Routes=== | |||
[[Beaver and Erie Canal]]{{·}} [[Minsi Path|Bethlehem Pike]]{{·}} [[Braddock's Road]]{{·}} [[Burd's Road]]{{·}} [[Canada Road]]{{·}} [[Centre Turnpike]]{{·}} [[Culbertson's Path]]{{·}}[[Cumberland Road]]{{·}} [[Delaware River]]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road]] {{·}} [[Forbes Road]]{{·}} [[Gist's Trace]]{{·}} [[Great Indian Warpath]]{{·}} [[Great Island Path]]{{·}} [[Great Shamokin Path]]{{·}} [[Great Trail]]{{·}} [[Great Valley Road]] {{·}} [[King's Highway]]{{·}} [[Kittanning Path]]{{·}} [[Lake Erie]]{{·}} [[Lake Shore Path]]{{·}}[[Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths]]{{·}}[[Memacolinis Path]]{{·}} [[Minsi Path]]{{·}} [[National Road]] {{·}} [[Ohio River]]{{·}} [[Pennsylvania Road]]{{·}} [[Philadelphia Lancaster Turnpike]]{{·}} [[Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road]]{{·}}[[Philadelphia Wagon Road]]{{·}} [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]{{·}} [[Schuylkill Canal]]{{·}}[[Southern Road]]{{·}}[[Tuscarora Path]]{{·}} [[Union Canal]]{{·}} [[Venango Path]] | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||