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==== Colonial Period ==== | ==== Colonial Period ==== | ||
Most colonial ship records contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records or did not keep any records. Most of the records that survive have been published. | Most colonial ship records contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records or did not keep any records. Most of the records that survive have been published. The [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Immigration & Travel Records] ($) collection found at Ancestry.com is a great place to start immigration research. | ||
Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include: | |||
*''British Roots of Maryland Families''. 2 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999-2002. {{FHL|832440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2ba v. 1 - v. 2}}. | |||
*''Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|1384518|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2br}}. | |||
*''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B38b}}. | |||
==== Colonial Ships ==== | ==== Colonial Ships ==== | ||
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''British Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1788.'' CD-ROM. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. {{FHL|1210004|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM CD-ROM no. 2150}}. | *Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''British Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1788.'' CD-ROM. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. {{FHL|1210004|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM CD-ROM no. 2150}}. | ||
Names of ships can also be gleaned from colonial county court order books, headright grants, and [[Virginia Public Records#Calendar_of_State_Papers_Colonial.2C_America_and_West_Indies|English State Papers Colonial, American and West Indies]]. | Names of ships can also be gleaned from colonial county court order books, headright grants, and [[Virginia Public Records#Calendar_of_State_Papers_Colonial.2C_America_and_West_Indies|English State Papers Colonial, American and West Indies]]. | ||
==== 1783 to 1948 ==== | ==== 1783 to 1948 ==== | ||
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*~45,000 in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Delaware<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | *~45,000 in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Delaware<ref name="Lynch">These statistics do not account for the large number of Georgians who had migrated and died before the year 1850. See: William O. Lynch, "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861," ''The Journal of Southern History,'' Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1943):303-327. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2191319 JSTOR] ($).</ref> | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry Immigration & Travel] ($). The place to start for immigration research. | *[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry Immigration & Travel] ($). The place to start for immigration research. | ||
*[http://www.immigrantservants.com Immigrant Servants Database]. Collection of names of Maryland indentured servants and convicts. | *[http://www.immigrantservants.com Immigrant Servants Database]. Collection of names of Maryland indentured servants and convicts. | ||
*[http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_md.shtml The Olive Tree Genealogy]. Includes Maryland passenger lists. | *[http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_md.shtml The Olive Tree Genealogy]. Includes Maryland passenger lists. | ||