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''[ | ''[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration United States Emigration and Immigration] > [[Maryland|Maryland]] > Maryland Emigration and Immigration'' [[Image:MD Ship The Dove.png|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
=== Overseas Immigration === | === Overseas Immigration === | ||
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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] ($) collection found at Ancestry.com is a great place to start immigration research. | Most colonial ship records contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records or did not keep any records. Most of the records that survive have been published. The [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Immigration & Travel Records] ($) collection found at Ancestry.com is a great place to start immigration research. | ||
Headright grants were issued to persons responsible for importing settlers into the colony. The records have been made available for free online, courtesy, Maryland State Archives: | Headright grants were issued to persons responsible for importing settlers into the colony. The records have been made available for free online, courtesy, Maryland State Archives: | ||
*Gibb, Carson. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html New ''Early Settlers of Maryland,''] online database. | *Gibb, Carson. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html New ''Early Settlers of Maryland,''] online database. | ||
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*''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B38b}}. | *''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B38b}}. | ||
Scholarly articles published in ''The American Genealogist'' and the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'' illustrate strategies that will help Americans trace their colonial Maryland immigrant origins. | Scholarly articles published in ''The American Genealogist'' and the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'' illustrate strategies that will help Americans trace their colonial Maryland immigrant origins. | ||
==== 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}}. | ||
Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include Maryland (1750s). She published the list in an Appendix to: | Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include Maryland (1750s). She published the list in an Appendix to: | ||
*Wokeck, Marianne S. ''Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America''. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. {{FHL|1023023|item|disp=FHL Book 970 W2w}}. | *Wokeck, Marianne S. ''Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America''. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. {{FHL|1023023|item|disp=FHL Book 970 W2w}}. | ||
Information about 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]]. | Information about 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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==== 1949-1957 ==== | ==== 1949-1957 ==== | ||
After 1957, few passenger lists were submitted to the government. Alien records and naturalization records are more useful than the passenger lists and are easier to obtain. | After 1957, few passenger lists were submitted to the government. Alien records and naturalization records are more useful than the passenger lists and are easier to obtain. | ||
=== Before Using this Record, Know This === | === Before Using this Record, Know This === | ||
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=== Useful Records === | === Useful Records === | ||
- For immigration to Maryland, 1633-1680, see the sources at [http://www.germanroots.com/1820.html#maryland http://www.germanroots.com/1820.html#maryland] <br> | - For immigration to Maryland, 1633-1680, see the sources at [http://www.germanroots.com/1820.html#maryland http://www.germanroots.com/1820.html#maryland] <br> | ||
- For records of early immigrants to what is now the United States. see [[Early U.S. Immigrant Records|Early U.S. Immigrant Records]]. | - For records of early immigrants to what is now the United States. see [[Early U.S. Immigrant Records|Early U.S. Immigrant Records]]. | ||
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Some immigrants arrived at Annapolis, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, and St. Mary's. The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are: | Some immigrants arrived at Annapolis, Havre de Grace, Nottingham, and St. Mary's. The only known customs passenger lists for other Maryland ports are: | ||
:• Annapolis, 1849 (Family History Library film 830231) <br> | :• Annapolis, 1849 (Family History Library film 830231) <br> | ||
:• Havre de Grace, 1820 (Family History Library film 830234). | :• Havre de Grace, 1820 (Family History Library film 830234). | ||
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:- 1820-1874. United States. Bureau of Customs. ''A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York) 1820-1874''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960. (FHL Films {{FHL|67478|title-id|disp=418161-348}}) This indexes the Baltimore City abstracts through June 1869 and the existing Annapolis and Havre de Grace lists (see the paragraph labelled "Other Ports"). | :- 1820-1874. United States. Bureau of Customs. ''A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (Excluding New York) 1820-1874''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960. (FHL Films {{FHL|67478|title-id|disp=418161-348}}) This indexes the Baltimore City abstracts through June 1869 and the existing Annapolis and Havre de Grace lists (see the paragraph labelled "Other Ports"). | ||
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=== FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers 1820-1891 === | === FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers 1820-1891 === | ||
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=== Westward Migrants === | === Westward Migrants === | ||
Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<br> | Free native-born Maryland, alive in 1850, who had left the state, resettled as follows:<br> | ||
*~65,000 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri | *~65,000 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri | ||