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In addition, you may find an early immigrant ancestor to Delaware in: | In addition, you may find an early immigrant ancestor to Delaware in: | ||
Johnson, Amandus. ''The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664''. Two Volumes. 1911. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. | Johnson, Amandus. ''The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664''. Two Volumes. 1911. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. {{FHL|470898|item|disp=FHL film 1364768 items 8-9}}. General history with index. | ||
Few passenger arrival lists of Delaware ports exist. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists on microfilm for the port of Wilmington for the years 1820, 1830-31, 1833, and 1840-49. | Few passenger arrival lists of Delaware ports exist. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists on microfilm for the port of Wilmington for the years 1820, 1830-31, 1833, and 1840-49. | ||
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The Wilmington passenger arrival lists are included in: | The Wilmington passenger arrival lists are included in: | ||
United States. Bureau of Customs. ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts''. . . National Archives Microfilm Publication. | United States. Bureau of Customs. ''Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts''. . . National Archives Microfilm Publication. {{FHL|66154|item|disp=FHL films 830234 and 830246}}. These are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under UNITED STATES - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. | ||
For indexes to the Wilmington passenger arrival lists, see: | For indexes to the Wilmington passenger arrival lists, see: | ||
United States. Bureau of Customs. ''Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists'' . . . Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports . . . National Archives Microfilm Publication. (Family History Library {{FHL|67478| | United States. Bureau of Customs. ''Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists'' . . . Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports . . . National Archives Microfilm Publication. (Family History Library {{FHL|67478|item|disp=FHL films 418161-348}}. These indexes are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under UNITED STATES - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES. | ||
You may also need to search the passenger lists of Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore. About 8,000 early arrivals are listed in: | You may also need to search the passenger lists of Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore. About 8,000 early arrivals are listed in: | ||
Boyer, Carl. ''Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1641-1825''. Newhall, California: Carl Boyer, 1980. | Boyer, Carl. ''Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1641-1825''. Newhall, California: Carl Boyer, 1980. {{FHL|148456|item|disp=FHL fiche 6048670}}.) This contains reprints of passenger lists named in Harold Lancour's Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists. | ||
A comprehensive list of about 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain is: | A comprehensive list of about 140,000 immigrants to America from Britain is: | ||