Vermont Emigration and Immigration
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How to Find the Records
The major port of entry to New England is Boston. See Massachusetts Online Genealogy Records.
Online Resources
- 1500s-1900s All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s at Ancestry; index only ($); Also at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Vermont
- 1795-1925 U.S. Passport Applications for Vermont, 1795-1925 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1894-1954 United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1895-1924 Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1924 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1895-1924 Vermont, Passenger Lists, 1895-1924 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1895-1956 United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956 at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Vermont
- 1911-1954 United States, New England Passenger and Crew Lists, 1911-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- United States, Passenger and Crew Lists - New England Passenger And Crew Lists at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
Cultural Groups
- 1920-1939 Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939 at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Vermont
- Germans Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Vermont
- Italians Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Vermont
- Russians Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Vermont
Background
- Colonial settlers of Vermont generally came from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and 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.
- 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.
- Smaller numbers of settlers came from Italy, Wales, Spain, and Poland to work in the mines, mills, and quarries of Vermont.
- Stilwell, Lewis D. Migration from Vermont. Vol. 5. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1948. FHL book 974.3 W2s; film 873949 item 1 {WorldCat|5986084|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} This book includes a name and locality index and charts showing migration patterns of Vermonters to other parts of the United States before 1860.