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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.


*Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the overseas origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include:
The original published volume ''Early Settlers of Maryland'' has also been digitized. It can be useful to refer to this book because Gibb's online database requires exact spelling searches, while in the book, it is easy to browse for alternative spellings of surnames:
 
:*Skordas, Gust. ''The Early Settlers of Maryland: An Index to Names of Immigrants Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633 - 1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland.'' 1968; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974. Digital version at {{FSbook|951349}}.
 
Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the overseas origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include:  


:*''British Roots of Maryland Families''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999-2002. {{FHL|832440|item|disp=FHL book 975.2 D2ba v. 1 - v. 2}}.  
:*''British Roots of Maryland Families''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999-2002. {{FHL|832440|item|disp=FHL book 975.2 D2ba v. 1 - v. 2}}.  
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:*''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL book 973 B38b}}.
:*''Missing Relatives and Lost Friends''. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2008. {{FHL|1462342|item|disp=FHL book 973 B38b}}.


*Murphy's research guide to tracing the English origins of Colonial Maryland indentured servants is available online: [http://pricegen.com/immigrantservants/origins.htm "Origins of Colonial Chesapeake Indentured Servants: American and English Sources,"] ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 93, No. 1 (Mar. 2005):5-24.
Murphy's research guide to tracing the English origins of Colonial Maryland indentured servants is available online: [http://pricegen.com/immigrantservants/origins.htm "Origins of Colonial Chesapeake Indentured Servants: American and English Sources,"] ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 93, No. 1 (Mar. 2005):5-24.  


*The English port of Whitehaven, in northwest England, had extensive trade dealings with Maryland and Virginia during the colonial period. For an excellent study of this trade and the families involved, see:
The English port of Whitehaven, in northwest England, had extensive trade dealings with Maryland and Virginia during the colonial period. For an excellent study of this trade and the families involved, see:  


:*Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth and Daniel Hay. ''Whitehaven to Washington''. Copeland, England, 1974. {{FHL|258446|item|disp=FHL Book 975 H2d}}.
:*Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth and Daniel Hay. ''Whitehaven to Washington''. Copeland, England, 1974. {{FHL|258446|item|disp=FHL Book 975 H2d}}.


*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.  


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