m (→Online Resources: Project: Adding New Collections) |
(Changed "Rating" to "Content".) |
||
| Line 110: | Line 110: | ||
*Emigration from England peaked in the 1880s. | *Emigration from England peaked in the 1880s. | ||
*There was no systematic, official method of emigrating from England. The following types of emigrants account for most persons who left England: | *There was no systematic, official method of emigrating from England. The following types of emigrants account for most persons who left England: | ||
{{Block indent|'''Free emigrants'''. Beginning in 1606 emigrants left England to promote trade or set up military outposts and way stations for merchant ships. Later free emigrants sought opportunities in a new land or fled poverty or oppression in England. |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''Assisted emigrants'''. From 1815 to 1900, qualified emigrants received passage money or land grants in the destination country as an alternative to receiving poor relief. |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''Transported prisoners'''. From 1611 to 1870, more than 200,000 criminals were conditionally pardoned, exiled, and transported to penal colonies. Before 1775, more than 50,000 prisoners were sent to America—primarily to Virginia and Maryland. From 1788 to 1869, more than 160,000 prisoners were sent to Australia. |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''Military personnel'''. Upon discharge, soldiers serving overseas were offered land or other inducements to settle in the colony where they were serving. This was common practice in Australia from 1791, Canada from 1815, and New Zealand from 1844. |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''Latter-day Saints'''. About 1840, converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints emigrated to the United States. Most settled in Utah. For further information, see [[Latter-day Saint Online Genealogy Records]].|2}} | |||
==Records of English Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of English Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||
edits