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	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]].

−	The "[[~~United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration~~\|Emigration and Immigration]]" page for the United States on the FamilySearch Research Wiki lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins\|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.	+	The "[[United States Emigration and Immigration\|Emigration and Immigration]]" page for the United States on the FamilySearch Research Wiki lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins\|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.

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−	[[Category:Maryland\|Emigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish]] [[Category:English]] [[Category:Germans]] [[Category:African_Americans]]	+	[[Category:Maryland\|Emigration]] [[Category:Scots-Irish]] [[Category:United States Emigration and Immigration]] [[Category:English]] [[Category:Germans]] [[Category:African_Americans]]

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Murphynw: ships

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	:*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' (Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989.) {{FHL\|540298\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.		:*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' (Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989.) {{FHL\|540298\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.

−	*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:	+	[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:

	:*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|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}}.		:*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|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]].

−	*If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref>	+	Many ships that sailed from Bristol, England to Maryland are described in: ''Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807'' (4 vols.) {{FHL\|504033\|item\|disp=FHL British Books 942.41/B2 B4b v. 38-39, 42, 47}}.
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		+	If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref>

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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://www.pricegen.com/learningcenter/overseas-origins/ "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:

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	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,''] free online database.

−	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:	+	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}}.	+	:*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}} - free.

	Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the overseas origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include:		Robert W. Barnes has come up with some very clever ways to trace the overseas origins of Colonial Marylanders. His publications include:

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Donchallis at 01:34, 12 September 2012

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	The "[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration Emigration and Immigration]" page for the United States on the FamilySearch Research Wiki lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins\|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.		The "[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration Emigration and Immigration]" page for the United States on the FamilySearch Research Wiki lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins\|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.
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	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===

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	==== Colonial Period ====		==== Colonial Period ====

−	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] ($) collection found at Ancestry.com is a great place to start immigration research. ~~{{Template:Pros-MD}}~~	+	Most colonial ship records contain little information about the passengers. Generally the list of passengers was a partial list and included names of the most important men. Women and children were often not listed. Since the capitans were not required to give their records to anyone, they kept the records themselves, destroyed the records or did not keep any records.  Most of the records that survive have been published. The [http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Immigration & Travel Records] ($) 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:
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	From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. These include Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649. The 1755 Census of Maryland reveals the distribution of transported convicts across the colony. The highest concentrations of transported felons were in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland\|Anne Arundel]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland\|Baltimore]], [[Charles County, Maryland\|Charles]], and [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland\|Queen Anne's]] counties:<ref name="con">[http://books.google.com/books?id=3TY3AAAAYAAJ "An Account of the Number of Souls in the Province of Maryland, in the Year 1755,"] ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' Vol. 34 (1764):261.</ref>		From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. These include Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649. The 1755 Census of Maryland reveals the distribution of transported convicts across the colony. The highest concentrations of transported felons were in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland\|Anne Arundel]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland\|Baltimore]], [[Charles County, Maryland\|Charles]], and [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland\|Queen Anne's]] counties:<ref name="con">[http://books.google.com/books?id=3TY3AAAAYAAJ "An Account of the Number of Souls in the Province of Maryland, in the Year 1755,"] ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' Vol. 34 (1764):261.</ref>

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	==== Colonial Period ====		==== Colonial Period ====

−	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. {{Template:Pros-MD}}

	*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:
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	From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. These include Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649. The 1755 Census of Maryland reveals the distribution of transported convicts across the colony. The highest concentrations of transported felons were in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland\|Anne Arundel]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland\|Baltimore]], [[Charles County, Maryland\|Charles]], and [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland\|Queen Anne's]] counties:<ref name="con">[http://books.google.com/books?id=3TY3AAAAYAAJ "An Account of the Number of Souls in the Province of Maryland, in the Year 1755,"] ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' Vol. 34 (1764):261.</ref>		From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. These include Irishmen who rebelled against Cromwell's army in 1649. The 1755 Census of Maryland reveals the distribution of transported convicts across the colony. The highest concentrations of transported felons were in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland\|Anne Arundel]], [[Baltimore County, Maryland\|Baltimore]], [[Charles County, Maryland\|Charles]], and [[Queen Anne's County, Maryland\|Queen Anne's]] counties:<ref name="con">[http://books.google.com/books?id=3TY3AAAAYAAJ "An Account of the Number of Souls in the Province of Maryland, in the Year 1755,"] ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' Vol. 34 (1764):261.</ref>

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−	''[[United States Emigration and Immigration\|United States Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland\|Maryland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland_Emigration_and_Immigration\|Emigration and Immigration]]'' [[Image:MD Ship The Dove.png\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|MD Ship The Dove.png~~]]	+	''[[United States Emigration and Immigration\|United States Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland\|Maryland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland_Emigration_and_Immigration\|Emigration and Immigration]]'' [[Image:MD Ship The Dove.png\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

	=== Overseas Immigration ===		=== Overseas Immigration ===
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	*St. Mary's ([[St. Mary's County, Maryland#Immigration\|St. Mary's County]])		*St. Mary's ([[St. Mary's County, Maryland#Immigration\|St. Mary's County]])

−	==== Customs Districts ====	+	===== Customs Districts =====

	*Chester District		*Chester District

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	:*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' (Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989.) {{FHL\|540298\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.		:*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' (Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989.) {{FHL\|540298\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.

−	*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:	+	[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:

	:*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|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}}.		:*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|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]].

−	*If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref>	+	Many ships that sailed from Bristol, England to Maryland are described in: ''Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807'' (4 vols.) {{FHL\|504033\|item\|disp=FHL British Books 942.41/B2 B4b v. 38-39, 42, 47}}.
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		+	If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref>

	===== Colonial Ports =====		===== Colonial Ports =====

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	=== Overseas Immigration ===		=== Overseas Immigration ===
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	:*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' (Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989.) {{FHL\|540298\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.		:*Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.'' (Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989.) {{FHL\|540298\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2g}}.

−	[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:	+	[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|Peter Wilson Coldham]] compiled a list of convict ships travelling between English and Maryland ports during the eighteenth century. See appendix to:

	:*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|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}}.		:*[[Peter Wilson Coldham\|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]].

−	Many ships that sailed from Bristol, England to Maryland are described in: ''Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807'' (4 vols.) {{FHL\|504033\|item\|disp=FHL British Books 942.41/B2 B4b v. 38-39, 42, 47}}.	+	Many ships that sailed from Bristol, England to Maryland are described in: ''Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807'' (4 vols.) {{FHL\|504033\|item\|disp=FHL British Books 942.41/B2 B4b v. 38-39, 42, 47}}.

−	If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref>	+	If you believe your ancestor's ship was '''shipwrecked''', Shomette compiled a "Chronological Index to Documented Vessel Losses in the Chesapeake Tidewater (1608-1978)" as an appendix to ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake'' ({{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}) that can lead you to further information.<ref>Donald G. Shomette, ''Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978'' (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1982), 242-287. {{FHL\|487703\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975 U3s}}.</ref>

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	*''Marylanders to Carolina: Migration of Marylanders to '''North '''and '''South Carolina''' Prior to 1800''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1994. {{FHL\|697531\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 W2ped}}.		*''Marylanders to Carolina: Migration of Marylanders to '''North '''and '''South Carolina''' Prior to 1800''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1994. {{FHL\|697531\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 W2ped}}.
−	*''Marylanders to '''Kentucky''', 1775-1825''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1991. {{FHL\|479508\|item\|disp=FHL Book 976.9 W2p}}.<br>	+	*''Marylanders to '''Kentucky''', 1775-1825''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1991. {{FHL\|479508\|item\|disp=FHL Book 976.9 W2p}}.<br>
−	*''More Marylanders to '''Kentucky '''1778-1828''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1997. {{FHL\|678345\|item\|disp=FHL Book 976.9 W2pe}}.<br>	+	*''More Marylanders to '''Kentucky '''1778-1828''. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1997. {{FHL\|678345\|item\|disp=FHL Book 976.9 W2pe}}.<br>
−	*''Marylanders to '''Ohio '''and '''Indiana''': Migrations Prior to 1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2006. {{FHL\|1332047\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2phc}}.<br>	+	*''Marylanders to '''Ohio '''and '''Indiana''': Migrations Prior to 1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2006. {{FHL\|1332047\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2phc}}.<br>
−	*''More Marylanders to '''Ohio '''and '''Indiana''': Migrations Prior to 1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2006. {{FHL\|1379744\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2phc v. 2}}.<br>	+	*''More Marylanders to '''Ohio '''and '''Indiana''': Migrations Prior to 1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2006. {{FHL\|1379744\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.2 D2phc v. 2}}.<br>
	*''Marylanders to '''Tennessee''', 1775-1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2004. {{FHL\|1202774\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 W2pm}}.<br>		*''Marylanders to '''Tennessee''', 1775-1835''. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2004. {{FHL\|1202774\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 W2pm}}.<br>

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	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]].

−	The "[~~https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/~~United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration Emigration and Immigration]" page for the United States on the FamilySearch Research Wiki lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins\|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.	+	The "[[United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration\|Emigration and Immigration]]" page for the United States on the FamilySearch Research Wiki lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Maryland. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins\|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown.

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	=== Websites ===		=== Websites ===

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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:
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		+	:*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}}.
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		+	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.

	===== British Immigrants =====		===== British Immigrants =====