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Immigration, Migration, and Settlement in the United States: A Genealogical Guidebook

by
Marilyn Lind


© 1985 Linden Tree

Reproduced 2002 with permission of the publisher

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CONTENTS

   ILLUSTRATIONS                               5

1. INTRODUCTION                                7

2. COLONIZING AMERICA                         15

     Virginia                                 17
     Massachusetts                            19
     Connecticut                              22
     Rhode Island                             23
     New Hampshire                            24
     New York                                 25
     New Jersey                               27
     Pennsylvania                             28
     Delaware                                 29
     Maryland                                 30
     North Carolina                           31
     South Carolina                           31
     Georgia                                  32
     In Summary                               34
     Indentured Servants                      35
     Social Patterns                          36
     Patterns of Religion                     38

3. THE TRANSITION                             43

     Vermont                                  56
     Kentucky                                 57
     Tennessee                                57
     Ohio                                     58
     Louisiana                                59
     Indiana                                  60
     Mississippi                              61
     Illinois                                 61
     Alabama                                  62
     Maine                                    63
     Social and Economic Patterns             64
     Patterns of Religion                     65
     The National Road                        68

4. THE OLD IMMIGRATION                        70

     Missouri                                 80
     Arkansas                                 81
     Michigan                                 81
     Florida                                  82
     Texas                                    82
     Iowa                                     83
     Wisconsin                                83
     CALIFORNIA                               84
     Minnesota                                85
     Oregon                                   86
     Kansas                                   86
     West Virginia                            87
     Nevada                                   87
     Social and Economic Patterns             87
     Patterns of Religion                     90

5. THE NEW IMMIGRATION                        92

     Nebraska                                102
     Colorado                                102
     North Dakota                            103
     South Dakota                            104
     Montana                                 104
     Washington                              105
     Idaho                                   105
     Wyoming                                 106
     Utah                                    107
     Oklahoma                                107
     New Mexico                              108
     Arizona                                 108
     Social and Economic Patterns            108
     Patterns of Religion                    109
     Alaska                                  112
     Hawaii                                  113

6. INDIAN MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT           114

7. PASSENGER LISTS                           125

     Further Reading                         141

8. INDEX                                     142

9. ABOUT THE AUTHOR                          144



ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLE OF IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES FROM 1820-1951 8 MAP-OLD IMMIGRATION AND NEW IMMIGRATION 9 PEAK YEARS OF IMMIGRATION 10 POPULATION OF THE U.S., URBAD AND RURAL, 1800-1950 10 EARLY ILLINOIS ADVERTISEMENT 11 AMERICA'S ANCESTRY BY NATIONALITY 12 IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. FROM PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES DURING SPECIFIED PERIODS FROM 1820 THROUGH 1950 13, 14 IMMIGRATION BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH 1956-1965, 1967-1976 14 ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH CLAIMS ABOUT 1700 16 VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS 1606, 1609 17 THE MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS 20 THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT 20 INLAND PENETRATION TO 1760 23 PROPRIETARY GRANTS 26 THE NORTHERN, MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES 29 WOOD CUT of NEW ENGLAND, 1677 33 NORTH AMERICA, 1763 34 1767 CONTRACT OF REDEMPTION 36 CHURCHES IN 1650 39 RELIGION IN U.S., 1650-1800 40 CHRONOLOGY OF CULTURAL, ENONOMIC AND POLITICAL EVENTS, AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1600-1780 41 NORTH AMERICA, 1763-1774 42 MILITARY LAND GRANT 43 COLONIAL POPULATION GROWTH, 1620-1780 44 THE 13 COLONIES IN 1775 45 DANIEL BOONE, 1769, 1798 45 THE U.S. IN 1783 46 LAND CESSIONS OF THE STATES 47 BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS 48 GREAT VALLEY RD, RICHMOND RD 49 NORTHWEST TERRITORY 50 LAND SURVEY: ORDINANCE OF 1785 50 ADMISSIONS TO THE UNION 1787-90 51 THE U.S. IN 1790 51 THE U.S. IN 1800 51 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION IN SETTLEMENTS, 1790 52 LOUISIANA PURCHASE 52 THE FLORIDAS 1810-1819 52 WESTERN EXPLORATIONS, 1804-07 53 THE NATIONAL ROAD 54 ADMISSIONS TO THE UNION, 1791-1820 55 THE U.S. IN 1810 55 THE U.S. IN 1820 55 POPULATION GROWTH 1780-1840 64 RELIGION IN THE U.S. 1750-1850 65 5 MIGRATING ECONOMIC AND CULTURE GROUPS 66 CHRONOLOGY, 1780-1820 67 THE NATIONAL RD THROUGH WASHINGTON, PA 1843 68 CASSELMAN BRIDGE, MARYLAND 68 NATIONAL RD MILESTONE, MARYLAND 69 TOLL GATE HOUSE, NATIONAL RD, MARYLAND 69 TOLLBOARD ON NATIONAL RD 69 CANALS IN THE NORTHEAST, 1840-50 72 RAILROADS IN OPERATION, 1850 73 GOLD FIELDS HANDBOOK 74 THE OREGON COMPROMISE 75 WESTERN TRAILS 75 AMERICAN EXPANSION IN THE SW 76 U.S. LAND ACQUISITIONS 77 GOLD AND SILVER DISCOVERIES 78 ADMISSIONS TO THE UNION, 1821-1864 78 THE U.S. IN 1830 79 THE U.S. IN 1840 79 THE U.S. IN 1850 79 THE U.S. IN 1860 79 MAJOR ROUTES OF THE UNDERGROUND RR AND MAIN STATIONS, 1840-60 89 RELIGIONS IN THE U.S., 1850-1900 90 CHRONOLOGY, 1820-1870 91 THE ERIE RAILROAD FERRY TO CASTLE GARDEN, 1874 92 THE CHANGING FRONTIER, 1760-1890 94 RAILROADS IN 1870 95 WESTERN GRANTS TO THE RAILRAODS 95 EARLY RAILROAD POSTER 96 WESTERN RAILROADS, 1890 96 MAJOR COAL FIELDS 97 IRON ORE DEPOSITS 97 INVENTION OF BARBED WIRE NOTICE 97 THE WESTERN CATTLE KINGDOM 98 CENTERS OF POPULATION, 1790-1950 98 THE U.S. NATIONAL CENSUS, 1790-1890 99 ADMISSIONS TO THE UNION, 1867-1912 100 THE U.S. IN 1870 100 THE U.S. IN 1880 100 THE U.S. IN 1890 100 THE U.S. IN 1900 101 THE U.S. IN 1910 101 THE U.S. IN 1920 101 RELIGIONS IN THE U.S. 1900-1960 110 CHRONOLOGY, 1870-1910 111 THE U.S. IN 1960 111 EARLY INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA 115 WESTERN LANDS AND INDIAN TREATIES 1763-1775 116 INDIAN CESSIONS 1810-1850 117 INDIAN CESSIONS 1850-1890 118 INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE WEST 1890 119 INDIAN TERRITORY (OKLAHOMA) 1890 122 AMERICAN INDIANS - A SELECT CATALOG OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS 124 BOSTON HARBOR 1768 127 CHARLESTON IN 1740 128 SAMPLE ORDER FORM NATIONAL ARCHIVES SHIP PASSENGER ARRIVAL RECORDS 133 IMMIGRATION PASSENGER LIST BALTIMORE, 1892 134 MICROFILM ORDER FORM, NATIONAL ARCHIVES 135 PARTIAL LIST MICROFILM ROLLS 136 CANADIAN IMMIGRATION PASSENGER LIST, 1893 138

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