United States, Transatlantic Migration
Do you have ancestors from Western Europe who emigrated to the United States or Canada? Discover details about such transatlantic migration from the late 1500s to the early 1900s.
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Do you have ancestors from Western Europe who emigrated to the United States or Canada? Discover details about such transatlantic migration from the late 1500s to the early 1900s.
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Learn about your migrating ancestors from England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. Discover details about their migration to Canada and the United States from the late 1500s up to the early 1900s.
Find information about arrivals into ports in such places as California, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
These publications may be able to provide you with vital information about your ancestors, such as birth countries, when and where they emigrated, ages, occupations, and details regarding spouses and children. For example, the seven volumes of the Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America include lengthy lists of Scottish settlers and the details of their emigration and family.
Some publications may also be able to shed light on birth and death years.
There are 127 titles included in this collection.
- A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to U.S.A.
- A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692
- A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1718-1759
- American Marriage Records Before 1699
- American Migrations, 1765-1799
- American Passenger Arrival Records: A Guide to the Records
- Bristol & America: a Record of the First Settlers, 1654-1685
- Colonial Maryland Naturalizations
- Denizations, Naturalizations & Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York
- Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 (1st edition)
- Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775 (2nd edition)
- Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, volume 1
- Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830, volume 2
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 1
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 2
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 3
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 4
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 5
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 6
- Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, volume 7
- Dutch Colonists in the Americas, 1615-1815
- Early New York Naturalizations, 1792-1840
- Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (mainly Cincinnati), Kentucky & other States, parts 1, 2, 3,
4A, 4B & 4C
- Emigrants from England, 1773-1776
- Emigrants from Fellbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 1735-1930
- Emigrants from Haut-Rhin Department, France to America, parts 1 1837-1844 & part 2 1845-1847
- Emigrants from Ireland to America, 1735-1743
- Emigrants from Ireland, 1847-1852
- Emigrants from Saxony (Grand Duchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) to America, 1854 & 1859
- Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775
- Emigrants from the former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (now Niedersachsen), Germany, mainly to U.S., 1830-
1849
- Emigrants from the West-German Fuerstenberg Territories (Baden & the Palatinate) to America & Central
Europe 1712, 1737, 1787
- Emigrants to America: Indentured Servants recruited in London, 1718-1733
- Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819
- English Adventurers & Emigrants, 1609-1660
- English Origins of American Colonists
- Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1749-1863, volume 4
- Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858, volume 3
- Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1761-1853, volume 1
- Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1761-1853, volume 2
- From Bremen to America in 1850: Fourteen Rare Emigrant Ship Lists
- German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1847-1854
- German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1855-1862
- German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867
- German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1868-1871
- German Mercenary Expatriates in the U.S. & Canada following the American Revolution
- Immigrant Ancestors before 1750
- Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775
- Immigrants to the Middle Colonies
- Ireland & Irish Emigration to the New World, 1815-1850
- Irish Emigrants in North America, 1670-1830, part 6
- Irish Emigrants in North America, 1670-1830, part 7
- Irish Emigrants in North America, 1670-1830, parts 1 to 3
- Irish Emigrants in North America, 1775-1825, parts 4 & 5
- Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839
- Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849
- Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806
- Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871
- List of Emigrants to America from Liverpool, 1697-1707
- Missing Relatives and Lost Friends
- More Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775
- More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827
- New World Immigrants: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists & Associated Data from Periodical Literature, volume 1
- New World Immigrants: a Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists & Associated Data from Periodical Literature, volume 2
- Nineteenth-Century Emigration of Old Lutherans from Eastern Germany (mainly Pomerania & Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada & U.S.
- Nineteenth-Century Germans to America, 1727-1934
- Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, volume 1
- Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, volume 2
- Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1834
- Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia, 1800-1819
- Passenger Arrivals, 1819-1820: a List of Passengers who arrived in U.S. from 1st Oct 1819 to 30th Sept
1820
- Passenger Lists from Ireland, 1811-1816
- Passengers from Ireland, 1810-1817
- Passengers to America
- Passengers Who Arrived in the United States, September 1821-December 1823
- Pennsylvania German Pioneers, volume 1, 1727-1775
- Pennsylvania German Pioneers, volume 2, 1727-1775
- Port Arrivals and Immigrants to the City of Boston, 1715-1716 & 1762-1769
- Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750
- Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1850
- San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, volume 2, 1850-1851
- San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, volume 3, 1851-1852
- Scots in the American West, 1783-1883
- Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783
- Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883
- Scots in the USA & Canada, 1825-1875, part 1
- Scots in the USA & Canada, 1825-1875, part 2
- Scots in the USA & Canada, 1825-1875, part 3
- Scots in the USA & Canada, 1825-1875, part 4
- Scots in the USA & Canada, 1825-1875, part 5
- Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857, volume 1
- Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857, volume 2
- Scots on the Chesapeake, 1607-1830
- Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, part 3
- Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, part 4
- Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, part 5
- Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, parts 1 & 2
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: Argyll
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: Grampian Highlands
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: Highland Perthshire
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: Inverness-shire
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: Northern Highlands
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: Northern Isles
- Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, part 3
- Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, parts 1 & 2
- Scottish Transatlantic Merchants, 1611-1785
- Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850, volume 1
- Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850, volume 2
- Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850, volume 3
- Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828, volume 1
- Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828, volume 2
- Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828, volume 3
- Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828, volume 4
- Ships from Scotland to North America, 1830-1860, volume 1
- Ships from Scotland to North America, 1830-1860, volume 2
- Some Emigrants to Virginia, 2nd edition
- South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850
- The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783
- The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775
- The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660
- The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1661-1699
- The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1700-1750
- The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1751-1776
- The French in the Americas, 1620-1820
- The Original Scots Colonists of Early America: Caribbean Supplement, 1611-1707
- The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Supplement, 1607-1707
- Transatlantic Voyages, 1600-1699 (2nd edition)
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