Bridging the Atlantic: Tracing 17th – 18th Century Immigrants to Britain

Richard W. Price, MA, AG®

I. Historical Trends Affecting Research

• American Immigration History by time-period
• Migration Factors

II. North American Sources

• Family Records
• Published Histories & Genealogies
• Land and Probate Records
• Church Records
• Migration Records
• Town Records  
• Military sources
• Census Records
• Obituaries
• Cemetery Records
• Naturalization  
• Passenger Lists
• Vital Records

III. Electronic Tools & Indexes

• Passenger & Immigration Lists Index
• The Great Migration Begins:  Immigrants to New England 1620 – 1633
• Ancestry.com
• Family Tree Maker CD’s
• Genforum
• Rootsweb
• Periodicals
• Published and On-line Indexes      

IV. British Records of Emigration

• Probate Records
• Chancery Proceedings
• Visitations Pedigrees         
• Protestation Returns
• Court Records

Paper presented at UGA Annual Conference – Salt Palace – Salt Lake City, Utah 8-10 April 2004.

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