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Did you know that Immigration means To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native and that Emigration means To leave one country or region to settle in another Find your ancestor on 2,553 Olive Tree Genealogy FREE Passenger Lists or Search over 8,000 ships passenger lists on other websites like ISTG (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild), TheShipsList.com, and more!

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SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS TO NORTH CAROLINA

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What's Available in North Carolina Immigration Records includes immigration and naturalizations records such as
Passenger & Immigration Lists Index Early American Immigrations Ship Passenger Lists to the Carolinas	Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20 North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790

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Before 1820 passenger lists were not required by law. To help break down those brick walls, here is a selection of CDs that you may find helpful
Ships Passenger Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Indexed CD with names of approximately 3,530,000 individuals who arrived in United States and Canadian ports. Or search online Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [$]

Ships Passenger Lists to North Carolina 1774

Ulysses 1774 Scotland to North Carolina
Diana 1774 Scotland to North Carolina
The BRITON from London to Carolina, Dec. 1774
The MARY AND HANNAH from London to Carolina, Nov. 1774
The LOWTHER from London to Carolina, Oct. 1774
The JAMES from London to Carolina, Oct. 1774
The NEWMARKET from London to Carolina, Oct 1774
The ROCKINGHAM from Newcastle to Cape Fear, Oct. 1774
The CURLING? from London to Carolina, Oct. 1774
The WILLIAM from London to Carolina, August 1774
The CAROLINA from London to Carolina, May-August 1774
The PALLAS from London to Carolina, May 1774
The FRIENDSHIP from London to North Carolina, May 1774
The BRITON from London to Carolina, May 1774
The MAGNA CHARTA from London to Carolina, April 1774
The POLLY from Liverpool to North Carolina, March 1774
The UNION from London to North Carolina, Feb. 1774
The MARGARET AND MARY from London to North Carolina, Feb. 1774
LE DE SPENCER from Falmouth to Carolina, Feb. 1774
The CAROLINA from London to Carolina, Jan 1774
The ULYSSES from Greenock to Wilmington, North Carolina, August 1774

Ships Passenger Lists to North Carolina 1775

The AJAX from Greenock to North Carolina, June 1775
The ULYSSES from Greenock to North Carolina, April-May 1775
The JACKIE OF GLASGOW from Stanraer to North Carolina, May 1775
The JAMAICA PACKET from Kirkaldy to North Carolina, June 1775
Jupiter of Larne 1775 Scotland to North Carolina

Ships Passenger Lists to North Carolina 1781

Forbay Prison Ship Charlestown Harbour, North Carolina, 1781

Ships Passenger Lists to North Carolina 1820

After 1820 passenger lists had to be kept. Some have been filmed and are available at NARA

NARA film M575. Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873. (16 rolls). The passenger lists are arranged by port, then chronologically by date.

• Roll 1 Beaufort, North Carolina, 1865
• Roll 2 Edenton, NC, 1820
• Roll 5 New Berne, NC 1820-1865
• Roll 8 Plymouth, NC , 1820-1840
• Roll 16 Washington, NC, 1820-1848

Books with Passenger Lists

From Ulster to Carolina : the migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina / Blethen, H. Tyler

German speaking people west of the Catawba River in North Carolina, 1750-1800 : and some émigrés participation in early settlement of Southeast Missouri / Eaker, Lorena Shell (Lorena May Shell) , 1927-

The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776 / Meyer, Duane

Records of emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina, 1774-1775 / Newsome, Albert Ray

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See a complete list of film numbers (NARA & FHC) for South Carolina (Index to passenger lists, 1890-1924) or search Browse passenger lists for South Carolina Ships

Looking for other USA records? See USA GENEALOGY: a directory of links to searchable databases

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Step 2: If you don't find your immigrant ancestor in a large port city, try smaller ports of arrival - Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maine, Rhode Island, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Michigan, Alaska, California, Hawaii and Washington

Step 3: Still can't find your immigrant ancestor on an American ships passenger list? Try a Canadian Port of Arrival and the Canada-U.S. border crossing records (Saint Albans Lists).

Step 4: If you still can't find your ancestor in free ships passenger lists, try ships passenger lists and naturalization records on a pay site. See the Immigration Comparison Chart to help you decide which of the fee-based sites has the passenger lists you need to find your immigrant ancestor

Step 5: Search for ships passengers in Ethnic Groups immigrating to America, other miscellaneous ports of arrival, Ships Passenger Lists on NARA microfilm, J.J. Cooke Shipping Agent Records, Castle Garden New York Ships Passenger Lists 1855-1890, Ellis Island New York Ships Passenger Lists 1894-1927 & Naturalization Records

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