Joe - Keep in mind that "immigrants" from other colonies and the British Isles were already subjects of the Crown and there was no need for them to be naturalized as new citizens. Passenger lists for that period were not maintained by the government and are very rare. The usual way you might locate such people is by finding indenture agreements cited in the court records, but these only appear on a case by case basis. There is a huge index of all immigrants to America called PILI (Passenger and Immigrantion Lists Index), taken from every possible source, which used to be published in paper form with updates published yearly. Each volume is like a city phone directory and the whole collection takes up a shelf in a reference library. I haven't tried to use this in a long time, but believe it is now published electronically online in searchable format, accessible via Ancestry.com and other places. Baltimore didn't really exist as a port back then. The county seat for Baltimore County was located at "Old Baltimore" on land now part of Aberdeen Proving Ground, then moved to Bush River and to Joppa in present day Harford County, in 1724. Baltimore City did not become the seat of Baltimore County until 1768. Good luck - John Polk Havre de Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: <joslake@sbcglobal.net> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:12 AM Subject: [LDR] For the period 1675-1725 - Immigration to Sussex Co North ofthe Indian River and the Nanticoke (roughly)loew > List: These questions (or similar) are probably responsible for the old > saw about > getting a camel thru the eye of a needle. Keeping in mind that > authorities agree > there was considerable immigration to at least parts of Sussex from the > south > (Accomack, VA; Somerset, MD) and from the MD counties to the west. > > 1. Was Lewes ever a port used for other than very limited immigration ? > (I recently > saw an offhand comment in a book that it was ??). > > 2. Would Baltimore have been an immigration port during the period > 1675-1725? > > 3. I will check on the location & availability of Philadelphia > immigration records & > passenger lists, but is there any list member who has already investigated > these > records who would put a "brief overview" on line (probably it's my > inexperience > there, but so far I've found Philadelphia info a bit more difficult to > locate). > > Thank you. > > Joe Lake > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to John Polk, Judy and awilgus for their immigration insights and comments. Like John I haven't used PILI for a long time, but searching a hard copy has some advantages over searching a database, so that's a good option to revisit (& catch up with the newer yearly issues). And I had forgotten that immigrants from the British Isles did not need naturalization papers. Before sending the e-mail to the list last nite, I briefly checked out Philadelphia (& port) in the catalog at Family Search.org and they have quite a long list, but at that first check, many of the starting dates seemed to fall shortly after 1725. So that "easy way" that I always look for first probably isn't here either, but thanks again Folks. If I do find some exciting "method", I'll post it. :-). Joe Lake > Joe - > > Keep in mind that "immigrants" from other colonies and the British Isles > were already subjects of the Crown and there was no need for them to be > naturalized as new citizens. Passenger lists for that period were not > maintained by the government and are very rare. The usual way you might > locate such people is by finding indenture agreements cited in the court > records, but these only appear on a case by case basis. > > There is a huge index of all immigrants to America called PILI (Passenger > and Immigrantion Lists Index), taken from every possible source, which used > to be published in paper form with updates published yearly. Each volume is > like a city phone directory and the whole collection takes up a shelf in a > reference library. I haven't tried to use this in a long time, but believe > it is now published electronically online in searchable format, accessible > via Ancestry.com and other places. > > Baltimore didn't really exist as a port back then. The county seat for > Baltimore County was located at "Old Baltimore" on land now part of Aberdeen > Proving Ground, then moved to Bush River and to Joppa in present day Harford > County, in 1724. Baltimore City did not become the seat of Baltimore County > until 1768. > > Good luck - > > John Polk > Havre de Grace > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <joslake@sbcglobal.net> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:12 AM > Subject: [LDR] For the period 1675-1725 - Immigration to Sussex Co North > ofthe Indian River and the Nanticoke (roughly)loew > > >> List: These questions (or similar) are probably responsible for the old >> saw about >> getting a camel thru the eye of a needle. Keeping in mind that >> authorities agree >> there was considerable immigration to at least parts of Sussex from the >> south >> (Accomack, VA; Somerset, MD) and from the MD counties to the west. >> >> 1. Was Lewes ever a port used for other than very limited immigration ? >> (I recently >> saw an offhand comment in a book that it was ??). >> >> 2. Would Baltimore have been an immigration port during the period >> 1675-1725? >> >> 3. I will check on the location & availability of Philadelphia >> immigration records & >> passenger lists, but is there any list member who has already investigated >> these >> records who would put a "brief overview" on line (probably it's my >> inexperience >> there, but so far I've found Philadelphia info a bit more difficult to >> locate). >> >> Thank you. >> >> Joe Lake >> >> *************************************** >> QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >> Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >> http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message