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Re: Seeking list of French schooners & passengers to Baltimore
Susannah Brooks Nov 26, 2020 2:49 PM (in response to Rita Fitzwater)This would be before the formation of the United States. There are few if any passenger lists for ports other than Philadelphia (this city required lists of non-British immigrant that were kept as court records). The United States did not require passengers lists prior to 1820. Your best bet might be to look for emigration records in the section of France that your ancestors left from.
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Re: Seeking list of French schooners & passengers to Baltimore
Cara JensenDec 2, 2020 2:40 PM (in response to Rita Fitzwater)
Dear Ms. Fitzwater,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
As the previous poster mentioned, until 1820, the U.S. Federal Government did not require captains or masters of vessels to present a passenger list to U.S. officials. We suggest that you contact the Maryland State Archives and the Maryland Historical Society to search historical newspapers or other colonial holdings for accounts of your ancestor’s immigration.
We also suggest that you review the FamilySearch Research wikis for Maryland Newspapers and Maryland Emigration and Immigration.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
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Re: Seeking list of French schooners & passengers to Baltimore
Timothy McGoldrick Dec 3, 2020 1:02 AM (in response to Rita Fitzwater)I found some people born is France, 214 in Federal Naturalization Records between 1790-1800
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Maryland, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931 | Ancestry® I used the following Search parameters
Tim