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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.

One of the founders of Norwalk, Connecticut, Thomas Fitch, is listed in Immigrant Ancestors Before 1750. He is also the ancestor of one of the governors of the Connecticut Colony, Thomas Fitch IV. From this publication, we learn that Thomas Fitch came from England and settled Norwalk around 1651. He is noted as one of the wealthiest men in the colony. His first marriage was to Anna Stacie (Stacey) in 1632, and his second marriage was to Ruth Clark.

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There are 46 titles included in this collection.

• A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to U.S.A.
• 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
• Dutch Colonists in the Americas, 1615-1815
• Early New York Naturalizations, 1792-1840
• Emigrants to America: Indentured Servants recruited in London, 1718-1733
• 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
• 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
• Immigrant Ancestors Before 1750
• Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775
• 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
• 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
• Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, volume 1
• Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, volume 2
• Passengers from Ireland, 1810-1817
• 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-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: 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
• Some Emigrants to Virginia, 2nd edition