Surname Immigration Submissions for Rock Island County
IRAD at Western Illinois University has early Rock Island County naturalization records. IRAD Research Policy
Rock Island County was the destination for a number of nationalities. The most notable or prominent are Belgian, Swedish, English, Hispanic, Irish and German. I hope to capture the essence of immigration in Rock Island County through appropriate links, histories, societies and recorded experience. If I have left any nationality out or if you can contibute to this subject, please contact the county coordinator to volunteer your help.
Irish
Contributed by Laurie McDonald Huffman. She writes...
My father recently passed on to me a copy of a book written in Ireland in 1934 by Rev. T. Kilpatrick, Reverand of the Millisle Presbyterian Church, Down Co, Ireland. It contain this choice little paragraph on page 38: "During these years [1845-1847 potato famine] of hardship and distress many members of the congregation of Millisle emigrated to America. Most of these settled in and around Rock Island, a city of western Illinois, U.S.A., on the Mississippi River. A strong colony of Irish settlers from Ballymacruise, Drumfad, Ballyhaskin, Ballywhicken, and adjoining townlands was established here, and that colony still exists. The descendants of those early emigtants differ in speech from the surrounding farmers and tradespeople and they still like to have news about Millisle from the old folks whose names are so familiar to them." - This is taken from "Millisle and Ballycopeland Presbyterian Church, A SHORT HISTORY", by Rev. T. Kilpatrick, M.A., published at Newtownards: 1934.
Belgian
Center for Belgian Culture
712 18th Ave.
Moline, IL 61265
309-762-0167
Swedish
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Other Sites on the World Wide Web:
Ships, Passenger Lists & Immigration at Cyndi Howell's Site
How to get your ancestor's papers from the Immigration and Naturalization Service
How to find your immigrant ancestor The first place that I recommend for finding an immigrant is PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LISTS INDEX
Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources
SHIP'S PASSENGER LISTS
Mayflower Passenger List
Many Early Atlantic Ships' Passenger Names at the following sites:
David Curtin's Genealogy Home Page includes:
Passenger List of the Winthrop Fleet 1630
Passenger List for the Lyon 1632
Passenger List for the Griffin 1634
Passenger List for the Planter 1635
Passenger List for the Angel Gabriel 1635 (partial)
Passenger List for the Confidence 1638
Passenger List for the Martin 1638
The Ship America Passengers - from Liverpool to New York in 1851 -- with 457 passengers - List is at The Olive Tree Genealogy site for PASSENGER LISTS SHIPS TO NEW YORK AFTER 1800
Thomas Langford's American Plantations and Colonies Ships to America Page Early Atlantic Ships' Passenger Lists