Where the Emigrants Settled in America
North Carolina
Here is the typical route of European immigrants in America during the 18th and 19th centuries: r
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It's a temporary settlement, but it's worth checking for your surname in the county records.
Virginia includes regions as far west as Augusta County. Although the initial search for surnames may not seem worth the effort, many family members are discovered here along the trail.
North Carolina’s first settlers were Virginians who came to Jamestown in 1607, moved throughout the colony, and finally settled in the western portion.
In the early 1700s, Scotch-Irish settlers arrived in Wilmington, North Carolina, and settled along the Cape Fear River.
The Irish landed in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Charleston, South Carolina. The first settled in Chester, Lancaster, and Laurens Counties, South Carolina, before finally settling in Georgia.
You can trace your US families back to as early as 1607.
Now that you have the trail, you will understand why I spent so much time collecting VA, NC, SC, and GA records and putting them online at georgiapioneers.com.