North Carolina Passenger Lists Index

Wilmington waterfront, 1918.

While not a major port of entry, some ports in North Carolina, like Wilmington and Morehead City, received immigrants from the British Isles, Germany, and the Caribbean, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries. More commonly, immigrants arrived via ports like New York or Baltimore and migrated southward. Passenger lists from those ports, coupled with land and census records, can help trace early settlement patterns in the Piedmont and coastal regions.

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