During Colonial times, during an era of trade and enterprise, when America still belonged to Great Britain, vessels loaded with immigrants from Ireland, Scotland, England, Switzerland, and Germany landed in the Charleston harbor. The story tells itself in the oldest county records in Charleston. The records vary from old wills, estates, deeds, affidavits, and generally, the colony’s affairs. At that time, immigrants landed in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Savannah, and Charleston port cities. Therefore, immigration lists in published books should take the researcher to these port cities. The largest importation of European immigrants came to the American shores during the 18th century.
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