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1. • • In 1709, in an area in Blackheath in south London, 13,000 German migrants called the Palatines formed what became regarded as Britain’s first refugee camp. They spoke different languages and belonged to different churches and became a curiosity for thousands of Londoners of the period.
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   Who was part of the Palatine migration?

   • Most historians consider all Germans (broadly defined to include German-speaking people) who emigrated from the beginning of the 18th century til the outbreak of the American Revolution to be part of the Palatine Migration.

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   What is the WikiTree Palatine migration project?

   • The WikiTree Palatine Migration Project aims to support research and collaboration on profiles of German-speaking migrants, usually called "Palatine Germans" or "Palatines," who settled in North America, Ireland and elsewhere in the 18th century, prior to the American Revolution.

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   Are all German-speaking immigrants Palatines?

   • They and their descendants were now all Palatines. Although the British in America generally referred to all German-speaking immigrants as Palatines, over time the label became more closely linked to the people who had first adopted it-the 1709 emigrants and their descendants in New York.

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   Is the Palatinate a part of Germany?

   • The Palatinate is a distinct region within Germany. But the upheavals at the end of the 17th century that continued into the 18th century were not confined exclusively to the borders of the Palatinate.

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   Apr 17, 2024 · Categories: German Roots | Palatine Migration Project | Palatine Migration | Pre-1700 Projects. The WikiTree Palatine Migration Project aims to support research and collaboration on profiles of German-speaking migrants, usually called "Palatine Germans" or "Palatines," who settled in North America, Ireland and elsewhere in the 18th century ...

5. journals.psu.edu › phj › articleThe 1709 Palatine Migration and the Formation of German ...

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   teenth-century Holy Roman Empire is illustrated by the so-called Palatine migration of 1709, when perhaps as many as 30,000 German-speaking mi-grants left their homes hoping for a better life in America. Out of this mass migration slightly over 3,000 people eventually reached America in 1710.

   • Author: Philip Otterness

   • Publish Year: 1999

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   The so-called Palatine migration of 1709 began in the western part of the Holy Roman Empire, where perhaps as many as thirty thousand people left their homes, lured by rumors that Britain's Queen Anne would give them free passage overseas and land in America.

   • Author: Philip Otterness

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   Jan 17, 2022 · One group of about 3,000 Palatine Germans looking for a better life finally set sail to America in January of 1710, approximately a year after they left their homes in Germany. There were so many passengers making the overseas journey that the fleet required ten ships.

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8. www.jstor.org › stable › 23183419Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to Philip ...

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   Philip Otterness's book Becoming German chronicles the exodus of over thirteen thousand Continental Europeans who left the valleys along the Rhine River and its tributaries for England in 1709. Otterness focuses specifically on the plight of approximately three thousand of these migrants who eventually settled in colonial New York in 1710.

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   Sep 1, 2005 · Philip Otterness provides the first comprehensive treatment of the German-speaking arrivals to colonial New York since Walter Knittle's Early Eighteenth-Century Palatine Emigration (1936). Otterness uses local and regional archival sources to document the poverty and threat of starvation that drove the 1709 migration.