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The Yorkshire Emigration 1772-1775

more than 1,000 people emigrated from Yorkshire and Northumberland to Nova Scotia (including parts of what later became New Brunswick) between 1771 and 1776. As a group, they comprise `The Yorkshire Emigration', a significant event in the history of the Maritime provinces. The settlers shared a common language and dialect, a pioneering spirit

A great site which includeds passenger lists and information on the main families 

http://www.libris.ca/yrkfam/yrkfam.htm

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Northumberland Lead Miners
Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Guy Mannering"

lead miners and their families from the Allendale area of Northumberland, England, who had been been blacklisted following an industrial dispute. The intended destination of these lead- miners was the lead-mining areas of south-western Wisconsin and north-western Illinois

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Indexes/PassengerLists/GuyMannering.html

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Berwick on Tweed to Victoria Australia
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Indexes/PassengerLists/LordDelaval.html