The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry. You can find out where the majority of the Shakespeare families were living before they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records. Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival, and destination. from the New York Passenger Lists.
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