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:*''Ohio, Trailways to Highways 1776-1976'' <ref>''Ohio, Trailways to Highways 1776-1976''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. {{FHL|467748|item|disp=FHL film 1015821 item 2}}</ref>

An illustrated explanation of the migrations to Ohio based on the 1850 census is:  

[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=819 The Western Reserve in northeast Ohio] was heavily settled by New Englanders. Settlers in the [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=817&nm=Virginia-Military-District Virginia Military District of southwest Ohio] were mostly from Virginia and Kentucky. [http://www.libraryireland.com/ScotchIrish/Ohio1.php Scotch-Irish] and Germans settled in the east and south part of Ohio, and the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=596 Irish] most often settled in cities. The [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=592&nm=German-Ohioans Germans] tended to choose farms in rural areas. Many immigrants from England, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3248 France], Canada, Wales, and Scotland moved to Ohio between 1850 and 1880. In 1880, 15 percent of Ohio's people were foreign born. Until 1914, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=599 Italians], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3284&nm=Russian-Ohioans Russian Jews], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3190&nm=Slovene-Ohioans Slovenes], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3161&nm=Hungarian-Ohioans Hungarians], and [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=618 Poles] were attracted to Cleveland and cities in northeastern Ohio. Today, about 10 percent of Ohio's population is [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=570 African American]. [[Ohio: Norwegian Settlements|Norwegian Settlements]] were an important part of the Ohio landscape.  

*The [http://ohio.llgc.org.uk/themes.php Wales-Ohio Project] goal is to digitize a selection of Welsh Heritage pertaining to the state of Ohio held at The National Library of Wales and to make it available to audiences world-wide. This collection includes a variety of manuscripts, letters, photographs and maps concerning the history of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_American#Ohio Welch Settlers.]