Louisiana Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

Pre-statehood settlers of Louisiana generally came from eastern Canada, France, Germany, the West Indies, Spain, and Africa.<ref>Glenn R. Conrad, ''The First Families of Louisiana'' (Baton Rouge, La.: Claitor's, 1970). 2 vols. {{FHL|238780|item|disp=FHL&amp;amp;nbsp;Book 976.3 D2c}}.</ref> During the Revolutionary War many other immigrants arrived from the Atlantic states. When the territory was formed, large numbers of Americans from southern Ohio moved to this new acquisition.  

New Orleans has always been Louisiana's major port.

The Irish were the largest immigrant group in Louisiana during the nineteenth century. They settled mainly during the 1840s and 1850s. Large numbers of Germans arrived in two waves, one just after 1810 and the second between 1840 and 1860. Small numbers of Scandinavians came in the 1820s. Some Mexicans settled here in the 1830s. Later immigrant groups included Italians, Hungarians, and Slavs.  

Records and histories of ethnic groups in Louisiana, including Acadians (“Cajuns”), Blacks, Canary Islanders, Chinese, Creoles, French, Germans, and Yugoslavs, are listed in Family History Library Catalog under: {{FHL|379579|subject_id|disp=LOUISIANA-MINORITIES}}