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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Eighters Forty-Eighters]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Eighters Forty-Eighters]
*[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000206 Germans]
*[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000206 Germans]
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html The Germans of Iowa And Their Achievements]
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/iager-90.html The Oldest Germans of Iowa - 1895] <ref> Jospeh Eiboeck, "Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften"
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/iager-90.html The Oldest Germans of Iowa - 1895] <ref> Jospeh Eiboeck, "Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften"
(Des Moines, IA: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900 pages 295 - 296 ) FHL Microfilm #1036447 </ref>
(Des Moines, IA: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900 pages 295 - 296 ) FHL Microfilm #1036447 </ref>
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(Des Moines, IA: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900, pages 92 - 94) FHL Microfilm #1036447 </ref>
(Des Moines, IA: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900, pages 92 - 94) FHL Microfilm #1036447 </ref>
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/iager-az.html The Germans of Iowa And Their Achievements ''Extract of Biographical Sketches''] <ref> Jospeh Eiboeck, "Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften" (Des Moines, IA: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900,  FHL Microfilm #1036447 </ref>
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/iager-az.html The Germans of Iowa And Their Achievements ''Extract of Biographical Sketches''] <ref> Jospeh Eiboeck, "Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften" (Des Moines, IA: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900,  FHL Microfilm #1036447 </ref>
*[http://www.worldcat.org/title/german-immigrants-in-american-church-records-volume-7-iowa-west-protestant/oclc/772645615 German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1316260 German Immigrants in NE Iowa Protestant Church Records]&nbsp;
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html Germans of Iowa] FHL Microfilm number for this book is #1036447
====Amana Colonies====
====Amana Colonies====
In 1841 the German Government was getting extremely intolerant of the [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/ccm.htm Inspirationist congregations] so they sent  men to America to find them a new area to colonize. They settled first in close to Buffalo, New York in a community they called Ebenezer.  Needing a more secluded area, they eventually settled in the fertile land of Iowa along the Iowa river,  [http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php Amana  Colonies]  In 1855 the first village, Amana, was laid set up. Six more villages had been established by 1863. <ref> [http://www.amanaheritage.org/history.html Amana Heritage] </ref>
In 1841 the German Government was getting extremely intolerant of the [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/ccm.htm Inspirationist congregations] so they sent  men to America to find them a new area to colonize. They settled first in close to Buffalo, New York in a community they called Ebenezer.  Needing a more secluded area, they eventually settled in the fertile land of Iowa along the Iowa river,  [http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php Amana  Colonies]  In 1855 the first village, Amana, was laid set up. Six more villages had been established by 1863. <ref> [http://www.amanaheritage.org/history.html Amana Heritage] </ref>
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[[Burlington, Iowa|Burlington]], in Des Moines county, was a type of port of entry for Swedish immigrants arriving in Iowa, once arriving several choose to stay swelling Burlington's Swedish population to about 200 by 1846.  
[[Burlington, Iowa|Burlington]], in Des Moines county, was a type of port of entry for Swedish immigrants arriving in Iowa, once arriving several choose to stay swelling Burlington's Swedish population to about 200 by 1846.  


The first complete Swedish settlement in Iowa was [http://www.anusha.com/cassel.htm Cassel colony]  (New Sweden) in 1845. <ref> [http://www.amerikaveckan.se/english/societies/theswedishpetercasselsociety.4.44feac9512b634f1e0c800011252.html Cassel Colony] </ref>This was followed in 1846 by Swede Point, later called Madrid, in Boone county. A few smaller settlements prang up around the area of Madrid, at Boonesboro, Moingona, Pilot Mound, Boxholm, and Ogden.
The first complete Swedish settlement in Iowa was [http://www.anusha.com/cassel.htm Cassel colony]  (New Sweden) in 1845. <ref> [http://www.amerikaveckan.se/english/societies/theswedishpetercasselsociety.4.44feac9512b634f1e0c800011252.html Cassel Colony] </ref>This was followed in 1846 by Swede Point, later called Madrid, in Boone county. A few smaller settlements sprang up around the area of Madrid, at Boonesboro, Moingona, Pilot Mound, Boxholm, and Ogden.


*http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gwgustaf/library/Sett/Ia2first.htm
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gwgustaf/library/Sett/Ia2first.htm First Swedish Settlement]


==Websites==
*[http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000195 African American Communities]
*[http://www.worldcat.org/title/german-immigrants-in-american-church-records-volume-7-iowa-west-protestant/oclc/772645615 German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records]
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1316260 German Immigrants in NE Iowa Protestant Church Records]&nbsp;
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html Germans of Iowa] FHL Microfilm number for this book is #1036447
*[http://www.city-data.com/states/Iowa-Ethnic-groups.html Iowa Ethnic Groups]
*[http://names.mongabay.com/ancestry/Iowa.html Largest ethnic groups in Iowa]
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html The Germans of Iowa And Their Achievements]
*[http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/personsbest.htm Persons Best Qualified to Emigrate] <ref> J.B. Newhall; ''A Glimpse of Iowa in 1846; or, The Emigrant's Guide, and State Directory'' Burlington, Iowa; 1846 </ref>


== General ==
== General ==
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*''Iowa History and Culture: A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986.'' <ref>Dawson, Patricia and David Hudson. ''Iowa History and Culture: A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986.'' </ref>(Cited fully in the "For Further Reading" section of this article.)
*''Iowa History and Culture: A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986.'' <ref>Dawson, Patricia and David Hudson. ''Iowa History and Culture: A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986.'' </ref>(Cited fully in the "For Further Reading" section of this article.)


For books about ethnic groups, see the Locality Search of the [[FamilySearch Catalog Title Search|FamilySearch Catalog]] under:
::*IOWA - MINORITIES
::*IOWA, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- MINORITIES




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