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*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Montana+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Montana | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Montana+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Montana | ||
==Background= | ==Background== | ||
*Pre-statehood settlers of [[Montana Genealogy|Montana]] were '''trappers, missionaries, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and lumbermen'''. They came primarily from the '''mid-western states''', '''although refugees from Confederate states came to the early mining camps'''. | *Pre-statehood settlers of [[Montana Genealogy|Montana]] were '''trappers, missionaries, miners, cattlemen, farmers, and lumbermen'''. They came primarily from the '''mid-western states''', '''although refugees from Confederate states came to the early mining camps'''. | ||
*Some '''immigrants from Europe came to work in the mines, and others joined mid-westerners in homesteading parts of eastern Montana'''. | *Some '''immigrants from Europe came to work in the mines, and others joined mid-westerners in homesteading parts of eastern Montana'''. | ||