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North Dakota Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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*When North Dakota became a state in 1889, about 70 percent of the total population were either foreign-born or the children of foreign-born parents. | *When North Dakota became a state in 1889, about 70 percent of the total population were either foreign-born or the children of foreign-born parents. | ||
*Immigrants from overseas also made up a large part of the '''second Dakota boom''', which lasted from about 1898 to 1915. At the end of this period, '''Norwegian immigrants''' comprised about 20 percent of the state population, and '''ethnic Germans, including Germans from Russia''', another 20 percent. *There were substantial numbers of Canadians of '''English and Celtic origin, Swedes, Danes, Czechs, and many smaller European groups'''. | *Immigrants from overseas also made up a large part of the '''second Dakota boom''', which lasted from about 1898 to 1915. At the end of this period, '''Norwegian immigrants''' comprised about 20 percent of the state population, and '''ethnic Germans, including Germans from Russia''', another 20 percent. *There were substantial numbers of Canadians of '''English and Celtic origin, Swedes, Danes, Czechs, and many smaller European groups'''. | ||
====Germans from Russia==== | |||
[http://www.grhs.org '''Germans from Russia Heritage Society''']<br> | |||
1008 E Central Ave<br> | |||
Bismarck, ND 58501<br> | |||
USA<br> | |||
Telephone: 701-223-6167<br> | |||
The focus is on the Black Sea and Bessarabian Germans with assistance for the Caucasus, Crimea and other regions close to the Black Sea, with some help for other areas as well. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||