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 From the 1860's through the early 1900's, many New York City orphans came by train and were adopted by Nebraska families. Information on the orphans' trains is being collected for the Nebraska State Historical Society by Eloise Thomsen, 5843 Grant Street, Omaha, NE 68104.
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-In the 1850's a major port of entry to Nebraska was New Orleans. Steamboats transported settlers and goods up the Mississippi-Missouri river system to Council Bluffs and Winter Quarters (Florence).
-The Civil War and the coming of the railroad in the 1860's put an end to the steamboat business. After that time, overseas immigrants landed at the port of New York and other east coast ports, and then traveled overland to Nebraska.
-The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists or indexes for American ports for 1820-1943. More detailed information on these sources is in the United States Emigration and Immigration article.
-The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration to Nebraska, among other places. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at http://[http://www.paper-trail.org/ www.paper-trail.org/]
-Records of major ethnic groups, including Blacks, Czechs, Germans, and Germans from Russia, are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog by using the Place-names Search for NEBRASKA - MINORITIES. Records of American Indians are listed in the Place-names Search for NEBRASKA - NATIVE RACES.
-Examples of published sources for ethnic groups are:
-*[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3360 German Immigrants in Nebraska Protestant Church Records]
-*Rife, Janet Warkentin. ''Germans and German-Russians in Nebraska: A Research Guide to Nebraska Ethnic Studies.'' Lincoln, Nebraska: Center for Great Plains Studies, 1980. (Family History Library {{FHL|307073|title-id|disp=book 978.2 F23r}}.)
-*Rosicky, Rose. ''A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska''. 1929. Reprint. Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1977. (Family History Library {{FHL|183411|title-id|disp=book 978.2 F2r 1977; film 1036170}}.) <!--{12082287633241} --><!--{12082287633242} -->
 ==Immigration Records==