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 ==How to Find the Records==
-Tennessee, being entirely inland, has no seaports. Immigrants would have initially arrived at a port on the coast. To search those records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']]
+Tennessee, being entirely inland, has no seaports. Immigrants would have initially arrived at a port on the coast. To search those records, see [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] Most foreign-born immigrants arrived at the ports of '''New Orleans, New York, or other Atlantic and Gulf ports.''' The major port of entry for the Mississippi River was '''New Orleans.'''
 ===Online Resources===
 *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_tennessee-usa_45&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry; index only ($); ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Tennessee+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Tennessee