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The main port of entry to Wisconsin was Milwaukee, but no passenger lists are available for it or for other Wisconsin ports. Most immigrants from overseas landed at | The main port of entry to Wisconsin was Milwaukee, but no passenger lists are available for it or for other Wisconsin ports. Most immigrants from overseas landed at East Coast ports, primarily New York City, before proceeding to Wisconsin. If an immigrant identified Milwaukee as the port of entry, it is possible that he or she arrived first at a port of in Canada, and then came through the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes to enter the United States at Wisconsin. This was an important route, particularly for the Norwegian immigrants. | ||
There are Canadian border crossing records for 1895–1949 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=452590&disp=St%2E+Albans+District+manifest+records+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1561087–499]) and soundex indexes for 1895–1924 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=452590&disp=St.+Albans+District+manifest+records+o++ 1472801–3201]) and 1924–1952 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=452590&disp=St%2E+Albans+District+manifest+records+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1570714–811]). | There are Canadian border crossing records for 1895–1949 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=452590&disp=St%2E+Albans+District+manifest+records+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1561087–499]) and soundex indexes for 1895–1924 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=452590&disp=St.+Albans+District+manifest+records+o++ 1472801–3201]) and 1924–1952 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=452590&disp=St%2E+Albans+District+manifest+records+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1570714–811]). | ||
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[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3349 German Immigrants in SE Wisconsin Protestant Church Records] | [http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3349 German Immigrants in SE Wisconsin Protestant Church Records] | ||
*''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis'' <ref>Sachtjen, Maude. ''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1928. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=185811&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 977.5 W2s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=185811&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 844952 item 4].) </ref> | *''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis'' <ref>Sachtjen, Maude. ''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1928. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=185811&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 977.5 W2s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=185811&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 844952 item 4].) </ref> | ||
*''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' <ref>Current, Richard Nelson. ''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' New York: W. W. Norton &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Co., 1977. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=28955&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Wisconsin+%3A+a+Bicentennial+history%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 977.5 H2cr].)</ref> | *''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' <ref>Current, Richard Nelson. ''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' New York: W. W. Norton &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Co., 1977. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=28955&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Wisconsin+%3A+a+Bicentennial+history%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 977.5 H2cr].)</ref> | ||
Records of various ethnic groups, including Blacks, Danes, Finns, Germans, Norwegians, and Welsh, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under | Records of various ethnic groups, including Blacks, Danes, Finns, Germans, Norwegians, and Welsh, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under | ||