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| *Until 1850, most overseas immigrants came through the ports of New Orleans or New York. After 1850. most European settlers came through ports in New York or Canada. | | *Until 1850, most overseas immigrants came through the ports of New Orleans or New York. After 1850. most European settlers came through ports in New York or Canada. |
| == Online Resources == | | == Online Resources == |
| *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_iowa-usa_18&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) | | *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_iowa-usa_18&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($) |
| *'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage; index & images, ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa | | *'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa |
| ====Cultural Groups==== | | ====Cultural Groups==== |
| *'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa | | *'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa |
| *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa | | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa |
| *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-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.Iowa+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa | | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa |
| *[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.Iowa+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa | | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Iowa+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Iowa |
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| ==== Passport Records Online ==== | | ==== Passport Records Online ==== |
| *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch; index and images — [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | | *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] |
| *'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($) | | *'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($) |
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| '''1850–60'''<br>The population of Iowa nearly tripled. Ohio and Indiana contributed more settlers than all other states and immigration from Europe increased. Among the many German immigrants were the [http://www.amanacolonies.com/history.htm Amana colonists], who settled in Iowa in 1855 after having first lived near Buffalo, New York. Many immigrants arrived from Britain and Ireland. | | '''1850–60'''<br>The population of Iowa nearly tripled. Ohio and Indiana contributed more settlers than all other states and immigration from Europe increased. Among the many German immigrants were the [http://www.amanacolonies.com/history.htm Amana colonists], who settled in Iowa in 1855 after having first lived near Buffalo, New York. Many immigrants arrived from Britain and Ireland. |
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| '''Late 1800'''<br>Many Scandinavians immigrated. <ref> ''Chapters on Scandinavian immigration to Iowa'' George T. (Tobias) Flom. (Iowa City: Iowa:[http://www.iowahistory.org/ The State Historical Society of Iowa]. Reprinted from Iowa Journal of History and politics for 1905-6). 150 p. {{FHL|112213|item|disp= FHL Film 989450 Item 7}} </ref> | | '''Late 1800'''<br>Many Scandinavians immigrated. <ref> ''Chapters on Scandinavian immigration to Iowa'' George T. (Tobias) Flom. (Iowa City: Iowa:[http://www.iowahistory.org/ The State Historical Society of Iowa]. Reprinted from Iowa Journal of History and politics for 1905-6). 150 p. {{FSC|112213|item|disp= FS Library Film 989450 Item 7}} </ref> |
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| '''Early 1900s'''<br>Small groups of Austro-Hungarians and Italians arrived. | | '''Early 1900s'''<br>Small groups of Austro-Hungarians and Italians arrived. |
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| *Naturalization information | | *Naturalization information |
| *Arrival information, if foreign born | | *Arrival information, if foreign born |
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| *Many early settlers of Iowa came by way of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The main steamboat route from the Middle Atlantic states and the Southern states followed the Ohio River and the Mississippi River to Keokuk. | | *Many early settlers of Iowa came by way of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The main steamboat route from the Middle Atlantic states and the Southern states followed the Ohio River and the Mississippi River to Keokuk. |
| *Many of the migrants into Iowa did not stay long. Some left for the gold rush, Others went to lands in the West. | | *Many of the migrants into Iowa did not stay long. Some left for the gold rush, Others went to lands in the West. |
| *The westward migration of Latter-day Saints opened an [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html overland trail] from the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs which was still used by covered wagons long after the railroad first reached the Mississippi in 1854. <ref> ''Mormon handcart story'' by Gustive Olaf Larson. (Salt Lake City, Utah&amp;nbsp;: Deseret Book, c1956) {{FHL|145182|item|disp= FS Library Book 979.2 H2Lm}} </ref> | | *The westward migration of Latter-day Saints opened an [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html overland trail] from the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs which was still used by covered wagons long after the railroad first reached the Mississippi in 1854. <ref> ''Mormon handcart story'' by Gustive Olaf Larson. (Salt Lake City, Utah&amp;nbsp;: Deseret Book, c1956) {{FSC|145182|item|disp= FS Library Book 979.2 H2Lm}} </ref> |
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| ==For Further Reading== | | ==For Further Reading== |
| *[http://iagenweb.org/history/history/oibg/Immigrants.htm Iowa's Immigrants] | | *[http://iagenweb.org/history/history/oibg/Immigrants.htm Iowa's Immigrants] |
| *{{FHL|463670|subject_id|disp=United States, Iowa - Emigration and immigration}} | | *{{FSC|United States, Iowa - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1874984486|disp=United States, Iowa - Emigration and immigration}} |
| *{{FHL|357950|subject_id|disp=United States, Iowa - Minorities}} | | *{{FSC|United States, Iowa - Minorities|subject|subject-id=2027753415|disp=United States, Iowa - Minorities}} |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |