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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 east-coast ports, primarily New York City, before proceeding to Wisconsin. If an immigrant identified Milwaukee as the port of entry, it is probable that he or she arrived first at the port of Quebec in Canada, and then came through the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes to enter the United States at Wisconsin. This was an important route particularly for the Norwegian immigrants. | 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 probable that he or she arrived first at the port of Quebec in Canada, and then came through the St. Lawrence/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 ( | There are Canadian border crossing records for 1895–1949 (Family History Library films 1561087–499) and soundex indexes for 1895–1924 (Family History Library films 1472801–3201) and 1924–1952 (Family History Library films 1570714–811). | ||
An important nationwide source for locating published information about immigrants who came to America before about 1920 is P. William Filby, ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.'' See the United States Research Outline (30972) for information about this source. | An important nationwide source for locating published information about immigrants who came to America before about 1920 is P. William Filby, ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index.'' See the United States Research Outline (30972) for information about this source. | ||
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You may also want to read these histories: | You may also want to read these histories: | ||
*Sachtjen, Maude. ''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1928. ( | *Sachtjen, Maude. ''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1928. (Family History Library book 977.5 W2s; film 844952 item 4.) | ||
*Current, Richard Nelson. ''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1977. ( | *Current, Richard Nelson. ''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1977. (Family History Library book 977.5 H2cr.) | ||
Records of various ethnic groups, including Blacks, Danes, Finns, Germans, Norwegians, and Welsh, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under WISCONSIN - MINORITIES. Records of Dutch, Danes, Belgians, and Germans from Russia are listed under WISCONSIN - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.<br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | Records of various ethnic groups, including Blacks, Danes, Finns, Germans, Norwegians, and Welsh, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under WISCONSIN - MINORITIES. Records of Dutch, Danes, Belgians, and Germans from Russia are listed under WISCONSIN - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.<br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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