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===Immigration to the Dominican Republic=== | ===Immigration to the Dominican Republic=== | ||
*Ethnic immigrant groups in the country include: | *Ethnic immigrant groups in the country include: | ||
:*'''West Asians—mostly Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians.''' | |||
:*'''East Asians, primarily ethnic Chinese and Japanese''' | |||
:*'''Europeans''' are represented mostly by '''Spanish whites''' but also with smaller populations of '''German Jews, Italians, Portuguese, British, Dutch, Danes, and Hungarians''' | |||
:*Some converted '''Sephardic Jews from Spain''', part of early expeditions | |||
:*Jewish migrants coming from the Iberian peninsula and other parts of Europe in the 1700s | |||
*In the 20th century, many Arabs (from '''Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine'''), '''Japanese''', and, to a lesser degree, '''Koreans''' settled in the country as agricultural laborers and merchants. | *In the 20th century, many Arabs (from '''Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine'''), '''Japanese''', and, to a lesser degree, '''Koreans''' settled in the country as agricultural laborers and merchants. | ||
*The '''Chinese''' companies found business in telecom, mining, and railroads. | *The '''Chinese''' companies found business in telecom, mining, and railroads. | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for '''major''' destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | |<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for '''major''' destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | ||
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