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==How to Find the Records==
==How to Find the Records==
Missouri, 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.''']]
Missouri, 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.''']] Before the Civil War the Ohio-Mississippi-Missouri river system was the major migration route to Missouri. New Orleans was the favorite port of entry for early German immigrants to Missouri. After the war, most settlers came by railroad through the lower midwestern states. To find an immigrant ancestor, you may want to check ship passenger lists for East Coast ports and for the Port of New Orleans.
===Online Resources===
===Online Resources===
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_missouri-usa_28&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($)
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_missouri-usa_28&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri; ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($)
*'''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.Missouri+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritge; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*'''1895-1956''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10942/united-states-border-crossings-from-canada-1895-1956?s=1&formId=collection_10942:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
====Cultural Groups====
====Cultural Groups====
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/49091/ British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812], e-book
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/49091/ British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812], e-book
*'''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.Missouri+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*'''1875-1895''' [https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/newspapers/westliche-post-death-notice-index Westliche Post Death Notice Index], includes German Missouri immigrants
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10019/germans-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*'''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.Missouri+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritge; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*[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.Missouri+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
*[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.Missouri+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
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*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10029/russians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Missouri+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Missouri
 
==== Passport Records Online  ====
==== Passport Records Online  ====
*'''1795-1925''' - {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
*'''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 ($)
*'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($)


===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===
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==Background==
==Background==
A few thousand French settlers remained in the area after the United States bought Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but most pre-statehood settlers were Americans of English and Ulster Scots origin. They came mainly from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Settlement spread up the river valleys into central Missouri by the 1820s and into western Missouri by the 1830s. Latter-day Saint immigrants settled western Missouri in 1831 but were driven from the state in 1839.  
*After the United States bought Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, a few thousand '''French settlers''' remained in the area.
*However, most pre-statehood settlers were Americans of '''English and Ulster Scots origin'''. They came mainly from '''Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois'''.  
*Latter-day Saint immigrants settled western Missouri in 1831 but were driven from the state in 1839.  
*Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail began at Independence, Missouri. Many Missourians followed these trails westward to California, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In spite of this emigration from the state, Missouri was the fifth most populous state in the United States at the close of the Civil War.
*Overseas immigration to Missouri began in earnest in the 1830s, when large numbers of '''Germans''' began to settle the farm country west of St. Louis and south of the Missouri River known as the '''"Missouri Rhineland."'''
*Beginning in the 1840s, '''German and Irish immigrants''' settled in urban centers.
*After 1880, St. Louis and Kansas City attracted groups of '''Italians, Greeks, Poles, and east European Jews'''. The *


If your ancestor was an early settler in Southwest Missouri, Rising's books likely discuss your family and it's origin:
*Rising, Marsha Hoffman. ''Opening the Ozarks: First Families in Southwest Missouri, 1835-1839.'' 4 vols. Derry, N.H.: American Society of Genealogists, 2005. {{FHL|1326260|item|disp=FHL Books 977.8 D2rm v. 1-4}}.
Rising learned that most early settlers in this section of Missouri had moved there from [[Tennessee, United States Genealogy|Tennessee]].
Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail began at Independence, Missouri. Many Missourians followed these trails westward to California, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In spite of this emigration from the state, Missouri was the fifth most populous state in the United States at the close of the Civil War.
The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration from Missouri, among other places. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at [http://www.paper-trail.org Paper-trail.org]
Overseas immigration to Missouri began in earnest in the 1830s when large numbers of Germans began to settle the farm country west of St. Louis and south of the Missouri River known as the "Missouri Rhineland." Beginning in the 1840s German and Irish immigrants settled in urban centers. After 1880, St. Louis and Kansas City attracted groups of Italians, Greeks, Poles, and east European Jews. The [http://www.slcl.org/content/westliche-post-death-notice-index-1878-1892 St. Louis Public Library] has a collection of death notices from 1878-1892 taken from a German newspaper called [http://www.rtbot.net/Westliche_Post Westliche Post] has a helpful website with obits of German emigrants to Missouri.
An especially helpful description of settlement patterns in Missouri is in Milton D. Rafferty, ''Historical Atlas of Missouri'' (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982) {{FHL|243871|item|disp=FHL book 977.8 E7r}}).
Before the Civil War the Ohio-Mississippi-Missouri river system was the major migration route to Missouri. New Orleans was the favorite port of entry for early German immigrants to Missouri. After the war, most settlers came by railroad through the lower midwestern states. To find an immigrant ancestor, you may want to check ship passenger lists for East Coast ports and for the Port of New Orleans.
==Immigration Records==
==Immigration Records==
'''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another.  Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Missouri Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]]
'''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another.  Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Missouri Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]]
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*Birthplace   
*Birthplace   
*Birth date  
*Birth date  
*Naturalization&nbsp;information  
*Naturalization information  
*Arrival information, if foreign born
*Arrival information, if foreign born


==In-country Migration==
==In-country Migration==
=== Missouri Migration Routes ===
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    <li>[[Mississippi River]]</li>
    <li>[[Missouri River]]</li>
    <li>[[Butterfield Overland Mail]]</li>
    <li>[[California Trail]]</li>
    <li>[[Chicago-Kaskaskia Road]]</li>
    <li>[[Buffalo Trace]]</li>
    <li>[[Mississippi and Tennessee River Trail]]</li>
    <li>[[Mormon Trail]]</li>
    <li>[[Nashville-Saline River Trail]]</li>
    <li>[[National Road]] (or Cumberland Road)</li>
    <li>[[Oregon Trail]]</li>
    <li>[[Santa Fe Trail]]</li>
    <li>[[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]]</li>
    <li>[[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railway]]</li>
    <li>[[Texas and Pacific Railway]]</li>
</ul>
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== Websites  ==
==For Further Reading==
 
The FamilySearch Library has additional sources listed in their catalog:
[http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm Cyndislist.com]
*{{FSC|United States, Missouri - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=2041870127|disp=United States, Missouri - Emigration and immigration}}
 
*{{FSC|United States, Missouri - Migration, Internal|subject|subject-id=1757921528|disp=United States, Missouri - Migration, Internal}}
[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117840.asp St. Louis Public Library Passenger Lists]
*{{FSC|United States, Missouri - Minorities|subject|subject-id=2116904126|disp=United States, Missouri - Minorities}}
 
[http://userdb.rootsweb.com/passenger/ Rootsweb.com Passenger Lists]
 
FamilySearch.org
 
Ancestry.com
 
FindMyPast.com
 
StevenMorse.org
 
Missouri Digital Heritage: http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/
 
Missouri State Archives:  http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ 
 
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== References ==
==References==
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''Missouri Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''Missouri Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
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