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== | ==Resources== | ||
=== Online | ===Online Resources=== | ||
As Nevada is entirely inland, | As Nevada is entirely inland, '''immigrants would have initially arrived at ports in border states'''. See [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records.''']] | ||
*'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_nevada-usa_31&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry | *'''1500s-1900s''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/?arrival=_nevada-usa_31&count=50 All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s] at Ancestry - index only ($); ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10017/passenger-immigration-lists-1500-1900?s=1&formId=pili&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Nevada+epmo.similar MyHeritage]''; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Nevada | ||
*'''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.Nevada+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage | *'''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.Nevada+epmo.similar&qevents=List United States, Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956] at MyHeritage - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Nevada | ||
====Cultural Groups==== | ====Cultural Groups==== | ||
*'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Nevada+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage | *'''1920-1939''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10924/germany-bremen-emigration-lists-1920-1939?s=1&formId=collection_10924:searchFormDef&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=master,immigration&p=1&qevents-event1=Event+et.any+ep.Nevada+epmo.similar&qevents=List Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Nevada | ||
*[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.Nevada+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage | *[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.Nevada+epmo.similar Germans Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Nevada | ||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Nevada+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage | *[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10030/italians-immigrating-to-the-united-states?s=1&formId=immigration-norels&formMode=1&useTranslation=1&exactSearch=&action=query&initialFormIds=immigration,pili,immigration-norels&p=1&qimmigration=Event+et.immigration+ep.Nevada+epmo.similar Italians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Nevada | ||
*[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.Nevada+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage | *[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.Nevada+epmo.similar Russians Immigrating to the United States] at MyHeritage - index only ($); includes those with Destination of Nevada | ||
==== Passport Records Online ==== | ==== Passport Records Online ==== | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | ||
*'''1795-1925''' | *'''1795-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] Index and images, at Ancestry ($) | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
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====Oregon-California Trails Association==== | ====Oregon-California Trails Association==== | ||
[http://www.octa-trails.org/ '''Oregon-California Trails Association'''] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration to Nevada, among other places. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at [ | [http://www.octa-trails.org/ '''Oregon-California Trails Association'''] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration to Nevada, among other places. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at [https://www.paper-trail.org/ A Guide to Overland Pioneer Names and Documents]. | ||
*[https://www.paper-trail.org/Search '''Search the Paper Trail Database'''] Initial searches are FREE! You can go to the "Search" tab now to begin. These free searches will tell you if a name or document is in the database. It will give you the origin and year of the journey, how the person was mentioned, the name of the party, and the name and author of the document described. [https://www.paper-trail.org/Account/Register '''Subscriptions'''] give you more complete information including a scan of the original survey. This lists the route taken, ages, and other notes about the document. But most importantly, you will have access to the location of known copies of the original document. | *[https://www.paper-trail.org/Search '''Search the Paper Trail Database'''] Initial searches are FREE! You can go to the "Search" tab now to begin. These free searches will tell you if a name or document is in the database. It will give you the origin and year of the journey, how the person was mentioned, the name of the party, and the name and author of the document described. [https://www.paper-trail.org/Account/Register '''Subscriptions'''] give you more complete information including a scan of the original survey. This lists the route taken, ages, and other notes about the document. But most importantly, you will have access to the location of known copies of the original document. | ||
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*After 1880, '''Italians''' came in large numbers to Nevada. They were the largest immigrant group reported in the 1910 census, numbering nearly 3,000. *'''German, English, Irish, and Greek immigrants''' were also major groups within the total 1910 population of just over 80,000. | *After 1880, '''Italians''' came in large numbers to Nevada. They were the largest immigrant group reported in the 1910 census, numbering nearly 3,000. *'''German, English, Irish, and Greek immigrants''' were also major groups within the total 1910 population of just over 80,000. | ||
*There have also been '''small numbers of Mexicans and Blacks''' in the state since the days of the early mining camps. | *There have also been '''small numbers of Mexicans and Blacks''' in the state since the days of the early mining camps. | ||
*More recent immigrants to Nevada have included '''Basque sheepherders from the Pyrenees Mountains of Spain and France.''' Today it is estimated that between 5,000 and 10,000 Nevadans are of Basque descent | *More recent immigrants to Nevada have included '''Basque sheepherders from the Pyrenees Mountains of Spain and France.''' Today it is estimated that between 5,000 and 10,000 Nevadans are of Basque descent. | ||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||
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*Birthplace | *Birthplace | ||
*Birth date | *Birth date | ||
*Naturalization | *Naturalization information | ||
*Arrival information, if foreign born | *Arrival information, if foreign born | ||
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==For Further reading== | ==For Further reading== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/174222-redirection '''The Mormons in Nevada'''] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/174222-redirection '''The Mormons in Nevada'''] | ||
*{{ | *{{FSC|256760|item|disp='''The Basques in the Northwest: A Dissertation'''}} | ||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Emigration and immigration|subject|subject-id=1651543861|disp=United States, Nevada - Emigration and immigration}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Minorities|subject|subject-id=1289453384|disp=United States, Nevada - Minorities}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Minorities - Genealogy|subject|subject-id=1103724518|disp=United States, Nevada - Minorities - Biography}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Minorities - Biography|subject|subject-id=892504120|disp=United States, Nevada - Minorities - Genealogy}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Minorities - Indexes|subject|subject-id=531816827|disp=United States, Nevada - Minorities - Indexes}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Minorities - Periodicals|subject|subject-id=123493326|disp=United States, Nevada - Minorities - Periodicals}} | |||
*{{FSC|United States, Nevada - Minorities - Periodicals - Indexes|subject|subject-id=864439937|disp=United States, Nevada - Minorities - Periodicals - Indexes}} | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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