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The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article provides several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in New York. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. | The [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] Wiki article provides several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in New York. The [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. | ||
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=== Migration Patterns in New York State === | === Migration Patterns in New York State === | ||
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===== Irish ===== | ===== Irish ===== | ||
[[Image:Famine memorial dublin.jpg|thumb|right|200px | [[Image:Famine memorial dublin.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]Tens of thousands of potato famine Irish immigrants arrived at the Port of New York City in the nineteenth century. | ||
Moorhouse wrote a very useful guide for tracing Irish immigrants in New York City: | Moorhouse wrote a very useful guide for tracing Irish immigrants in New York City: | ||
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*The Emigrant Savings Bank, set up in New York City in 1850, helped many potato famine immigrants. It functioned until 1883. The collection of 58 volumes of bank records from 1941 to 1883 were later donated to the New York Public Library where they were described and filmed and made available to the public. Digital copies are currently available at the [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8760 Ancestry] website. | *The Emigrant Savings Bank, set up in New York City in 1850, helped many potato famine immigrants. It functioned until 1883. The collection of 58 volumes of bank records from 1941 to 1883 were later donated to the New York Public Library where they were described and filmed and made available to the public. Digital copies are currently available at the [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8760 Ancestry] website. | ||
A helpful reference publication guide to identifying resources for tracing Irish families in the five boroughs of New York City is: | A helpful reference publication guide to identifying resources for tracing Irish families in the five boroughs of New York City is: | ||
*Buggy, Joseph. ''Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014. | *Buggy, Joseph. ''Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014. | ||
This publication provides a detailed list of record sources for tracing Irish families coupled with research strategies. | This publication provides a detailed list of record sources for tracing Irish families coupled with research strategies. | ||
===== Italians ===== | ===== Italians ===== | ||