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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*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. | |||
If your ancestor was an early settler in Southwest Missouri, Rising's books likely discuss your family and it's origin: | If your ancestor was an early settler in Southwest Missouri, Rising's books likely discuss your family and it's origin: | ||
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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}}). | 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. | 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'''.]] | ||