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 *Settlement was stimulated in the 1880s and 1890s by '''new mining booms in the north''' and by the '''arrival of railroads''' in the farmlands of southern Idaho.
 *In the early 1900s, when reclamation projects opened desert lands to farming, a new wave of settlement from nearby states took place in southern Idaho.
-*Most Idaho residents are of '''British, German, or Scandinavian origin''', although there are about '''6,000 Basques living near Boise'''. If you are looking for information on Basque settlement, you may find helpful information in Pat Bieter, ''The Basques in Idaho''. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society, 197? {{FHL|199916|item|disp=FHL film 1036796 item 15; book 979.6 F2bb.}}
+*Most Idaho residents are of '''British, German, or Scandinavian origin''', although there are about '''6,000 Basques living near Boise'''.
-A few records of other ethnic groups are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under {{FHL|419490|subject-id|disp=IDAHO - MINORITIES}}. One such group for which an index is being created is the Japanese (see [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigration to the United States 1887-1924], a web site created by BYU-Idaho).
-There was no port of entry common to overseas immigrants who settled in Idaho. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists for east coast ports for the years between 1820 and about 1920. You'll find suggestions on Latter-day Saint immigration sources on the [[Utah Genealogy|Utah Wiki page]]. Detailed information on other immigration sources is on the [[United States|United States Wiki page]].
-The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration to Idaho, among other places. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at http://[http://www.paper-trail.org/ www.paper-trail.org/]
 ==Immigration Records==