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Sometimes the best sources for information about your immigrant ancestor are found in the nation to which he or she immigrated. Emigrants from France in the seventeenth and eighteenth century settled in Canada, Pennsylvania, Russia, the Banat, and other areas. Huguenot emigrants settled in the Antilles, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, the British Isles, the United States, South Africa, Italy, and other areas. The French emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine province in the nineteenth century settled in the United States (Louisiana, Texas), Algeria, New Caledonia, Russia, South America, and other areas. | Sometimes the best sources for information about your immigrant ancestor are found in the nation to which he or she immigrated. Emigrants from France in the seventeenth and eighteenth century settled in Canada, Pennsylvania, Russia, the Banat, and other areas. Huguenot emigrants settled in the Antilles, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, the British Isles, the United States, South Africa, Italy, and other areas. The French emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine province in the nineteenth century settled in the United States (Louisiana, Texas), Algeria, New Caledonia, Russia, South America, and other areas. | ||
To learn about the records of these nations use handbooks and library research outlines, if available, for the nation where your ancestor settled and the | To learn about the records of these nations use handbooks and library research outlines, if available, for the nation where your ancestor settled and the [[Portal:Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] FamilySearchWiki article. | ||
== Acadia and Quebec (Canada) == | == Acadia and Quebec (Canada) == | ||
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FRENCH - [NATION OR STATE] | FRENCH - [NATION OR STATE] | ||
See also the "[[France Minorities|Minorities]]" section. | See also the "[[France Minorities|Minorities]]" section. | ||
= Immigration into France = | = Immigration into France = | ||