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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Emigration and Immigration|U.S. Emigration and Immigration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Missouri|Missouri]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Missouri Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]''


A few thousand French settlers remained in the area after the United States bought [[Missouri]] as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but most pre-statehood settlers were Americans of English and Ulster Scots origin. They came mainly from the Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Settlement spread up the river valleys into central Missouri by the 1820s and into western Missouri by the 1830s. Mormon immigrants settled western Missouri in 1831 but were driven from the state in 1839.  
A few thousand French settlers remained in the area after the United States bought Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but most pre-statehood settlers were Americans of English and Ulster Scots origin. They came mainly from the Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Settlement spread up the river valleys into central Missouri by the 1820s and into western Missouri by the 1830s. Mormon immigrants settled western Missouri in 1831 but were driven from the state in 1839.  


Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail began at Independence, Missouri. Many Missourians followed these trails westward to California, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In spite of this emigration from the state, Missouri was the fifth most populous state in the United States at the close of the Civil War.  
Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail began at Independence, Missouri. Many Missourians followed these trails westward to California, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In spite of this emigration from the state, Missouri was the fifth most populous state in the United States at the close of the Civil War.  


The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration from Missouri, 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/]
The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration from Missouri, among other places. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at http://www.paper-trail.org


Overseas immigration to Missouri began in earnest in the 1830s when large numbers of Germans began to settle the farm country west of St. Louis and south of the Missouri River known as the "Missouri Rhineland." Beginning in the 1840s German and Irish immigrants settled in urban centers. After 1880, St. Louis and Kansas City attracted groups of Italians, Greeks, Poles, and east European Jews. A German newspaper called Westliche Post has a helpful website with obits of German emigrants to Missouri. [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/indexes/westliche/westliche-obit-index.htm German immigrant Obits] 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; Family History Library book {{FHL|977.8 E7r|disp=977.8 E7r}}).  
Overseas immigration to Missouri began in earnest in the 1830s when large numbers of Germans began to settle the farm country west of St. Louis and south of the Missouri River known as the "Missouri Rhineland." Beginning in the 1840s German and Irish immigrants settled in urban centers. After 1880, St. Louis and Kansas City attracted groups of Italians, Greeks, Poles, and east European Jews. A German newspaper called Westliche Post has a helpful website with obits of German emigrants to Missouri. [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/indexes/westliche/westliche-obit-index.htm German immigrant Obits] 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; Family History Library book {{FHL|977.8 E7r|disp=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. More detailed information on immigration sources is in [[United States Emigration and Immigration]].  
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.


St. Louis Public Library owns the following NARA passenger list indexes:
{{See|United States Emigration and Immigration}}


Baltimore, 1820-1897 (Federal Lists)


Baltimore, 1833-1866 (City Lists)  
St. Louis Public Library (City) owns the following NARA passenger list indexes:


Boston, 1848-1891  
*Baltimore, 1820-1897 (Federal Lists) <br>
*Baltimore, 1833-1866 (City Lists) <br> 
*Boston, 1848-1891 <br>
*New Orleans, 1813-1866 <br>
*New York, 1820-1846 <br>
*New York, 1897-1943 <br>
*Philadelphia, 1800-1906 <br>
St. Louis Public Library owns these NARA passenger lists:


New Orleans, 1813-1866
*Baltimore, 1820-1891 <br>
 
*{{RecordSearch|1860873|Boston, 1820-1891}} (also on FamilySearch) <br>
New York, 1820-1846
*New Orleans, 1813-1902 <br>
 
*New York, 1820-1906 <br>
New York, 1897-1943
*Philadelphia, 1800-1902 <br>
 
*Miscellaneous Gulf Coast, Atlantic, &amp; Great Lakes Ports, 1820-1874  
Philadelphia, 1800-1906
 
St. Louis Public Library owns these NARA passenger lists:
 
Baltimore, 1820-1891  
 
Boston, 1820-1891  
 
New Orleans, 1813-1902  
 
New York, 1820-1906  
 
Philadelphia, 1800-1902  
 
Miscellaneous Gulf Coast, Atlantic, &amp; Great Lakes Ports, 1820-1874  


== Web Sites  ==
== Web Sites  ==
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== References  ==
== References  ==


''[[Missouri]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''Missouri Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  


:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
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