73,385
edits
New York Emigration and Immigration (view source)
Revision as of 13:12, 21 March 2012
, 21 March 2012opening paragraph
(adjust headings) |
(opening paragraph) |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
I lift my lamp beside the golden door! <ref>Emma Lazarus, excerpt from {{wpd|The New Colossus}} in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 March 2012).</ref> <br> | I lift my lamp beside the golden door! <ref>Emma Lazarus, excerpt from {{wpd|The New Colossus}} in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 21 March 2012).</ref> <br> | ||
<center>{{wpd|Emma Lazarus}}, 1883</center> | <center>{{wpd|Emma Lazarus}}, 1883</center> | ||
}} | }} __TOC__ | ||
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. | |||
=== Immigration Records === | === Immigration Records === | ||
| Line 131: | Line 133: | ||
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. | ||
=== Migration Patterns in New York State === | === Migration Patterns in New York State === | ||
'''Pre-Revolutionary War.''' Before 1775 settlement in New York was confined to the Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie, and Delaware valleys until after the Revolutionary War. During and after the war, New Yorkers loyal to the King of England emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. The Revolutionary War temporarily halted further expansion into the interior. Once the war was over and the title to western lands was obtained from the Iroquois in 1786, New Englanders flocked to all parts of the state. In the two decades after the war, 500,000 new settlers came into New York, and the state tripled its population. | '''Pre-Revolutionary War.''' Before 1775 settlement in New York was confined to the Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie, and Delaware valleys until after the Revolutionary War. During and after the war, New Yorkers loyal to the King of England emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. The Revolutionary War temporarily halted further expansion into the interior. Once the war was over and the title to western lands was obtained from the Iroquois in 1786, New Englanders flocked to all parts of the state. In the two decades after the war, 500,000 new settlers came into New York, and the state tripled its population. | ||