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The last [http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Indian tribes] had been removed from Arkansas to present-day Oklahoma by 1835. (Also see: [[Indians of Arkansas]].) Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have been transcribed in:<br> | The last [http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Indian tribes] had been removed from Arkansas to present-day Oklahoma by 1835. (Also see: [[Indians of Arkansas]].) Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs have been transcribed in:<br> | ||
*Baker, Jack D. ''Cherokee Emigration Rolls, 1817-1835.'' Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Baker Pub., 1977. {{FHL|58571|item|disp=FHL book 970.3 C424be}}. {{WorldCat|3892556|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}} | :*Baker, Jack D. ''Cherokee Emigration Rolls, 1817-1835.'' Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Baker Pub., 1977. {{FHL|58571|item|disp=FHL book 970.3 C424be}}. {{WorldCat|3892556|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}} | ||
Some immigrants landed at [http://www.germanroots.com/neworleans.html New Orleans] and traveled up the Mississippi River to Arkansas. The Family History Library has passenger lists for New Orleans from 1820 to 1921 and indexes from 1820 to 1952. A digital version of {{RecordSearch|1921756|United States, Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874}} is available on FamilySearch. | Some immigrants landed at [http://www.germanroots.com/neworleans.html New Orleans] and traveled up the Mississippi River to Arkansas. The Family History Library has passenger lists for New Orleans from 1820 to 1921 and indexes from 1820 to 1952. A digital version of {{RecordSearch|1921756|United States, Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874}} is available on FamilySearch. | ||
In 1850 Father Thomas Hore led a group of over 1000 Irish Catholics from counties Wicklow and Wexford to Little Rock, Arkansas. The group split into six parts, and ended up settling in New Orleans; Little Rock and Fort Smith, Arkansas; Refugio, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; and Wexford, Iowa. A list of 847 of the emigrants is available in:<br> | |||
:*Rees, Jack. ''A Farewell to Famine.'' Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland : Arklow Enterprise Centre, 1994. {{FHL|704463|disp=FHL book 941.8 W2rj}} {{WorldCat|30155812|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}} | |||
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