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''[[United States|United States]] > [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] > Wisconsin Emigration and Immigration'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] > Wisconsin Emigration and Immigration'' | ||
The [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] page lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include references to people who settled in [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. [[Portal:Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown. | The [[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] page lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include references to people who settled in [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. [[Portal:Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's hometown. | ||
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Small groups of French fur traders came to the Green Bay and Prairie du Chien areas in the 1700s. They were followed by lead miners from the Southern states who settled near the Galena diggings on the Illinois border in the 1820s. Substantial immigration from the northeastern states began in the 1830s. Later, American-born settlers were usually from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. | Small groups of French fur traders came to the Green Bay and Prairie du Chien areas in the 1700s. They were followed by lead miners from the Southern states who settled near the Galena diggings on the Illinois border in the 1820s. Substantial immigration from the northeastern states began in the 1830s. Later, American-born settlers were usually from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. | ||
Between 1840 and 1860, hundreds of thousands of immigrants came from Europe. Most of them came by way of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes to the port of Milwaukee, or they came up the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers and then by the railroads, which crossed the area soon after Wisconsin statehood. | Between 1840 and 1860, hundreds of thousands of immigrants came from Europe. Most of them came by way of the [[Erie_Canal|Erie Canal]] and the Great Lakes to the port of Milwaukee, or they came up the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers and then by the railroads, which crossed the area soon after Wisconsin statehood. | ||
The most numerous of the foreign-born immigrants were from Germany. They came from the Catholic provinces of southern Germany and from Protestant eastern Germany. | The most numerous of the foreign-born immigrants were from Germany. They came from the Catholic provinces of southern Germany and from Protestant eastern Germany. | ||
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You may also want to read these histories: | You may also want to read these histories: | ||
*''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis'' <ref> Sachtjen, Maude. ''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1928. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=185811&disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 977.5 W2s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=185811&disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 844952 item 4].) </ref> | *''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis'' <ref>Sachtjen, Maude. ''Immigration to Wisconsin: A Thesis''. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1928. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=185811&amp;disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 977.5 W2s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=185811&amp;disp=Immigration+to+Wisconsin++ 844952 item 4].) </ref> | ||
*''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' <ref> Current, Richard Nelson. ''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1977. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=28955&disp=Wisconsin+%3A+a+Bicentennial+history%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 H2cr].)</ref> | *''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' <ref>Current, Richard Nelson. ''"A German State?" in Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History.'' New York: W. W. Norton &amp;amp; Co., 1977. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=28955&amp;disp=Wisconsin+%3A+a+Bicentennial+history%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 977.5 H2cr].)</ref> | ||
Records of various ethnic groups, including Blacks, Danes, Finns, Germans, Norwegians, and Welsh, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under | Records of various ethnic groups, including Blacks, Danes, Finns, Germans, Norwegians, and Welsh, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under | ||
::WISCONSIN - MINORITIES. | ::WISCONSIN - MINORITIES. | ||
Records of Dutch, Danes, Belgians, and Germans from Russia are listed under | Records of Dutch, Danes, Belgians, and Germans from Russia are listed under | ||
::WISCONSIN - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. | ::WISCONSIN - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-052/ 20th Century Migration] | *[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-052/ 20th Century Migration] | ||
==Sources== | == Sources == | ||
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