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''{{Wisconsin-sidebar}}<br>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin_Emigration_and_Immigration]]'' | ''{{Wisconsin-sidebar}}<br>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin_Emigration_and_Immigration]]'' | ||
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The [[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 [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]]. [[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 [[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 [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]]. [[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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The main port of entry to Wisconsin was Milwaukee, but no passenger lists are available for it or for other Wisconsin ports. Most immigrants from overseas landed at East Coast ports, primarily New York City, before proceeding to Wisconsin. If an immigrant identified Milwaukee as the port of entry, it is possible that he or she arrived first at a port in Canada, and then came through the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes to enter the United States at Wisconsin. This was an important route, particularly for the Norwegian immigrants. | The main port of entry to Wisconsin was Milwaukee, but no passenger lists are available for it or for other Wisconsin ports. Most immigrants from overseas landed at East Coast ports, primarily New York City, before proceeding to Wisconsin. If an immigrant identified Milwaukee as the port of entry, it is possible that he or she arrived first at a port in Canada, and then came through the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes to enter the United States at Wisconsin. This was an important route, particularly for the Norwegian immigrants. | ||