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 [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] lists several important sources for finding information about immigrants. These nationwide sources include many references to people who settled in Indiana. ''[[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]]'' introduces principles, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor’s original hometown.
-'''Early'''. The earliest European settlers in Indiana were Frenchmen, who came in the early 1700s to what are now Fort Wayne, Lafayette, and Vincennes. American settlement began before 1800 and increased substantially after the War of 1812, when the Indians were removed from their lands. The earliest American settlers came mainly from Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Maryland. Beginning about 1830, many settlers came from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Eventually, settlers from the middle Atlantic states and Ohio outnumbered those from the Southern slave states.
+'''Early'''. French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, came from Michigan down to Northern Indiana in 1679. Not long after, traders from the Carolinas and Pennsylvania areas began to settle in the Ohio and Wabish Rivers regions in Indiana. These settlements caused alarm among the French who used the rivers to trade. Subsequently, the French began building forts in the early 18th century. These included Fort-Miami, Fort-Ouiatanon, and Fort-Vincennes. The land was ceded to the British in 1763, and the United States in 1783.<ref>Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Indiana," in ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state/History#ref78676, accessed 20 Feb 2020.</ref> American settlement began before 1800 and increased substantially after the War of 1812, when Native Americans were removed from their lands. The earliest American settlers came mainly from Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Maryland. Beginning about 1830, many settlers came from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Eventually, settlers from the middle Atlantic states and Ohio outnumbered those from the Southern slave states.
 Indiana did not attract as many overseas immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century as other Midwestern states. Over half of those who came to Indiana directly from overseas were of German origin, with the Irish a distant second. Most of the present Indiana population is of English, Scottish, Irish, or German descent.