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 *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, 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.
+*Before the Civil War, the '''Irish''' were the second largest immigrant group in Wisconsin.
-*Freund, Hanns Egon. ''Emigration Records From the German Eifel Region, 1834-1911.: with Major Emphasis on Those Emigrants Whose Final Destinations Were Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan''. Crystal Lake, Illinois: McHenry County, Illinois Genealogical Society, 1991.
+*There was also considerable emigration from '''England, Scotland, Wales, and British North America.'''
+*Many '''Norwegians''' came to Wisconsin and by 1900 had become the second-largest foreign-born group in the state.
-Before the Civil War, the Irish were the second largest immigrant group in Wisconsin. There was also considerable emigration from England, Scotland, Wales, and British North America.
+*They were joined by settlers from '''southern and eastern Europe, especially Poles and Czechs''', and by smaller groups of '''Russians, Yugoslavs, Italians, and Greeks'''.
+*At the beginning of World War I in 1914, the majority of Wisconsin residents were of '''German''' origin or descent.
-Many Norwegians came to Wisconsin before the Civil War and by 1900 had become the second-largest foreign-born group in the state. They were joined by settlers from southern and eastern Europe, especially Poles and Czechs, and by smaller groups of Russians, Yugoslavs, Italians, and Greeks. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, the majority of Wisconsin residents were of German origin or descent.
 == Records  ==