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''[[Idaho|Idaho]] ► Idaho Emigration and Immigration''<br> ''[[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] ► Idaho Emigration and Immigration'' | ''[[Idaho|Idaho]] ► Idaho Emigration and Immigration''<br>''[[Portal:United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Emigration and Immigration]] ► Idaho Emigration and Immigration'' | ||
The pioneers who traveled over the Oregon Trail in the 1840s and 1850s rarely settled in Idaho. There were temporary trading posts and Protestant and Catholic missions but no permanent white settlement in Idaho until 1860 when settlers from Utah established Latter-day Saint communities in the Cache Valley. | The pioneers who traveled over the Oregon Trail in the 1840s and 1850s rarely settled in Idaho. There were temporary trading posts and Protestant and Catholic missions but no permanent white settlement in Idaho until 1860 when settlers from Utah established Latter-day Saint communities in the Cache Valley. | ||
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Most Idaho residents are of British, German, or Scandinavian origin, although there are about 6,000 Basques living near Boise. If you are looking for information on Basque settlement, you may find helpful information in Pat Bieter, ''The Basques in Idaho''. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society, 197? (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199916&disp=The+Basques+in+Idaho%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 979.6 F2bb; film 1036796 item 15]). | Most Idaho residents are of British, German, or Scandinavian origin, although there are about 6,000 Basques living near Boise. If you are looking for information on Basque settlement, you may find helpful information in Pat Bieter, ''The Basques in Idaho''. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society, 197? (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199916&disp=The+Basques+in+Idaho%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 979.6 F2bb; film 1036796 item 15]). | ||
A few records of other ethnic groups are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=419490&subject_disp=Idaho+%2D+Minorities&columns=*,0,0 IDAHO - MINORITIES]. One such group for which an index is being created is the Japanese (see [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigration to the United States 1887-1924], a web site created by BYU-Idaho).. <br> | A few records of other ethnic groups are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=419490&subject_disp=Idaho+%2D+Minorities&columns=*,0,0 IDAHO - MINORITIES]. One such group for which an index is being created is the Japanese (see [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigration to the United States 1887-1924], a web site created by BYU-Idaho).. <br> | ||
There was no port of entry common to overseas immigrants who settled in Idaho. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists for east coast ports for the years between 1820 and about 1920. You'll find suggestions on Latter-day Saint immigration sources on the [[Utah|Utah Wiki page]]. Detailed information on other immigration sources is on the [[Portal:United States of America|United States Wiki page]]. | There was no port of entry common to overseas immigrants who settled in Idaho. The Family History Library and the National Archives have passenger lists for east coast ports for the years between 1820 and about 1920. You'll find suggestions on Latter-day Saint immigration sources on the [[Utah|Utah Wiki page]]. Detailed information on other immigration sources is on the [[Portal:United States of America|United States Wiki page]]. | ||
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[[Category:Idaho|Emigration and Immigration]] [[Category:English|Idaho]] [[Category:Germans|Idaho]] [[Category:Ethnic_Groups|Idaho]] [[Category:Ethnic,_Political,_or_Religious_Groups|Idaho]] | [[Category:Idaho|Emigration and Immigration]] [[Category:English|Idaho]] [[Category:Germans|Idaho]] [[Category:Ethnic_Groups|Idaho]] [[Category:Ethnic,_Political,_or_Religious_Groups|Idaho]] | ||
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