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*In spite of Swiss settlements like Highland (Illinois), New Glarus (Wisconsin), New Bern (North Carolina), Gruetli (Tennessee) and Bernstadt (Kentucky) were emerging fast, most Swiss preferred rural villages of the Midwest and the Pacific Coast where especially the Italian Swiss were taking part in California's winegrowing culture, or then took up residence in more industrial and urban regions such as New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver or San Francisco. As the lifestyle and political institutions of the United States were compliant with those of their homeland most Swiss had no problems starting a new life in their part of the New World and became attached to both countries. | *In spite of Swiss settlements like Highland (Illinois), New Glarus (Wisconsin), New Bern (North Carolina), Gruetli (Tennessee) and Bernstadt (Kentucky) were emerging fast, most Swiss preferred rural villages of the Midwest and the Pacific Coast where especially the Italian Swiss were taking part in California's winegrowing culture, or then took up residence in more industrial and urban regions such as New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver or San Francisco. As the lifestyle and political institutions of the United States were compliant with those of their homeland most Swiss had no problems starting a new life in their part of the New World and became attached to both countries. | ||
*Swiss immigration diminished after 1930 because of the depression and World War II, but 23,700 more Swiss had arrived by 1960, followed by 29,100 more between 1961 and 1990, many of whom were '''professionals or employees in American branches of Swiss companies who later returned to Switzerland.'''<ref>"Swiss Americans," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Americans, accessed 8 June 2021.</ref> | *Swiss immigration diminished after 1930 because of the depression and World War II, but 23,700 more Swiss had arrived by 1960, followed by 29,100 more between 1961 and 1990, many of whom were '''professionals or employees in American branches of Swiss companies who later returned to Switzerland.'''<ref>"Swiss Americans," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Americans, accessed 8 June 2021.</ref> | ||
====Swiss Chileans==== | |||
[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with additional larger databases which also include Chileans<br> | |||
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*There are currently 5,000 Swiss citizens residing in Chile, and between 90,000 and 100,000 Swiss descendants, of whom 60,000 are from colonizations sponsored by the State of Chile in 19th century, and another 30,000 are emigrants during World War I and II. | |||
*Swiss migration to Chile took place at the end of the 19th century, between 1883 and 1900, particularly to the area of '''Araucanía, especially to Victoria and Traiguén'''. It is estimated that more than 8,000 Swiss families received grants of land. | |||
*The Federal Council in 1881 authorized specialized agencies to operate in Switzerland to recruit migrants. | |||
*The first group was composed of 1311 families who landed in a Chilean port 19 December 1883. Between 1883 and 1886 12,602 people, representing 7% of emigration from Switzerland overseas, traveled to the '''territory of Araucanía'''. The operations continued until 1890, when it was recorded that 22,708 Swiss had come to the heart of the Araucania. | |||
*Between 1915 and 1950, after the last recorded mass exodus of Swiss to Chile 30,000 Swiss residents were found to be installed in the central area of the country, primarily in Santiago and Valparaiso.<ref name ="IC"/> | |||
==Records of Swiss Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Swiss Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||