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 *'''1870-1940''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/420699?availability=Family%20History%20Library Auswandererkartei der Rußlanddeutschen nach Paraguay und Uruguay, 1870-1940] Index cards, arranged alphabetically by surname, for German-speaking emigrants from Russia to Paraguay and Uruguay. Includes information on places and dates of birth and death for both spouses and children, ancestral home, state of allegiance, religion, occupation, date of emigration, place of settlement, place and date of marriage, maiden name of wife, names of children, and documentary sources.
 *'''1929-1930''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/420708?availability=Family%20History%20Library Auswandererkartei der Rußlanddeutschen, 1929-1930] Index cards, arranged alphabetically by surname, for German-speaking emigrants from Russia to Germany, Canada, Brazil, '''Paraguay''', etc.
+==Finding the Town of Origin in Paraguay==
+If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Paraguay, see [[Paraguay Finding Town of Origin|'''Paraguay Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.
+==Paraguay Emigration and Immigration==
+<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br>
+Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.
+===Immigration to Paraguay===
+*For most of its history, Paraguay has been a recipient of immigrants, owing to its low population density, especially after the demographic collapse caused by the Paraguayan War.
+*Immigrants include '''Italians, Germans, Russians, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Arabs, Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Brazilians, and Argentines'''.
+*Paraguay has one of the most prominent '''German''' communities in South America, with some 25,000 German-speaking '''Mennonites''' living in the Paraguayan Chaco. German settlers founded several towns, such as Hohenau, Filadelfia, Neuland, Obligado and Nueva Germania. Several websites that promote German immigration to Paraguay claim that 5–7% of the population is of German ancestry, including 150,000 people of German-Brazilian descent.
+*Paraguay has also been a haven for '''communities persecuted for the religious faith''', like the '''Bruderhof''' who were forced to leave England in 1941 because of their pacifist beliefs.
+*Many of these communities have retained their languages and culture, particularly the '''Brazilians''', who represent the largest and most prominent immigrant group, at around 400,000.
+*Many '''Brazilian Paraguayans''' are of '''German, Italian and Polish descent'''.
+*There are an estimated 63,000 '''Afro-Paraguayans''', comprising 1% of the population.<ref>"Paraguay", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay#Demographics, accessed 13 June 2021.</ref>
 ==For Further Reading==
 There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog: