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Evansville was made a United States port of entry in 1856, but there are no passenger lists. Evansville was the gateway to Indiana for overseas immigrants coming by way of New Orleans. There are passenger lists available on microfilm through the National Archives and the Family History Library from New Orleans for 1820 to 1952, and indexes for 1820 to 1850 and 1853 to 1952. After about 1857, when the railroads were completed, the majority of immigrants arrived through eastern ports, such as New York. | Evansville was made a United States port of entry in 1856, but there are no passenger lists. Evansville was the gateway to Indiana for overseas immigrants coming by way of New Orleans. There are passenger lists available on microfilm through the National Archives and the Family History Library from New Orleans for 1820 to 1952, and indexes for 1820 to 1850 and 1853 to 1952. After about 1857, when the railroads were completed, the majority of immigrants arrived through eastern ports, such as New York. | ||
More information on immigration sources can be found in the Family History Library’s [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins | More information on immigration sources can be found in the Family History Library’s [[Portal:Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] Wiki article and the [[United States Emigration and Immigration|United States Research Outline]]. | ||
'''Publications Listing Immigrants''' | '''Publications Listing Immigrants''' | ||