New York Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

Settlement in New York was confined to the Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie, and Delaware valleys until after the Revolutionary War. During and after the war, New Yorkers loyal to the King of England emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. The Revolutionary War temporarily halted further expansion into the interior. Once the war was over and the title to western lands was obtained from the Iroquois in 1786, New Englanders flocked to all parts of the state. In the two decades after the war, 500,000 new settlers came into New York, and the state tripled its population.  

Cities along the migration route such as Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo prospered. Natives of other states such as New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont moved to New York in large numbers during the pre-Civil War era.  

Large numbers of Irish and Germans came to New York cities in the mid-1800s. New York was the destination for millions of southern and eastern Europeans, especially Italians and Russian Jews, from about 1890–1910. The Irish tended to settle in New York and other large cities, such as Albany, and along the canal. Large numbers of Germans settled in New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester.  

From about 1854–1929, some 100,000 homeless children from New York City were "placed out" to families in upstate New York and the midwestern states. They are frequently referred to as the orphan train children. Excellent academic and universal readership book about the orphan trains and immigration: Wendinger, Renee. "Extra! Extra! The Orphan Trains and Newsboys of New York". http://www.theorphantrain.com book website.  

Upstate New York Welsh Heritage hosts an interesting map depicting [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyunywh/upstatenywelsh/welshny.html Where the Welsh Lived in New York State].

New York agencies that have records are:  

'''The New York Children's Aid Society'''<br>Adoption and Foster Home Division<br>150 East 45th Street<br>New York, NY 10017<br>Telephone: 212-949-4800<br>Fax: 212-682-8016 <br>Internet: http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/

'''New York Foundling Hospital (Catholic)'''<br>590 Avenue of the Americas<br>New York, NY 10011<br>Telephone: 212-633-9300<br>Fax: 212-886-4048 <br>Internet:&nbsp;[http://www.orphantraindepot.com/NYFHHistory.html http://www.orphantraindepot.com/NYFHHistory.html]<br>  

This society was organized in 1869 and began placing out children in 1873.