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*County Histories: may include information about specific ethnic groups, where they settled, who their leaders were and where they came from, biographical sketches, and churches with biographical information about founding members of the congregation. | *County Histories: may include information about specific ethnic groups, where they settled, who their leaders were and where they came from, biographical sketches, and churches with biographical information about founding members of the congregation. | ||
*State Histories: usually contain very general information about early settlers and their origins. | *State Histories: usually contain very general information about early settlers and their origins. | ||
==Emigration Information== | |||
The process of emigrating from one country to another generated various records. Records of departure in the country of origin are called emigration records. | |||
Information about records useful for locating Czech places of origin is found at | |||
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Czech_Republic_Emigration_and_Immigration | |||
==Immigration Information== | ==Immigration Information== | ||
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*Galveston, Texas- most of the early passenger lists were destroyed, but there are some books of extracted and compiled lists of immigrants of various nationalities. This website may be helpful [you need a password, but it’s free]: http://www.tsm-elissa.org/immigration-main.htm. | *Galveston, Texas- most of the early passenger lists were destroyed, but there are some books of extracted and compiled lists of immigrants of various nationalities. This website may be helpful [you need a password, but it’s free]: http://www.tsm-elissa.org/immigration-main.htm. | ||
REMEMBER: 90% of all places of origins are found by examining American sources very carefully. | REMEMBER: 90% of all places of origins are found by examining American sources very carefully. | ||