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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*The first settlers of [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] generally came from '''Spain''', although a few '''Frenchmen''' settled in eastern Texas. | |||
*Between 1821 and 1836 about 38,000 settlers came from the United States, especially from the '''southern states'''. | |||
*In the thirty years before the Civil War, many European emigrants came to Texas. They were mostly '''Germans, Poles, Czechs, Swedes, Norwegians, and Irish'''. | |||
*By 1850, some 33,000 '''Germans''' had settled in Texas. | |||
*After the Civil War many people left the South and went to Texas. | |||
*Others came from the North Central states, especially farmers of '''Swedish, Polish, and Irish descent'''. | |||
*More Europeans came at this time, including '''Belgians, Danes, and Greeks'''. Most of these settled in the cities. | |||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||
'''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another. Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Texas Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | '''Immigration''' refers to people coming into a country. '''Emigration''' refers to people leaving a country to go to another. Immigration records usually take the form of ship's '''passenger lists''' collected at the port of entry. See [[Texas Emigration and Immigration#Online Resources|'''Online Resources'''.]] | ||