Ethnic (Immigration)

Ethnic Sites:

Finnish Emigrant Tracking Finnish Emigrant Tracking: Finnish and Scandinavian resources for emigration. (Ethnic) http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_intro.htm Finnish Emigration and Immigration after World War II Finnish Emigration and Immigration after World War II: Article with charts and graphs written by Jouni Korkiasaari & Ismo Söderling. (Ethnic) http://www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/art/finn_migr.htm Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center: A national archives and research institute for the study of Swedish immigration to North America. (Ethnic) http://www.augustana.edu/administration/SWENSON/ The Hungarian Emigration Law of 1903 The Hungarian Emigration Law of 1903: Text of the law in 1903. Translated to English. (Ethnic) http://www.iarelative.com/hung1903/law_1903.htm Denmark -- The Escape to America Denmark -- The Escape to America: Nearly 150 years ago August and Ane Rasmussen said goodbye to relatives and friends in Sæby parish, Denmark. Many more Danes were to follow suit. (Ethnic) http://www.kalmus.dk/html/august.html The Cornish-American Connection The Cornish-American Connection: This web site is studying emigrants from Cornwall and is soliciting information from others. (Ethnic) http://www.chycor.co.uk/murdoch-house/connect1.htm Danish Immigrant Museum Danish Immigrant Museum: The mission of the Danish Immigrant Museum is to tell the story of Danish immigrants and the Danish American experience and is organized to collect, preserve, study and interpret their materials, culture and traditions. (Ethnic) http://dkmuseum.org/ Poles to Australia Poles to Australia: Polish-Australian website devoted to post World War II migration to Australia focusing on Polish immigration and settlement in Australia, together with vintage photos, reading lists and links. (Ethnic) http://www.geocities.com/terranova_au Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad: The national council for the 32 affiliated Norwegian-American bygdelag provides current information on, and links to each lag site. (Ethnic) http://www.fellesraad.com Migration Heritage Centre Migration Heritage Centre: The Migration Heritage Centre (MHC) provides opportunities for people to tell of their achievements, their struggles for belonging, of cultural change, traditions and adaptation, reconciliation and celebrations of survival. (Ethnic) http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/ Ukrainian Canadian Pioneer Days Ukrainian Canadian Pioneer Days: Ukrainian Canadian pioneer days are celebrated in this homepage which features the humble churches built by hardy Ukrainian immigrants at the turn of the century. (Ethnic) http://home.echo-on.net/~nemmer/index.html Isola delle Femmine Connection Isola delle Femmine Connection: Covers the history, culture, and genealogy of the immigrants to the US from Isola delle Femmine, Sicily. (Ethnic) http://giamona.com/ Emslanders to the American Mid-West Emslanders to the American Mid-West: Emigrants from that part of Hannover now known as Emsland, Niedersachsen, who settled in the American mid-western states of Missouri and Illinois. (Ethnic) http://www.emslanders.com Palatines to America Palatines to America: A genealogy society dedicated to the study of ancestors from all German-speaking lands. Includes an immigrant ancestor search. (Ethnic) http://www.palam.org Polonia in Maryland Polonia in Maryland: The Archives of Maryland Polonia was founded in 1982 to preserve, document and make available to researchers the history of Polish immigrants and people of Polish heritage in the State of Maryland. The archival collection consists of books, document (Ethnic) http://ubmail.ubalt.edu/~thollowak/HOME.HTML Jewish Immigrant Culture Jewish Immigrant Culture: The mission of The Archive is to preserve the history and collective memory of the Jewish immigrant community from the former Soviet Union and to create an engaging environment for today's immigrant culture. (Ethnic) http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/efimova/archive/main/archive.html Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village: This historic site tells the story of Ukrainian immigrants and the development of the Bloc Settlement in East Central Alberta from 1892 to 1930. (Ethnic) http://www.gov.ab.ca/mcd/mhs/uchv/uchv.htm British Home Children British Home Children: Between 1870 and 1940, more than fifty child care organizations deported 100,000 alleged orphaned, abandoned, illegitimate, and impoverished children to Canada ostensibly to 'provide them with better lives than they would have had in England.' (Ethnic) http://charsnow.tripod.com/one/ German Roots and Genealogy German Roots and Genealogy: Genealogy data for German roots, and German pioneers. Includes Palatine databases. (Ethnic) http://www.geocities.com/german_genealogy Iceland to North America Iceland to North America: A tribute to all the people from Iceland who had for known or unknown reasons to search for a new life in a new country. The main purpose of this site is to help people of Icelandic origin to search for their roots in Iceland, their ancestors and living (Ethnic) http://www.simnet.is/halfdanh/vestur.htm Swedish Emigrant Institute Swedish Emigrant Institute: The national collection and museum on Swedish emigration history. Emigrant letters, diaries, photos and other documents from the emigration epoch (1846-1930). (Ethnic) http://www.swemi.nu/ Swedish Emigration Swedish Emigration: An article about mass emigration from Sweden and a list of links for emigration from other countries. (Ethnic) http://www.americanwest.com/swedemigr/pages/emigra.htm Polish Immigration at Bellaonline Polish Immigration at Bellaonline: History and Presence of Polish Immigration in the USA and all around the world; many articles and links. (Ethnic) http://www.bellaonline.org/articles/art939.asp#IMMIGRATION Ukrainian Internment in Canada 1914-1920 Ukrainian Internment in Canada 1914-1920: Canadian internment of Ukrainian Canadians in concentration camps during the period of 1914-1920. (Ethnic) http://www.infoukes.com/history/internment/ Bayou Genealogy.com Bayou Genealogy.com: Dedicated to the preservation of the Cajun and Acadian Heritage. Genealogical records including military, civil war, war 1812 and various ships lists. (Ethnic) http://bayougenealogy.com Texel, Netherlands Texel, Netherlands: Emigrants to the US from the island of Texel in the Netherlands between 1850 and 1920, organized by surname. (Ethnic) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~texel/emigration.html Danish Immigration to America: An Annotated Bibliography of Resources Danish Immigration to America: An Annotated Bibliography of Resources: Research guide and annotated bibliography of Scandinavian and Danish Immigration, presented by the Library of Congress. (Ethnic) http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/danish.html University of California, Irvine Libraries: Southeast Asian Archive University of California, Irvine Libraries: Southeast Asian Archive: Collects materials relating to the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants, especially in the United States, the boat people and land refugees, and the culture and history of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Links to similar collections provid (Ethnic) http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/sasian.html