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Chinese Americans are Americans who have full or partial Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans are immigrants along with their descendants from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, as well as from other regions that include large...
Early German Settlers of South Africa This project is devoted to the German Settlers in South Africa. Please only add the profiles of the Stamvaders/Progenitors who came from Germany. It is also a place where you can share links to online resources, tell other users where records etc. can be found and make queries or ask for help through the discussion facility. To participate in any projec...
Prussian (German, Polish, Slav, Russian, Wendish) settlement in South Australia==Prussians began to settle in Australia in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to Adelaide, South Australia. Prussian immigrants were prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland. Between 1850 until World War I, German settlers and their descendants comprised the largest non-Br...
Bound for South Australia Portal page for projects related to immigration to South Australia. Here is a video to get you in the mood: Bound For South Australia South Australia was an unusual settlement within the British Empire. Unlike the older colonies on Australia’s eastern seaboard there were to be no convicts, and this commitment to a ‘free’ settlement was fiercely maintained. Historians a...
Haplogroup H1am is mostly present in the families with maternal lineages originating in the British Isles, including several families in the United States with their maternal lineages traced back to the early 17th century in the British America. Another group consists of eleven Finnish maternal lineages, of which six are traced back to the 17th century (circa 1620–circa 1700) and the rest five...
Canadian Americans is are Americans whose ancestry is wholly or partly Canadian, or citizens of either country that hold dual citizenship. The term "Canadian" can mean a nationality or an ethnicity. Canadians are considered North Americans due their residing in the North American continent. English-speaking Canadian immigrants easily integrate and assimilate into northern and western American ...
French immigration in Argentina=French Argentines (French: Franco-Argentins; Spanish: franco-argentinos) refers to Argentine citizens of full or partial French ancestry or persons born in France who reside in Argentina. French Argentines form one of the largest ancestry groups after Italian Argentines and Spanish Argentines . Between 1857 and 1946; 261,020 French people immigrated to Argentina....
From the1890s to the 1930s, 1/3 of the population immigrated from the parish of Czernielów Mazowiecki and its neighbouring villages (Bajkowce, Borki Wielkie, Czernielów Ruski, Czołhańszczyzna, Kujdańce, Rusianówka, Romanówka, Stupki, and Smykowce). The purpose of this project is to help researchers connect the original settlers to their ancestors in Austria/Poland. Due to volume, this proje...
Doseljenici u Hrvatsku / Immigrations to Croatia, Emigrants - Immigrants to Croatia* is a project about and for immigrants in Croatia. Please update the list below and add the country and people from which countries have moved to Croatia.Also existing Geni projects for immigrants in Croatia connect with this project.Add profiles from your tree and update the list below from where your country i...
Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free)Over 17,000 names here: add Geni profiles you manage to this project that appear on the list.Citation:Greer, George Cabell. Early Virginia immigrants, 1623-1666. Originally published: Richmond, Va., 1912. Compiled from Land Office records; gives name, date of entry, and ...
Castle Garden Americas First Immigration Center== This is the main Castle Garden project , the main project will be divided in sub-projects covering the period from 1820-1850 and the period from 1850-1890.Please add your ancestors or other relatives who arrived during these periods to the relevant projects. Note: When the year of arrival at Castle Garden is unknown the profile can be added ...
From 1848 to 1950 over six million adults and children experienced emigration from Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland. Over 2.5 million Irish departed from Cobh, making it the single most important port of emigration.This exodus from Ireland was largely a result of poverty, crop failures, the land system, and a lack of opportunity. Irish emigration from Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland reached un...
The goal of this project, is to cover the history of the Port of Baltimore and its arriving and departing Immigrants and Emigrants, from all over the Globe. *Please, feel free to add your ancestors and other known Profiles, of Those who arrived to the "New World", at this particular Port. *Upon greater interest and contributions on/to this topic, please, join the project. (Just use the "Actions...
This is the master project or portal for the Angel Island Arrivals series. We will have sub-projects broken down by decade. The first sub-project will be Angel Island Arrivals: 1910-1920. Summary Immigration Timeline The experience for Asian immigrants in this period was quite different. In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, severely restricting immigration from China. ...
By percentage of population, Nebraska is one of the most Czech/Bohemian/Moravian States in the U.S. Several counties were founded by Czech settlers; there's even a Prague on the map.I've been working on these families and thought that it would be nice to connect with others. To this project, I'm adding 1) Bohemian immigrants to Nebraska and 2) notable Nebraskans with Bohemian ancestry.I hope yo...
This project is about Sullivan's Island as the African-American Ellis Island==Summary== Carolina's Lowcountry holds a major place of importance in African-American history for many reasons, but perhaps most importantly as a port of entry for people of African descent. According to several historians, anywhere from 40 to 60 percent of the Africans who were brought to America during the slave tra...
The earliest permanent settlements in Cumberland County were along the Cohansey River. Between 1680 and 1700, settlers had begun to carve out of the South Jersey wilderness a home for themselves and their families.Meaningful permanent settlement in what is now called Cumberland County dates from 1675 when John Fenwick purchased his tenth of West New Jersey from Lord John Berkeley . Fenwick esta...
"One surviving English register of emigration contains the names of approximately 10,000 servants who sailed from Bristol to America between 1654 and 1678. Roughly half of these emigrants went to Virginia. The rest found their way to the West Indies--mainly the island of Barbados which was such favored during the 1650s, and the beautiful little island of Nevis which was preferred in the early 1...
Canadian - arrivals in South Australia - Index Many families and some single persons arrived in South Australia, a free settlers State in the 1850's to 1880's.In working with these records it has been noticed that many did not stay in South Australia.They may have gone directly to the Goldfields, many appear in Victoria Australia and Queensland. This project will list these persons and profiles...
This is a list of people that I found in my tree that immigrated to different counties. Google translate: Esta é uma lista de pessoas que encontrei na minha árvore que imigraram para diferentes países. Traductor de Google: esta es una lista de personas que encontré en mi árbol que emigraron a diferentes condados. // Private User Anders Thalus Ericsson finnish citizen 1836==England==# Nina Oakle...
Goal is to add all of the Geni Profiles of the passengers of this passage of S.S. San Lorenzo - sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico Sept. 28, 1922 to New York City, NY October 2, 1922.****************************************************************************** Please, feel free to join as a collaborator, should you locate your Ancestors / Family Members (or yourself) in the list, please, add t...
Immigrants at Grosse-Ile Quarantine Station Canada 1832-1937==Grosse Isle is located in Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the islands of the 21-island Isle-aux-Grues archipelago. It is part of the municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of the province.Also known as Grosse Isle and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site...
The Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company was organized in October 1849. The "donations to the fund" helped outfit members "for the trek west" from 1850 to 1887. It also funded voyages to America starting in 1856. The fund was dis-incorporated in 1887 under the provisions of the Edmunds-Tucker Act. Approximately 30,000 people were assisted with all or part of their transportation expenses during th...
Immigration Stories== Statistics can not tell the story of immigration, but people can . ==What is immigration?==* Immigration is the movement of people into a destination country to which they are not native or do not possess its citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens*Emigration is the act of leaving one's resident country w...
This project is in line to connect all ports of entry into the United States, and previous United Colonies, specifically those in Florida.==19 Florida Ports of Entry=====ports that have Immigration Passenger Lists in the National Archives and the Regional Records Centers===* Apalachicola - From Sept. 4, 1918* Boca Grande - Oct. 28, 1912-Aug. 16, 1935* Clarabelle - From Nov. 7, 1915* Fernandina ...