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Emigration from Norway to the United States of America. This project is about emigrants from Norway to USA. Please also follow Norwegian Ancestry - information Index Links Norwegian-American Settlements in The US From which county in Norway was the emigrants born? Østfold Akershus Oslo Hedmark Oppland Buskerud Vestfold Telemark Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Rogaland H...
This project is for profiles of people of Lithuanian heritage. This effort is part of The Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook whose members work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should b...
Amerikansuomalaiset Projektin tarkoitus Projektin tarkoituksena on yhdistää suomalaisia juuriaan etsiviä amerikkalaisia ja amerikkalaisia sukulaisiaan etsiviä suomalaisia, jakaa tietolähteitä, vinkkejä, jne. Voitte lisätä projektiin kenen tahansa suomalaisia esivanhempia omaavan amerikkalaisen. Amerikka tarkoittaa tässä koko Amerikan mannerta aina Águilan saaresta (joka on etelämpänä kuin Ka...
This is a project for Finnish-born immigrants and for their descendants in Michigan, USA. Brief history of Finns in Michigan Finns first arrived in Michigan ’s Upper Peninsula after the Civil War, when a copper mining company recruited them from mines in Norway because of their reputation as hard workers. The Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migratio...
The goal of this project is to use United States census records to document the Lithuanians living in various communities between 1920 - 1940 (e.g., Waterbury, Connecticut, Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, Grand Rapids, Michigan, etc.) This effort is part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between ...
This project is for notable Irish Americans. For researching your own Irish American ancestry, visit the general Irish American project . == Irish Americans are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. About 33.3 million Americans—10.5% of the total population...
Return to Lands of Sweden Project Swedish Americans During the 19th-early 20th century about 1.3 millions Swedes left their homes and emigrated to the United States. Purpose of the project The primary purpose of this project is to connect Swedish Americans with American Swedes seeking relatives, roots, sharing information sources, tips, etc. This project covers Swedes who have moved to an...
This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...
American Jews , also known as Jewish Americans , are American citizens of the Jewish faith or Jewish ethnicity. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews who emigrated from Central and Eastern Europe, and their U.S.-born descendants. A minority from all Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and a number o...
From Wikipedia : Person of color The term "person of color" is today primarily used in the United States to describe any person who is not considered white. The term encompasses all non-white people, emphasizing common experiences of systemic racism. The term may also be used with other collective categories of people such as "communities of color", "men of color", and "women of color". The t...
Immigrants from Scotland to Florida
Dutch emigration to America 1800-1950==This project Dutch emigration to America refers to Americans who are of full or partial Dutch heritage.An estimated 4.5 million Americans claim total or partial Dutch heritage. Today the majority of the Dutch Americans live in Michigan, California, Montana, Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin, Idaho, Utah, Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. In 2013 1....
Add your immigrants from Friesland Between 1848 and 1966, 2,000-3,000 Föhr Frisians emigrated to America for economic (and political) reasons. There have been decades when more than 30% of a village's population emigrated to America Friesland [or Fryslân] is an area inhabited by a Germanic ethnic group called Frisians who are indigenous to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and North-West G...
Suomesta on lähdetty siirtolaisiksi eri puolille maailmaa, Amerikkaan, Ruotsiin, Norjaan, Venäjälle ja Neuvostoliittoon sekä muihin kaukaisiin maihin. Voit lisätä projektiin Kauhajoelta lähteneet siirtolaiset ja myös ne, jotka ovat myöhemmin jostain syystä palanneet takaisin. ===Kauhajoen projektit===*Paikkakunta Kauhajoki, Etelä-Pohjanmaa *Paikkakunta Kauhajoki, Etelä-Pohjanmaa *Siirtolaiset ...
Italiani emigrati in America For profiles with Italian ancestors - see
Lithuanian Americans who are Americans by citizenship or permanent residence, but are of Lithuanian birth or descent. In 2019, there were an estimated 632,169 people in the U.S. who identified as being of Lithuanian origin or ancestry. Lithuanian Americans form by far the largest group within the Lithuanian diaspora. Chicago has historically had the largest number of Lithuanian Americans and th...
Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens of the United States. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also sometimes referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians". With a population of more than 4.9 million, Indian Americans make up approximately 1.35% of the U.S. population and are the...
Bohemian and Czech Jews in American History Miloslav Rechcígl, Jr. Jews have lived on the territory of the historic Czech Lands for some 1,000 years. They have played an important role in the social, economic and cultural development of the country since the times of the Duchy and the subsequent Kingdom of Bohemia, through the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia, and the Successor State...
This project is part of the Mormonism Portal . Mormon Americans are people from the United States who have ancestral or religious roots in the Latter-day Saints movement. Approximately 6.5 million Americans are practicing Mormons, while at least one million others have roots in the Mormon community. Anthropologists and demographers increasingly consider Mormons to be a distinct ethnic group in...
First published in 1960, and revised through 1991, Malcolm Stern 's First American Jewish Families was a groundbreaking work of genealogy, detailing the trees of 600 early Jewish-American families from 1645-1988. Stern's work is viewable online at the American Jewish Archives . Many of the families in Stern's book are also on Geni. Below is a list of the families with links to the Geni profile...
Sons of Norway (Norwegian: Sønner av Norge ), founded in 1895 as the Independent Order of the Sons of Norway, is a fraternal organization principally representing people of Norwegian heritage in the United States and Canada. The organization includes in its mission the promotion and preservation of the heritage and culture of Norway and other Nordic countries and to provide life insurance and o...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . Aloha, In the Hawaiian language, Ohana means family, and this project has been created to help link together the families of Hawai'i into a bigger tree, and ultimately to the World Family Tree. The geographic isolation of Hawai'i provides, in essence, a "small town" of a million inhabitants. Everyone is your auntie's cousin's brother-in-...
This project is for German Immigrants to the United States of America. Only add 1st generation German Americans to this project. German Americans are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. According to the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, "German-Americans make up the largest self-reported ancestry group within the United States accounting for roughly 49 million people and app...
This project focuses only on Polish pioneers who were born in Poland (Prussian Poland, Austrian Poland and Russian Poland) and settled in Michigan in 1850s, 1860s and 1870s. If you would like to connect your ancestors who came in America at a later time and settled in Michigan, please refer to a different project titled: Polish Americans in Michigan, United States of America . The first lasting...
Suomesta on lähdetty siirtolaisiksi eri puolille maailmaa, Amerikkaan, Ruotsiin, Norjaan, Venäjälle ja Neuvostoliittoon sekä muihin kaukaisiin maihin. Voit lisätä projektiin Rantsilasta lähteneet siirtolaiset ja myös ne, jotka ovat myöhemmin jostain syystä palanneet takaisin. ===Rantsilan projektit===*Paikkakunta Rantsila, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Suomi Paikkakunta Rantsila, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Suomi ...