General
USA
State
A classic subdivision of a state has been described on this site for Wisconsin.List of the States
Those linked do have a significant population with Belgian Ancestry in 1990. We have started to add content for those states and counties. Only a few do have yet relevant content.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Counties: Maricopa, Pima
- Arkansas
- California
- Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa , Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joachin, Santa Clara, Tulare, Ventura
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Counties: Fairfield
- Delaware
- Florida
- Counties: Broward, Dade, Hillsborough, Palm Beach, Pinellas
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Parishes: Rapides Parish
- Maine
- Maryland
- Counties: Montgomery
- Massachusetts
- Counties: Essex, Middlesex
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Counties: Dakota, Hennepin, Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Ramsey, Red Wood, Yellow Medecine
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Counties: Douglas
- Nevada
- Counties: Clark
- New Hampshire
- Counties: Hillsborough
- New Jersey
- Counties: Bergen, Passaic
- New Mexico
- New York
- Counties: Kings, Monroe, Nassau, New York, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Counties: Divide
- Ohio
- Counties: Franklin, Lucas
- Oklahoma
- Counties: Woodward.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Counties: Allegheny, Crawford Washington, Westmoreland
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Custer County
- Custer County South Dakota Genealogy
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Counties: Bexar, Dallas, Harris
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Counties: Fairfax
- Washington
- Washington DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
History
Bibliography
Original sources
Sources for the 19th and 20th centuries
Census records
Parish Records
Published sources
- LIB: Belgians in Indiana (with a list of the immigrants)
- LIB: They Chose Minnesota. A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups (Minnesota 1981)
Internet
Research resources
Geographical name distribution
National Archives
Internet sites
- Le Centre de Généalogie Francophone d'Amérique (in French)
Belgian clubs
Genealogical Societies
History
- Belgians in the American Civil War
- LIB: Belgians in Indiana (with a list of the immigrants)
- LIB: They Chose Minnesota. A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups (Minnesota 1981)
- Belgians in the American Civil War by Guy Gallez
- NAL Helps Highlight Belgian Emigration to U.S.
- From the Belgian Countryside to the Midwest ...
Travel
- Antwerp -> Canada -> USA (1920) (posting on TheShipsList-L)
Naturalization
Statistics
U.S. Federal Census Bureau
- Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 1850 to 1990
- Extracted data for Belgium:
- 1990: 34,366
- 1980: 36,487
- 1970: 41,412
- 1960: 50,294
- 1930: 64,194
- 1920: 62,687
- 1910: 49,400
- 1900: 29,757
- 1890: 22,639
- 1880: 15,535
- 1870: 12,553
- 1860: 9,072
- 1850: 1,313
Related countries
German immigration
- German settlers:
- About 8% of them did have Antwerp (Belgium) as their port of departure.
Genealogy pages of participants
Belgian Missionairies
- Pioneer Priests and Brothers of St. Mary's Mission
- Extract:
- "... the early Jesuit fathers and brothers of St. Mary's. Missionary heroes of the American frontier, they were the first to call God down on the altars of these prairies; they cared for His House in a raw land; they preached the true Faith to Indians and white settlers; and they were principal agents for the pioneer organization of the Catholic Church in Kansas. ..."
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