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 To
place these links in a global context go to the casahistoria
European
Emigration
site.
Latin American immigration
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Migration to Latin America
Looks at latin American immigration in general. In note form.
From History
of International Migration Site.
Sections on:
Argentina
South American Immigration: Argentina by Wanda A. Velez of the Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute. A detailed, well documented and supported essay. Good data at the
end.
Inmigración
Range of photos showing the immigration reception process just
before World War 1. Commentary in Spanish.
(the ads seem to have taken over somewhat!!)
Argentina: History, Immigration
Detailed site on immigration. looks at the origins of the
19th/20th century immigration.
Día
del Inmigrante (Immigrants day) Official site
from the
Ministerio de Educación de la Nación. This connects to the extensive
(Spanish) link page
Cousins
and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850–1930. By J C.
Moya. Book review, but it provides a structural framework for looking at
immigration to Argentina in the 19th & 2oth centuries from Europe.
Links to
Communities in Argentina Links to the websites of the many different
immigrant communities in modern Argentina
Contextual
emigration/immigration sites
Immigration policy & settlement:
The example of Britain & late 19th century Argentina
Extracted
from The Forgotten Colony, by Andrew Graham Yooll,
published
by Hutchison, 1981. Good case study
looking at the factors hindering and supporting emigration.Click on the relevant section for general casahistoria links in the
European
Emigration page to sites connected with:
casahistoria
home visit
caféhistoria
for updates and current topic news
2. The
Continental European immigrants
East European
Brief,
introductory descriptions of immigrants from
Hungary;
Poland;
Ukraine;
Czech & Slovak Republics;
Slovenia
& Romania ;
Lithuania
;
Croatia
by M Soltys for the Buenos Aires Herald
(1998)
elaguilablanca Immigration page of the Polish White eagle (elaguilablanca)
community page
Gender Identity in Life Histories: Bulgarian and Spanish Women in
Comodoro Rivadavia, by María
José Garrido and María Laura Olivares.
Part of the
Patagonia Mosaic 2000 Social history project. Worthwhile.
German
Italian
Jewish
Jüdische Spuren in Buenos Aires: Historischer Hintergrund
(Jewish traces in Buenos Aires) by Diana García Simon. Historic
account of Jewish immigration form eastern Europe. In German,
but can be googled...
Portuguese & Spanish
Catholic
Missions in Latin America
See this casahistoria site
for the earliest Spanish involvement and settlement in Argentina
casahistoria
home visit
caféhistoria
for updates and current topic news
3. Immigrants from Great Britain & the British Empire
-
 Brits in South America Database Good specific information
with full links to individual family histories at
individual family histories in Argentina, Chile and elsewhere in
south America
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The British Presence in Southern Patagonia
/La Presencia Británica en la Patagonia Austral
Duncan Campbell's goal is to assemble and share information on the
British presence in Southern
Patagonia
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Visual History of Southern Patagonia
by Duncan S. Campbell, Gladys Grace.
Images of early life in southern Patagonia, from 1898 to 1950 —
photographs of people in various settings; buildings; transportation;
maps; postcards; certificates; letters; coins and tokens etc. dual
English and Spanish versions
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British Settlers in
Argentina Studies in 19th century emigration—Jeremy Howat A very well
documented and produced resource containing not just documented history but
also birth/death data on immigrant case study groups and huge amounts of
data on provincial settlement by Brits. If you are looking just for a
quick data overview to find something specific, go to the
sitemap page
to see just how extensive this recently revamped site is. A real gem for
researchers. Pages include:
Cornish
Scots
- Scots in Argentina Arnold Morrison's web
site has two main purposes. Firstly, to provide an introduction to the
story of the emigrants and to suggest ways in which to research their
lives in the new country; and secondly, to give lists of Scots, drawn from
various publications and from records held in Argentina and elsewhere.
Welsh
Chapels, tea houses and gauchos: The Welsh in Patagonia
Interesting article from BBC Wales by
Grahame Davies. Good
image gallery to accompany it.
The Welsh in Patagonia BBC Wales account of Welsh settlement
Michael D Jones Brief article on the man who inspired the
resettlement of Welsh people in Patagonia from BBC Wales by Carole
Pendle.
Irish
-
 19th
Century Irish Emigration to Argentina Prof. David Barnwell
Department of Spanish & Portuguese Columbia University New York The
text of a lecture given some years ago at the Columbia University Irish
Studies. A lecture account, not referenced but a good narrative.
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Irish Argentine
Historical Society An excellent magazine style site. Very
useful and comprehensive examination of the Irish presence in Argentina.
Professional presentation. Well supported with primary and documentary
evidence. Good articles including the well researched
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Society for Irish
Latin American Studies. Useful source of well
written and researched articles including:
The Irish
Road to South America - Nineteenth-Century Travel Patterns from
Ireland to the River Plate By Edmundo Murray
Irish Passengers to
Argentina (1822-1929) Passenger lists
Irish Settlers in
Argentina: Statistically invaluable for data on settlement(including
an alphabetical list sorted by last name/Demographic Profiles/ Residence
at Censuses 1869 and 1895 of the Irish Settlers in Argentina!!).
The Camps: Irish
Immigrants in Argentina Translation of the
introduction and chapter 5 of the key research of Hilda Sabato
and Juan Carlos Korol,
Cómo fue la Inmigración Irlandesa en Argentina
The Irish in
Falkland/Malvinas Islands By Edmundo Murray
William Bulfin, Man from
the Pampas By Benedict Kiely from "The Capuchin Annual" 1948
Anthony Fahy of
Loughrea, Irish Missionary in Argentina Account by Michael Fahy,
Loughrea Literary and Historical Society, of Argentina's Irish
community's first RC Chaplain
 Politically
Incorrect Irish Argentines in the Early Perónist Period By
Carolina Barry. Shows that although the Irish community in Argentina
has been frequently depicted as being part of the landowning "estancieros",
several Irish names can be identified among the supporters of Perón.
May sound a little esoteric, but well is a well documented,
worthwhile and illustrated article on what appears to be an
interesting aspect of Perónism.
From the The Society for Irish Latin American Studies
Faces & Places Just click on a
title. Most are about Argentina-Irish. Includes a substantial
article on
Irish/Arg. education;
Gauchos Ingleses
in Irish-Argentine Literature;
Irish place
names; Burial
records and an article on
Paddy McCarthy,
Irish Footballer and Boxer in Argentina.
The Children of the Diaspora:
Irish Schools and Educators in Argentina, 1850-1950
by María José Roger. Keep visiting, this regularly adds articles to its
site
Aspects of
Irish immigration to Argentina: Land, lambs, churches Article by Michael
John Geraghty describing different elements of Irish immigration and
settlements in Argentina
Argentina: Land of
Broken Promises By Michael
John Geraghty Buenos Aires Herald, 1999.
Los Irlandeses en la Argentina (The Irish in Argentina) by Pat Nally,
Secretary, Longford-Westmeath Argentina Society. In English, despite the
title. detailed article, placing Irish immigration in its broader argentine
context. This article was originally published in Familia, journal
of the Ulster Historical Foundation (volume 2, no. 8, 1992). Published
annually.
The Westmeath connection with Argentina Shows how Tens of thousands
of Argentinians can trace their ancestry back to the Irish Midlands.
Rodolfo Walsh, An
Argentine Irishman, By Michael John Geraghty, Buenos Aires Herald,
2002
The Boers of South Africa
casahistoria
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for updates and current topic news
4.
African
Argentines
 Technically not European
immigrants, but originally transported to the region by the Europeans...
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