Emigrants to America

Countries of Birth as Reported in

Censuses of the U.S.

After locating your European ancestor….

1. Report the county within the country s/he was born in so it can be added to the last column of the chart

2. Go to the census section of this website for more details on your ancestor

(If you do not see the applicable census on this website,

contact me [above] and I will do a lookup for you.)

(No list from transcriptions of old handwriting is perfect.)

COUNTRY OF BIRTH	1850	1860	1870	1880	1900	1910	1920	1930
Africa				X		X	X	X
At Sea				X	X		X	X
Australia					X
Austria			X	X	X	X	X	X
Bavaria		X	X	X			X
Belgium		X		X		X	X
Canada	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Denmark			X		X		X
England	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Finland							X	X
France			X	X	X	X	X	X
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hungary					X	X	X	X
Ireland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Poland				X	X		X	X
Prussia			X	X			X
Russia					X	X		X
Scotland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Spain							X	X
Sweden		X	X	X	X		X	X
Switzerland		X	X	X	X	X	X
Wales	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X