Hi, ever wonder what country the majority of the peole came from in 1860? The country of origin of most immigrants in 1860? In 1860, most immigrants living in the United States came from Ireland. About 36 percent of foreign-born inhabitants emigrated from Ireland and about 30 percent came from German states From: Atlas of American Immigration http://www.albany.edu/~rws32/gog240/atlas.html Table showing ratio of nationalities http://www.albany.edu/~rws32/atlas/origins/or1860_ch1.gif Enjoy, Brenda Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and