These migrants belonged both to the first and second wave of 19th century US migration and were from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Although ethnicity was not the sole category by which Austro-Hungarian migrants associated, it is a practical guideline to order them because mostly language was and is an important criterion.
Usually, Austro-Hungarian migrant organizations in the US were mutual benefit societies and working class oriented, and many turned eventually into life insurance companies.
Some were rather political, others initiated by interested parties in the so-called homeland (Austria-Hungary or one of its regions).
Croatian Fraternal Union (Hrvatska Bratska Zajednica) Founded 1894, re-founded as CFU in 1925.
Progressive Slovene Women of America (PSWA, Napredne Slovenke Amerike).
Slovenian Women's Union of America (SWUA, Slovenska ženska zveza Amerike).
Founded in 1926 Slovene National Benefit Society (SNPJ, Slovenska narodna podporna jednota).
Western Slavonic Association (WSA, Zahodna slovanska veza).
Croatian Fraternal Union (Hrvatska Bratska Zajednica) Founded 1894, re-founded as CFU in 1925.
Croatian Fraternal Union (Hrvatska Bratska Zajednica) Founded 1894, re-founded as CFU in 1925.