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Ancestry/Genealogy

dawg day

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2. If they came into Ellis Island, there are many records there

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 11:03 AM

Jan 2019

https://bit.ly/2s1uWV0

If you have a date of entry, you can look through the people who arrived that day.

Also, if you have any old documents or letters (like from relatives back in the Old Country), you can maybe find a town or village name.

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Research Advice Requested [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 OP

Start with records at point of entry and work backwards? n/t seaglass Jan 2019 #1

If they came into Ellis Island, there are many records there dawg day Jan 2019 #2

For whatever use this is, the name wasn't changed by a clerk at the dock. 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #3

The oldest census you have found has the least amount of time for "error". LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #4