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Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1. Search Strategies
Step 1. Identify What You Know About The Immigrant
Step 2. Decide What You Want To Learn
Step 3: Select The Records To Search
Step 4. Find And Search The Records
Step 5. Use The Information
Part 2. Country-of-arrival Records
Part 3. Country-of-origin Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
FOR FURTHER READING Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. New York: Harper Collins, 1990. (FHL book 973 W2ro.)
Eakle, Arlene, and Johni Cerni, eds. “Tracking Immigrant Origins.” Chapter 15 in The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1984. (FHL book 973 D27ts.)
Kurzweil, Arthur. From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Personal History. New York: William Morrow, 1980. (FHL book 929.1 K967f; film 1,059,468 item 4.)
Law, Hugh T. How to Trace Your Ancestors to Europe. Salt Lake City, Utah: Cottonwood Books, 1987. (FHL 940 D27L.) This book contains stories of people who traced their ancestors' origins.
Rose, James, and Alice Eichholz, eds. Black Genesis. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978. (FHL book 973 F27r.) A few pages mention slave trade records that substitute for passenger lists.
Smith, Jessie Carney. Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. (FHL book 973 D27sj.) Includes Asian-American, African-American, and Hispanic-American sources.
Tan, Thomas Tsu-wee. Your Chinese Roots: The Overseas Chinese Story. Singapore: Times Books International, 1986. (FHL book 973 F2tt.)
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary. Springfield, Mass.: G. and C. Merriam Co., 1988. (FHL book 910.3 W395g.) This gazetteer of world place-names includes historical information for regions and places.
Wellauer, Maralyn Ann. German Immigration to America in the Nineteenth Century: A Genealogist's Guide. Milwaukee: Roots International, 1985. (FHL book 973 W2we.)
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