Immigration and Genealogy

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Immigration Classes

Ata ninii mo Tracing Your U.S. Immigrant Back to their Hometown

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Tracing Your U.S. Immigrant Back to their Hometown

Debbie Gurtler

Ata ninii mo Ship Manifests: An In-Depth Look

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Ship Manifests: An In-Depth Look

Rich Venezia

Ata ninii mo Uncovering Ancestral Origins: Cluster Research and Indirect Evidence

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Uncovering Ancestral Origins: Cluster Research and Indirect Evidence

Stephanie O'Connell

Ata ninii mo Certifying Citizenship: An Introduction to U.S. Naturalization Records

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Certifying Citizenship: An Introduction to U.S. Naturalization Records

Alyssa Gamble Martinez

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Alien Files Boot Camp

Alec Ferretti

Ata ninii mo Tracing Your Danish Roots: Essential Skills for Beginner Genealogists

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Tracing Your Danish Roots: Essential Skills for Beginner Genealogists

Jill Morelli

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Ata ninii mo Stories from Ellis Island: Exploring the Immigrant Journey Through Manifests

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Stories from Ellis Island: Exploring the Immigrant Journey Through Manifests

While they may look straightforward, passenger manifests include a bounty of information about each traveler's journey to America, as well as their lives before and after arrival.In this class, the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation’s Family History Center experts shed light on some of the more curious pieces of information included on arrival manifests:- Understand why certain names are crossed out and why some immigrants were detained.- Learn how stowaways were represented on manifests.- Discover what happened when babies were born at sea and steps taken when tragedy struck, and passengers died on the long voyage to the United States.- Finally be convinced that names were not changed at Ellis Island!