The topic for Tuesday's workshop was "Crossing the Pond." Annie listed several types of records with examples where an ancestor's home town might be mentioned. Luck was also mentioned as one of the prerequisites for successful searches!
Home Sources: you never know what piece of paper might contain the name of their original village. Other relatives with an interest in genealogy will be helpful.
Vital Records: examine every birth, marriage and death record; one of them might have the info you need.
Newspapers: obituaries and social columns will help.
Cemetery and church records
Passenger lists and naturalization records
Military records
County histories: many of the biographies in these books contain the family's immigration story.
Miscellaneous government records
Neighbors!
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