genchat, #genchat @genchat Before I leave, Jan had dropped a load of interesting links that I wanted to share with you:
Ellis Island research guide
https://www.statueofliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Passenger-Search-TipsTricks-1.pdf
- HMY Yachts
https://www.hmy.com/researching-your-familys-history-from-ships-passenger-lists/
ShipHistory dot org
https://shiphistory.org/immigration-by-passenger-ship-research-guide/- NARA
https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-manifest-annotations- Manifest Markings via JewishGen
https://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/- NARA's History Hub
https://historyhub.history.gov/genealogy/immigration-and-naturalization-records/b/immigration-naturalization-blog/posts/passenger-arrival-list-research-tips- NARA on passenger list annotations
https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-manifest-annotations- Canadian Border Crossings:
https://twelvekey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ngsmagazine2007-07.pdf- Here's part of a huge guide from the Bergen County NY Gen Society on passenger lists with tips on how to find clues about them in other records. https://www.njgsbc.org/files/immigration/ship02.html
And Joe Beine's guide germanroots.com/passengers.html
Be on the lookout for the lists that say who is the relative in the old country and who the passenger is going to meet! Then look for those people and others in the #FAN.