A3a #genchat@genchat Some examples from last night were: pages of the censuses (showing neighbors who they may have known in the old country), newspapers, letters, family stories, naturalization records
A4 #genchat@genchat some answers from last night:
Jan - Tip: Use Stephen P. Morse's One-Step Web Pages to look for Associated Passengers (on the same ticket) during some periods of immigration through Ellis Island. https://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html
Heather - the focus on who people know - their neighbors, their cousins, their friends - build community. It can help you focus your research. If you encounter a brick wall with one ancestor, using this method might help you uncover more information through another person.
Chris - Letters, stories passed down. Sometimes friends are sponsors on Naturalization papers.
Me - neighborhood/community mapping of FANs can be an indicator of chain migration
My chain migrants were during the 1880s/early 90s from France; 1st was eldest child Françoise Joséphine Gonella leaving France as a maid with a family going to America in 1884; no passenger list or immigration entry found (since she was a servant it's attached to her employer's record, and we don't know those).
2 years later "Fanchette" marries in Washington DC and her 2nd brother Joseph arrives in New York City. 1/
@RobertJackson58585858@genchat@genchat#genchat I have a pair of cousins who both emigrated with their families from #Bedfordshire / #Northamptonshire to #NewYork via #Liverpool in 1830 and 1846. Both groups travelled on the same named ship - The Courier, but it appears the two ships were actually different vessels. The cost and logistics of the journey seem to have been quite an achievement at this distance.
Perhaps for obvious reasons, as family historian, families are reluctant to have funeral / wake photographs. However I have found it can sometimes work (sensitively) and everyone seems happy to participate. Anyone else been there? #genchat@genchat
One more thought on #FANs I'm a fan of #MemoryKeeper as it handles genealogy facts, information and context as just that, without being constrained to immediately attach them to a family. Something that most genealogy programs don't allow you to do. It is also good for broader historical research too. It's free and you can get it here https://clsturgeon.github.io/MemoryKeeper/@geneadons@genealogy#genchat@clsturgeon@genchat
Almost forgot...last night, Lacey said that she found quite a few FANs in her family's correspondence. (After all, that's usually what people write about, right?) #genchat@genchat
@genchat#genchat What I like about FAN clubs is the water has not been muddied by the genealogy companies (yet). So you do have to do your own work! Proper genealogy!
There's something I still don't understand about #FindAGrave.
My granny's grandad was buried at Witton Cemetery Birmingham in 1905. I confirmed ages ago with the Birmingham cemetery office he is buried in an unmarked grave in a communal plot.
I found a few minutes ago that he's got a memorial on Find a Grave created by "! WooWoo" who seems to have created 14,618,067 memorials and manages 15,050,447 memorials on Find a Grave.
#GenChat Interesting to see that many people on both M and the X-T site read "tax records" and equated that with "personal income taxes" without thinking of all the other records of taxes that may be out there. Use the FamilySearch Wiki, the RootsWeb Wiki, and other guides to find records you may have missed!