Detained Passenger at Ellis Island
The National Archives estimates “Between 1892 and 1924, ten percent or more of arriving immigrants were detained every day for a BSI [Board of Special Inquiry] hearing.”
Dad’s Last 4th of July
I am thankful for happy memories like this from the last months of Dad’s life. Here he is in his 4th of July finery! Our father-dad on his last 4th of July Inter-Faith Flag Raising Ceremony at the Bellevue 1st Ward building in Bellevue, Washington in 2007. I have his straw hat, red suspenders and,…
WWI Draft Registration Card
Accessed my paternal grandfather’s WWI Draft Registration Card for free @familysearch #genealogy “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.” Database with images, Shirley Player image 2181 of 4078, FamilySearch. (FamilySearch.org : viewed 8 July 2023.) Citing NARA microfilm publication M1509. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Need Pro Advice?
Craig R. Scott is doing some fantastic short subject videos that are sure to get you into the hunt. His YouTube channel is located here https://youtu.be/-1ZMuN9JOHo #genealogy
Did They Have Land?
Maybe your ancestor proved up a HOMESTEAD claim? Received a BOUNTY LAND script for military service? Purchased land from the US government for CASH? Your big clue — discovering your ancestor is paying local taxes on property, but there is no corresponding entry for the purchase in county grantee/grantor records. Why? Because the sales transaction…
50 Years ago – US Army, Army Air Force and Air Force Official Military Personnel ecords Destroyed by Fire at NARA St. Louis
Official military files reduced to ashes following 1973 fire at the Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.