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.”
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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.
Get the Original
This is an abstract — GET THE ORIGINAL. Why? Possible human error and additional info. Source: “Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939”, database without images, Frances Irene Goering, 1905, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-WMWK : viewed 28 May 2022). THIS IS THE ORIGINAL Note new information:
FamilySearch Wiki: Where to Look Next
My grandson just returned from a 2-year church mission to the tiny country of Cape Verde located about 400 miles off the west coast of Africa. The folks at FamilySearch have a Wiki page chock full of advice for genealogists that can be translated into a veritable plethora of languages. (It defaults to English since…