Hunting For Relatives – A Dummies Guide To Basic Genealogy

Okay so you have decided to look up your family history. You talked to old Uncle Fred and Great Grandma Alice, collected a bunch of old photos and bits and pieces of papers and lots and lots of old stories.

If you are like the vast majority of us, your family came to the United States from another country and in some cases (like mine) via a second country. Unless you have physical positive proof such as copies of immigration papers, ships logs, U.S. Court Papers, etc. you will have to start digging into various Government archives in order to locate your relatives entry port and dates.

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Hunting For Relatives - A Dummies Guide to Basic Genealogy!