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Genealogy Tips: My Immigrant Ancestors’ Records

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on March 24, 2025

In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley describes the records needed to establish the movement and relationships of her immigrant ancestors... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tips: Searching for My Immigrant Ancestor (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on March 19, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley concludes her explanation of some of the records she searched – and how she searched them – to learn about her immigrant ancestor... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tips: Searching for My Immigrant Ancestor (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on March 18, 2025

In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley explains some of the records she searched – and how she searched them – to learn about her immigrant ancestor... (Read More)

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German American Genealogy: Immigration to America (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on October 15, 2024

In this article’s second part, Katie Merkley focuses on the experiences of German immigrants, to help with your research on German American ancestors... (Read More)

Illustration: German and American flags. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

German American Genealogy: Immigration to America (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on October 14, 2024

In this article’s first part, Katie Merkley focuses on the experiences of German immigrants, to help with your research on German American ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: a man taking the required citizenship oath of allegiance in front of a U.S. government official in New York City, 8 February 1910. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Researching Naturalization Records

By Katie Rebecca Garner on January 22, 2024

Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for finding records and learning the stories about your immigrant ancestors when they became naturalized U.S. citizens... (Read More)

Photo: immigrants coming up the board-walk from the barge, which has taken them off the steamship company’s docks, and transported them to Ellis Island, 1902. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Researching Immigrant Ancestors

By Katie Rebecca Garner on September 11, 2023

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for finding records and learning the stories about your immigrant ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: immigrants coming up the board-walk from the barge, which has taken them off the steamship company’s docks, and transported them to Ellis Island, 1902. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Genealogy Tips: Researching Your Immigrant Ancestors

By Katie Rebecca Garner on June 26, 2023

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for researching your immigrant ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: Charlotte Salomon and her grandparents, before 1940. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: What if Your Grandparents Came from Another Country? (Part II)

By Jessica Edwards on August 24, 2021

In this article, the second of two, Jessica Edwards gives tips for researching your grandparents if they came from another country... (Read More)

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