Product Description

Chances are excellent that your ancestors came to America from somewhere-England, Spain, Germany, China, Africa. Can you imagine how they felt as they left their homes, what they left behind? Do you want to know? Would you know where to even start looking for the details? Author and genealogist John P. Colletta prepares you to undertake the search. He tells you not only what fundamental facts you need to know about your immigrant ancestor before beginning, but suggests where you may find that information as well.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47636 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 140 pages

From Library Journal
Irvine, a teacher in British Columbia, has teamed up with one of the leading genealogy publishers to give us a fine handbook for English genealogy research. Irvine focuses on how to use the many unpublished resources available in North America at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, many FHL branch libraries, and FH Centers located in local Latter Day Saints churches and other larger libraries. In addition, Irvine outlines research in English repositories. Her nuts-and-bolts approach to relatively accessible material sets this book apart from other handbooks. Essential for the institutional as well as the home market. Colletta's work, revised since it was first published in 1989, provides a helpful discussion of biographical and genealogical information and other migration details that may be found in passenger lists. Four information-filled chapters provide help on acquiring the information needed to search for passenger lists. The annotated bibliography is excellent, though the book still lacks an index. Researchers in the ship passenger list and immigration field should read this book, along with Michael H. Tepper's American Passenger Arrival Records (Genealogical Pubs., 1988). Essential.
- Judith P. Reid, Lib. of Congress
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"If you are, as I was, baffled by the maze of microfilm and sources involved in trying to track down your ancestors' ships lists, you need this book!! I read this book cover to cover twice, then tackled the library, and finally accomplished something! I recommend it VERY highly."

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From the 1500s-1900s, our ancestors came on ships from all over-- leaving behind valuable records to discover!

Customer Reviews

Useful

For anybody doing Family Tree Research , is full of useful information.

THEY CAME IN SHIPS: FINDING YOUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS
ARRIVED VERY PROMPTLY. VERY GOOD CONDITION. VERY SATISFIED WITH THIS SELLER. WILL ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN. THANKS D.SHERRILL

Pleased with information in book and speed of delivery
Very please with the speed of delivery and this book has a lot of information about how to search for the people who came in Ships to this country. I have started this process