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The Compass

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Tracing Immigrant Origins


  • Tracing Immigrant Origins
    1. The following principles can be applied to researching almost any country
    2. Search Strategies
    3. Identify What You Know about the Immigrant
    4. Decide What You Want to Learn
    5. Select the Records to Search
    6. Find and Search the Records
    7. How to Use the Information
    8. Country-of-Arrival Record Types
    9. Country-of-Origins Records Types




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    Research for the original information found in the ISTG COMPASS was conducted by Harriet Rosch and the late Donna Jackson. The ISTG Compass began to guide researchers in September 1999, and is an invaluable research site for genealogists.


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