2024-05-21 Finding the Town of Origin - 16 Ways: For ancestors board abroad, census records are often not available for tracing the town of origin. What other avenues are open to find the information you need? This interview from Lisa Louise Cooke illustrates 16 types of records that you can use to find clues that will lead you to towns of origin, such as ship manifests, alien registrations, county histories, military records and more. Learn more about researching U.S. immigration records in Goal D1 of the United States page. (See all tips.)
Welcome to the Beginner's Path in The Family History Guide,
featuring
Other Platforms: To change to a different family history platform, use the choices in the Versions menu above.
Tips: To return to this page, click The Family History Guide logo (upper left). To get help with basic computer skills, visit the Computer Basics section. Note : Computer Basics is in the Full Version of The Family History Guide.
OUR MISSION: To greatly increase the number of people actively involved in family history worldwide,
and to make everyone's family history journey easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable.
The Family History Guide is approved by FamilySearch as a training resource.