IIGS™ Newsletter - March/April 2000
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IIGS™ Newsletter - March/April 2000
The Olive Tree Genealogy site (belonging to IIGS' own Lorine McGinnis Schulze) features a revamped index to make searching the passenger lists on that site easier. There are nearly 1,000 lists on the website with dates ranging from the 1400s to the 1900s.
Genealogists struggling with early records written in languages they don't know should check out the excellent resources at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) Family Search site. The research guides found there contain extensive lists of words in Latin, German and French which are found in genealogical records.
A subscriber on a Rootsweb list suggested that researchers who know the date their ancestor's ship arrived in the United States might want to look for reports of the ship's arrival in the port city's newspapers. A terrific suggestion! Such news stories can contain information about your ancestor's ocean crossing found nowhere else. Many newspapers have been microfilmed and can be ordered via interlibrary loan.
Next month the Hamburg Emigration lists data bank will be online. The data includes the personal information of the five million people who emigrated from this German city, 1850-1934. The online resource will begin with the years 1890-1893 with more years added as the work is completed. For more information, check the website.
Good news for researchers traveling to Quebec. The National Archives of Quebec has reopened at their new location. The address is: Archives Nationales du Quebec 535, av. Viger Est, Montreal, Qc.,Canada H2L 2P3, Phone: 514-873-6000