They Came On This Ship
Looks at passenger lists, immigration records, emigration records, printed indexes and other sources to find the ships that carried your ancestors. Then learn the ship’s history and maybe even find an image of it.
Summary:
They Came On This Ship – Using online passenger lists, immigration records, and emigration records along with printed indexes and other sources to find the ships that carried your ancestors. Then learn a little about the ship’s history, the journey, and maybe even find an image of the ship.
Outline:
Looks at a variety of online and printed indexes and other sources to find the ships that carried your ancestors. Then learn about the ship's history and maybe even find an image of it. Based loosely on the article by the same name in Everton's Genealogical Helper, May/June 2007, page 76
Immigration Records (Ellis Island)
Emigration Records (Hamburg, Danish)
Passenger Lists (Ellis Island, Castle Garden, ISTG websites & New Orleans microfilm)
Finding the ship
Naturalization Records
Census 1900 - 1930
Newspapers (NY Times online & others)
Ship histories & images (TheShipList & others listed at www.JeffBockman.com, genlinks, ships)
Stories & Diaries about the voyage (TheShipList and others)
Learn that ships are built (born), have lives, change names and die.
History
In 2006 Heritage Quest Magazaine wanted an article on finding ship images online. In 2007 I was asked to fill in for a speaker who was going to speak on ship records and I spoke about the article. Ship Records appeared to be a more populat topic so the emphasis was then changed.
Prior Presentations
15 November 2022 Arlington Heights Memorial Library - via Zoom
18 September 2021 The Cloud Family Association - via Zoom
23 September 2019 Plainfield Public Library - Meeting, Plainfield, IL
9 July 2016 Kentucky Genealogical Society - Second Saturday Programs
27 October 2012 Elkhart County IN Genealogy Society - All day Workshop, Bristol, IN.
9 Oct. 2010 Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society - Workshop, Pekin, IL
19 June 2010 Iroquois County Genealogical Society, Watseka, IL
8 April 2010 McHenry Co. (IL) Genealogical Society Meeting, Woodstock, IL
16 Feb. 2010 Lake County IL Genealogy Society
23 Oct. 2009 Milwaukee County Genealogical Society
17 Oct. 2009 Niles Michigan Local History & Genealogy Day
28 Feb. 2009 Du Page County Genealogical Society - Conference - Ship Records
29 Sept. 2007 Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society - Conference - Ship Images