The Migration of European Ancestors: Their Experiences and the Records, 1820-1920
Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS
Content
Welcome
1m 39s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 11s
Introduction
11m 41s
Leaving the Old World
3m 46s
Voyaging to the New World
9m 29s
Arriving in America
17m 38s
Staying in America
3m 16s
Finding Migration Records
18m 0s
Announcements / prizes
7m 23s
Questions / answers
16m 13s
About this webinar
Many factors pushed or pulled our European immigrant ancestors to come to the New World. Follow in the footsteps of those who arrived between 1820 and 1920. What did our ancestors experience when they decided to leave their homes and communities to sail to America? What was the voyage like? How did they settle into their new homes? Then discover essential and unusual resources for migration research for all US and Canadian ports in this presentation.
About the speaker
Archivist, librarian, and genealogist Nancy Loe has been helping researchers with their family trees since 1977. From her time interning at the Smithsonian archives as a grad student to her current wo...
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Comments (58)
Great presentation Thank you
very interesting
So much good information flowing like water! It was a good pace, fast enough to understand it and then on to the next topic! The knowledge! Sharing the experience so we could put ourselves in someone else's shoes. Vivid presentation.
What a great guest. Nancy was very interesting and her stories fascinating. Thanks for all your help.
Lots of great information, especially liked the Ellis Island walk through. Just ordered the book!
So thorough! Now I need time to dig into my ancestors who came to the US. I learned a lot from this webinar. Thank you!
Very interesting and informative.
concise information