Archivists and curators have long required the use of white cotton gloves for handling very old paper or old books, when the paper is brittle and threatens to crumble. In fact, on one episodes of the popular television series Who Do You Think You Are? the guests and even some of the experts shown in …
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Navigating Passenger Lists: Arrivals to the United States (an Online Seminar)
The following announcement was written by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (also known as American Ancestors): Passenger lists are an invaluable resource in family history research—they can help you “jump across the pond” to find your ancestors’ origins, provide clues in determining familial relationships, and later passenger lists can even provide details about what …
Navigating Passenger Lists: Arrivals to the United States (an Online Seminar)
The following announcement was written by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (also known as American Ancestors): Passenger lists are an invaluable resource in family history research—they can help you “jump across the pond” to find your ancestors’ origins, provide clues in determining familial relationships, and later passenger lists can even provide details about what …