I was researching a South African family the other day who did some traveling back and forth between South Africa and England. While examining a 1912 passenger arrival manifest at Southampton, UK, I noted a gentleman listed on the same manifest as the ancestral family whose occupation caught my attention. Check it out:
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A few years ago, I was researching an immigrant ancestor for one of our client’s who had come from Eastern Europe. Various records listed his birthplace as Poland, Russia and Lithuania. In order to continue tracing the family in Europe, we obviously needed a more specific place of birth. After striking out with a few [...]