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They Came in Ships: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record (3rd Edition) Paperback – August 1, 2002

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They Came in Ships

No doubt your ancestors came to America from somewhere—England, Spain, Germany, China, Africa. Can you imagine how they felt and what they left behind? Do you want to know more about them? Do you know where to begin?

Author and genealogist John P. Colletta helps you navigate through the numerous records, ship passenger lists and indexes, naturalization and immigration records, and genealogy websites, to find your ancestors who came in ships to the New World.

The author shares dozens of specific and helpful hints, warnings, and suggestions based on his twenty years of experience researching ship passenger lists and lecturing on them at the National Archives. Learn how to determine your ancestor’s most likely port of departure and arrival, whether your ancestor was a stowaway or a member of the ship’s crew, how to obtain a picture of your ancestor’s vessel—and much more. Begin the journey to discover your ancestors today!

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English
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Ancestry.com
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August 1, 2002
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5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
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9780916489373
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From Library Journal Irvine, a teacher in British Columbia, has teamed up with one of the leading genealogy publishers to give us a fine handbook for English genealogy research. Irvine focuses on how to use the many unpublished resources available in North America at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, many FHL branch libraries, and FH Centers located in local Latter Day Saints churches and other larger libraries. In addition, Irvine outlines research in English repositories. Her nuts-and-bolts approach to relatively accessible material sets this book apart from other handbooks. Essential for the institutional as well as the home market. Colletta's work, revised since it was first published in 1989, provides a helpful discussion of biographical and genealogical information and other migration details that may be found in passenger lists. Four information-filled chapters provide help on acquiring the information needed to search for passenger lists. The annotated bibliography is excellent, though the book still lacks an index. Researchers in the ship passenger list and immigration field should read this book, along with Michael H. Tepper's American Passenger Arrival Records (Genealogical Pubs., 1988). Essential.
"- Judith P. Reid, Lib. of Congress"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. "--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title."

"If you are, as I was, baffled by the maze of microfilm and sources involved in trying to track down your ancestors' ships lists, you need this book!! I read this book cover to cover twice, then tackled the library, and finally accomplished something! I recommend it VERY highly."

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 091648937X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ancestry.com; 3rd edition (August 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 182 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780916489373
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0916489373
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches

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Jewell

helpful for researchers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 25, 2019

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I was writing a novel about my ancestors who came to NYC from Baden via Rotterdam in 1850, and thought this book my help in my research about them. It has a lot of helpful information about how to find out about immigrant ancestors, but I had already found out a lot of what I needed to know.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2010

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Book has more information than I expected. Each chapter has a title and subtitles for easy information look-ups. This book, in the Preface page, gave me information I did not know of. It lists Canada and Mexico for overland immigration. I always thought of New York City and Philadelphia Pennsylvania as ports of entry for my family, but now I have to also think Canada.

I had ordered two books at two different times by accident, so I gave one to a friend as a gift. He is using the book's information to search for his immigrant ancestors. I would highly recommend it to anyone needing to learn where and how to look for information.

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Vince

Superb Reference Book to Help you Track Immigrant Ancestors.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2017

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This is a great reference book for any genealogist. Colletta outlines a remarkable number of resources, many of them not-so-obvious, for tracking down your immigrant ancestors.

By the way, if you have a chance to hear him speak, go. He's a superb presenter. Now that I have his book, I've got a handy way to remember all the tips & tricks he shared during a seminar.

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John Manion

They Came in Ships - Finding Your Ancestors from outside US

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2017

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It is a very detailed guide and source of lists and records of immigrants coming to the US from the 17th century to present day. He provides numerous examples and how to research them and determine if they are actual ancestors. For someone researching their genealogy back to ancestors coming into the US, it is an invaluable handbook for beginning such research.

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Annette S. Burton

They came on Ships

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2013

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I have not really used this book a great deal, because I have been very busy as an adjunct English Instructor at Piedmont Technical College. The summer so far has been spent in making some emprovements on my home, which is now 28 years old.I have just made a brief survey of the book, but I think it will be helpful to me and to my friends I help.

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Leslie B. Pruitt

Looking for family that came by ships

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 25, 2014

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I've had the book only a short time. I have not been able to get deeply into it. Its looks good and should be some valuable
information. It does give information on when to find things that might be helpful to your research. My family came from Holland around the 1700-1800. This book gives reference to web addresses like the Family history center that the Morman Church.. Good price on the book and came on time and looked new.

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Arrived in perfect condition

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2019

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I ordered the book because I have heard him Discovering your Roots on the Great Courses and find him to be knowledgeable, engaging and easy to listen to. The book is the same.

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T. L. Jones

A Fun Guide to Discovering One's Past

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 9, 2014

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I'm studying through Dr. Colletta's course "Discovering Your Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy," and this book is a welcome companion. I'm trying to track down my grandfather's arrival from Wales in the late 1800's. Thanks to Dr. Colletta's insights and clues, I'm getting much closer. He makes tracking your roots fun, and his writing style -- like his personality -- is highly engaging.

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jim

USA oriented

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 28, 2009

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If your interests are about USA immigration from Europe, then this is a good book for you.
Out bound from the United Kingdom is lightly covered as is inbound to Canada or Australia.
Tracking down USA immigrants by the records is very well covered from the USA end.
I would have liked to have seen some statistics on ports of origin to destinations in all countries as well as seasonal influences.

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MrsMoazemi

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 19, 2017

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Great Purchase!

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