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Ancestry/Genealogy

3Hotdogs

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3. For whatever use this is, the name wasn't changed by a clerk at the dock.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 12:35 PM

Jan 2019

TransAtlantic cable was in operation by 1872. Ship's manifest were cabled to ports of entry so as to compare for known anarchists. It was also known within hours, when the ship was to reach port. At that time, the immigration authorities would have people who knew the languages and alpabetic characters, on standby.

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Research Advice Requested [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 OP

Start with records at point of entry and work backwards? n/t seaglass Jan 2019 #1

If they came into Ellis Island, there are many records there dawg day Jan 2019 #2

For whatever use this is, the name wasn't changed by a clerk at the dock. 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #3

The oldest census you have found has the least amount of time for "error". LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #4