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Walking in Their Footsteps: Italian Immigrant Ancestors

September 8, 2014 by Elly - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager Leave a Comment

In preparation for an upcoming heritage tour to his ancestral homeland, our client enlisted our help to learn more about his Italian immigrant ancestors. One of my favorite things about being a Project Manager for Legacy Tree Genealogists is witnessing how our work directly affects our clients. We recently wrapped up a project for a client who will soon be traveling to Italy. After tracing her Italian immigrant ancestors through the United States Federal Census records in the early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Immigration Tagged With: Ancestor, genealogists, genealogy tours, heritage, immigrant, Italian, legacy tree

Celebrating Pioneer Heritage

July 30, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Celebrating pioneer heritage is more than just Mormon's trekking across The United States to settle in Utah. What pioneers are in your family history? Last week in Utah we celebrated our annual State Holiday – Pioneer Day. Though the celebration began in honor of the first Mormon pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 24 July 1847, it is now in honor of everyone (regardless of faith or nationality) who came to the Salt Lake Valley between 1847 and about 1869, when the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legacy Tree Genealogists, United States Tagged With: ancestry, family history, genealogists, genealogy, heritage, immigrant, immigration, pioneer, utah

Tracking Your Irish Ancestor Across the Ocean

November 12, 2013 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Researching your immigrant genealogy can be daunting, especially when you're tracking your Irish ancestor across the ocean. Here's some advice! Finding an Irish immigrant’s area of origin can be challenging, but there are several Irish, U.S., and Canadian records that may give you this information. This article will discuss civil registration, immigration, church, vital, and cemetery records and how these records can assist you in finding your ancestor’s place of origin. Civil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, Irish Ancestors Tagged With: advice, Ancestor, cemetery, church, civil, Documents, family history, genealogy, immigrant, Ireland, Irish, professional, records, research

Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Origin

November 4, 2013 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 14 Comments

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Discovering your immigrant ancestor's origin can be exactly what you need to break through your genealogical brick walls!  It can be deeply satisfying to discover where your international roots lie and trace your immigrant ancestor's origin. We've helped many clients do this, and offer the following tips to help you trace your own lineage. Getting Started Often family stories will provide clues about where your ancestors came from “way back when.” With or without that as a start, there are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Geography & Genealogy, Immigration Tagged With: Ancestor, ancestral homeland, europe, family history, genealogy, immigrant, immigration, lineage, origin, researching, United States

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