Tracing Immigrant Ancestors to NY, 1780s to 1924: Part B—The People - Course Release

Friday, September 08 at 05:00am EDT
Online
Sponsored by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Millions of immigrants arrived at the Port of New York, many taking their pathway through Castle Garden or Ellis Island. This New York Family History School course specifically covers strategies for tracing Irish, German, Italian, Polish, Austro-Hungarian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Afro-Caribbean immigrants.

Sessions available to stream on demand until November 7th.

Sessions

  1. Tracing 19th-Century Irish Immigrants — Kerri Tannenbaum
  2. Uncovering 19th-Century German Immigrants — Dana Palmer, CG, CGL
  3. Finding Italian Immigrants — Pamela Vittorio
  4. Immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Poland — Michelle Tucker Chubenko, AG
  5. Jewish Immigrants from the Russian Empire — Ellen Shindelman Kowitt
  6. Families from Puerto Rico, the British West Indies, and Elsewhere — Todd M. Hirsch, Esq.