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	'''This article originally appeared in "Immigration Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]], FUGA, [[Kory L. Meyerink]], MLS, AG. FUGA, and [[Marian L. Smith]] in ''[[The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]'''''		'''This article originally appeared in "Immigration Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]], FUGA, [[Kory L. Meyerink]], MLS, AG. FUGA, and [[Marian L. Smith]] in ''[[The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]'''''

-	We are all descended from immigrants. Whether they came to America in prehistoric times via the Bering Strait or later on ships or airplanes, at some point in history, every person’s ancestors came from somewhere else. And almost everyone has a strong desire to know why, when, and from where their ancestors emigrated. Most of us begin with the simple goal of finding “Old Country” origins. Yet the quest usually does not end when that discovery is made. Once we begin tracking ancestors back in time and across continents, we are often drawn so deeply into the story that it’s difficult to stop searching. There are always a few more relationships to be proved and details to be learned. And when finally discovered, the ancestor’s homeland takes on a fascination of its own. We find ourselves intrigued with histories and cultures, wanting to know as much as possible about “our people.” Scarcely any phase of family history research is as fascinating as tracking immigrant origins—and scarcely any phase is as challenging.	+	We are all descended from immigrants. Whether they came to America in prehistoric times via the Bering Strait or later on ships or airplanes, at some point in history, every person’s ancestors came from somewhere else. And almost everyone has a strong desire to know why, when, and from where their ancestors emigrated. Most of us begin with the simple goal of finding “Old Country” origins. Yet the quest usually does not end when that discovery is made. Once we begin tracking ancestors back in time and across continents, we are often drawn so deeply into the story that it’s difficult to stop searching. There are always a few more relationships to be proved and details to be learned. And when finally discovered, the ancestor’s homeland takes on a fascination of its own. We find ourselves intrigued with histories and cultures, wanting to know as much as possible about “our people.” Scarcely any phase of [http://www.ancestry.com/ family history research] is as fascinating as tracking immigrant origins—and scarcely any phase is as challenging.

	Knowing the immigrant’s birthplace or last place of residence before emigrating is essential to finding more information in the native land. Yet, unless the ancestors arrived relatively recently in the United States, family origins may have been forgotten. Because most foreign records are kept at the town level, discovering the name of a native town, county, or parish is an important goal. Without that information, it is impossible to know where to conduct research in the country of origin.		Knowing the immigrant’s birthplace or last place of residence before emigrating is essential to finding more information in the native land. Yet, unless the ancestors arrived relatively recently in the United States, family origins may have been forgotten. Because most foreign records are kept at the town level, discovering the name of a native town, county, or parish is an important goal. Without that information, it is impossible to know where to conduct research in the country of origin.

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	While some records might not indicate specifically where the person came from, they might provide clues that will lead to others until you find a record that finally shows the town of origin. If at all possible, learn the following about the immigrant:		While some records might not indicate specifically where the person came from, they might provide clues that will lead to others until you find a record that finally shows the town of origin. If at all possible, learn the following about the immigrant:

-	'''Family stories, traditions, and heirlooms'''. Surprising clues may survive in family traditions, letters, diaries, journals, religious records, postcards, photographs, scrapbooks, and mementos that have been saved over the years. Linked with a basic knowledge of the immigrant’s ~~homeland—including~~ the leading industry of the native district, common occupations, names of nearby towns, rivers, mountains, and other features of the ~~area—a~~ family story, a tradition, or an heirloom could provide the breakthrough that will identify the exact immigrant origins.	+	'''Family stories, traditions, and heirlooms'''. Surprising clues may survive in family traditions, letters, diaries, journals, religious records, postcards, photographs, scrapbooks, and mementos that have been saved over the years. Linked with a basic knowledge of the immigrant’s homeland — including the leading industry of the native district, common occupations, names of nearby towns, rivers, mountains, and other features of the area — a family story, a tradition, or an heirloom could provide the breakthrough that will identify the exact immigrant origins.

-	'''Friends and ~~neighbors~~'''. Many immigrants traveled together or settled among friends from their native land. When a particular immigrant cannot be located, track ~~neighbors~~ and associates. When you find their places of origin, see if your ancestor is nearby. In Duke University Library in Durham, North Carolina, is an account book among the personal papers of Zachariah Johnston. It includes money loaned to family members and close associates from the time the Johnston family left Ireland, to their initial settlement near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to their stop in Augusta County, Virginia, to their residence in Lexington, Virginia, just south of the Augusta County line. The same names appear and reappear. The whole group left Ireland in 1709 and stayed together at least until Zachariah died in 1800. They are recorded, along with their specific townland in Ireland, in that little account book. These families intermarried more than ten times during that century. For other examples of this approach, read Hank Z. Jones Jr.’s “Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe,” in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine; and “The Braun and Loesch Families: Neighbors in Germany and America,” in Quarterly of the Pennsylvania German Society.<ref>Henry (Hank) Z Jones Jr., “Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe,” ''Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine'' 29 (1975): 129–32; “The Braun and Loesch Families: Neighbors in Germany and America,” ''Quarterly of the Pennsylvania German Society'' 10 (April 1976).</ref>	+	'''Friends and neighbours'''. Many immigrants traveled together or settled among friends from their native land. When a particular immigrant cannot be located, track neighbours and associates. When you find their places of origin, see if your ancestor is nearby. In Duke University Library in Durham, North Carolina, is an account book among the personal papers of Zachariah Johnston. It includes money loaned to family members and close associates from the time the Johnston family left Ireland, to their initial settlement near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to their stop in Augusta County, Virginia, to their residence in Lexington, Virginia, just south of the Augusta County line. The same names appear and reappear. The whole group left Ireland in 1709 and stayed together at least until Zachariah died in 1800. They are recorded, along with their specific townland in Ireland, in that little account book. These families intermarried more than ten times during that century. For other examples of this approach, read Hank Z. Jones Jr.’s “Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe,” in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine; and “The Braun and Loesch Families: Neighbors in Germany and America,” in Quarterly of the Pennsylvania German Society.<ref>Henry (Hank) Z Jones Jr., “Finding the Ancestral Home of a Palatine Forefather: The Case of Martin Zerbe,” ''Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine'' 29 (1975): 129–32; “The Braun and Loesch Families: Neighbors in Germany and America,” ''Quarterly of the Pennsylvania German Society'' 10 (April 1976).</ref>

	'''Religion'''. Records created by religious organizations comprise a likely source of information in the country of origin. By learning the immigrant’s religion, you can further identify him or her, limit your searches to records most likely to include the immigrant, and gain clues to more specific geographical origins. For example, a Protestant German ancestor was more likely to have come from northern Germany than from a southern area. Often, entire religious colonies traveled together and are documented in religious literature. Knowing, for example, that an immigrant Englishman was a Quaker can significantly change your research approach. (See [[Overview of Church Records]].)		'''Religion'''. Records created by religious organizations comprise a likely source of information in the country of origin. By learning the immigrant’s religion, you can further identify him or her, limit your searches to records most likely to include the immigrant, and gain clues to more specific geographical origins. For example, a Protestant German ancestor was more likely to have come from northern Germany than from a southern area. Often, entire religious colonies traveled together and are documented in religious literature. Knowing, for example, that an immigrant Englishman was a Quaker can significantly change your research approach. (See [[Overview of Church Records]].)

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-	~~jefferson donavan husband of matilda donavan.jefferson donavan immagraited from Ireland as a young man. He can through ellis island, moved to Illinois and became a weathly farmer and socialiate.~~

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	Immigrant’s original country or region. Sometimes knowing the country or region a person left is enough to begin a search in the records of that area, and those records may suggest the place of departure.		Immigrant’s original country or region. Sometimes knowing the country or region a person left is enough to begin a search in the records of that area, and those records may suggest the place of departure.
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	Immigrant’s original country or region. Sometimes knowing the country or region a person left is enough to begin a search in the records of that area, and those records may suggest the place of departure.		Immigrant’s original country or region. Sometimes knowing the country or region a person left is enough to begin a search in the records of that area, and those records may suggest the place of departure.
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		+	Departure, in the different countries, recommend an original arcelery that we do come on the nature of the different people. In, the nation, that we do see, these things, there is a decade or more in order to substitute a good standing order of the many manifactures that we do income in the necessary nature of the different services. As, we do come to read a good recommendation, of the many services, we are here in order to command a good meaning of the nature that we do intend in the houses of the reputation. As, we do here in a good meaning of the intentions, we are here in the order to command a business of our own in the need that we do see the different services, that we do income in the nature of the different understandings and hope to agree with. For, the co - ordination, that we do see here in the regards of the many nature, we are here in the fundamental services, that we do income in all nature of the forces in the regions, that we do see here in all hopes.

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