Tracing the Dots

Free Genealogy and Family History websites: This is a list of free genealogy and family history sites.   FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/en/   Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/   The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation - Passenger Search https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger   National Archives - Resources for Genealogists https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy   Chronicling America https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/   Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet https://www.cyndislist.com/us/   Paid Genealogy and Family History sites: This is a list of paid genealogy and family history sites that are worth the money.  Ancestry  https://www.ancestry.com/   Find My Past  https://www.findmypast.com/   ScotlandsPeople  https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ If you need help searching these websites or need help on a research project, please email me at tracingthedots@gmail.com ....

Where did your ancestors immigrate from?   Ancestry and FamilySearch  have emigration and immigration records that can help you find your ancestors. Ancestry has various border crossings, citizenship records, naturalization records, passenger lists, passports, stories, and more.  FamilySearch has various arrival manifests, crew lists, naturalization records,  passport applications, passenger lists,  Ancestry and FamilySearch are good places to start your search of migration records.   Ancestry has a category called Immigration & Travel  and it allows you to narrow your search further to categories such as Passenger lists, Crew lists and and more.   FamilySearch has a collections section.  When you go to the FamilySearch Collection section , click on Migration & Naturalization and you can further narrow your search by Place and/or by Date.   If you need help with a project, please email me...