Posts in March 22, 2018

Be open to different interpretations of phrases. Barbara Haase’s 1903 obituary indicated she came to the United States as “a young girl.” Does this mean she was a toddler, a pre-teen, or nearly twenty? The newspaper could also be wrong about the “time” of her arrival as well. I shouldn’t use this phrase to make my searches of passenger lists overly narrow. And the failure to mention her parents doesn’t tell me anything about whether they immigrated or not.