Those whose families have lived in the United States for centuries sometimes think that their relatives will not appear on a passenger manifest.That is not necessarily true. It is possible that your ancestor traveled overseas for his work, for pleasure, or as a part of military service. My great-grandmother’s families had lived in the United States since at least the 1780s and her sister’s Red Cross service during the first World War caused her to be on a passenger manifest.
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So true. Growing up, we had always been told that my father and grandfather had gone to Greenland, but no one ever said why. Then one day about a year ago, I stumbled across a passenger manifest that showed my father and grandfather departing from Massachusetts. In looking at the manifest, it referenced “Blue Jay”. A little more digging brought me to a government film detailing what they called Operation Blue Jay. Seems that the plane load of men were going to begin the process of building what is now known as Thule Air Force Base.