Posts in March 4, 2020

Migrants often settle where they have associates–either through biology, marriage, shared social/cultural ties, etc. Determining the others in that group can be beneficial to your research–no matter where your ancestor or family fits into the chronology of migration over time. But who arrived first? What brought that person there? Others followed them because of ties they had to that person, but what precipitated the first move? Don’t assume you know what that was. Actually try and find out. It might have been area newly opened for settlement. It might have been political or financial unrest at home. It could have been religion. It could have been escaping the law. Genealogy Tip of the Day book is here and it’s not written to help you research your “famous ancestors.” It’s […]