Don’t assume you know your ancestor’s port of entry into the United States. While some ports of entry may be more likely than others based upon the time period and the general area of the United States where your ancestor settled, there may be things about your ancestor’s migration of which you are unaware and any of those details could have impacted their port of arrival. Where was the ancestor originally going to settle, look for work, establish himself, etc.? That may not be where they ended up or where they spent the majority of their life. You may not even really be aware of that location. Families don’t always tell everything or even remember everything. No one may want to mention that great-grandpa tried making a living […]
Did you put home movies on VHS tapes years ago? Have you made any attempt to preserve them digitally? Read about my friend’s experience digitizing his own VHS tapes in this guest post we put on our Rootdig site.
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