One of the reasons people begin genealogy research is to discover their family’s origins. This often entails discovering which foreign countries their ancestors arrived from. For some families, their arrival was recent enough that the information is known. Or others, the arrival was far in the past, perhaps even in American Colonial times. This can be more difficult if there are not many records to help determine this. My father’s family My father’s family is easy. His father’s line was from German states in Europe and they arrived in the 19 th Century. I have found church records in the U.S. that named their birthplaces and have found church records in their German hometowns. His mother’s line was from Ireland. These, too, were easy, as they also arrived in the 19 th Century, one group stopping off in Canada first. I don’t have ship arrival for these lines and can only trace them back to their country of origin. My mother’s family My mother’s side is far from easy. They have b...
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