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Czechia Determining a Place of Origin (view source)
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If a search on www.ancestry.com doesn’t work, it may be helpful to check other record formats and indexes: | If a search on www.ancestry.com doesn’t work, it may be helpful to check other record formats and indexes: | ||
*Filby’s Passenger and Immigration Lists Index (973 W32p, tan colored books) | *Filby’s Passenger and Immigration Lists Index (973 W32p, tan colored books) | ||
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*Canadian border crossing records (1894 - 1954) are available on film; some Canadian emigration records are now available on line. | *Canadian border crossing records (1894 - 1954) are available on film; some Canadian emigration records are now available on line. | ||
*Galveston, Texas- most of the early passenger lists were destroyed, but there are some books of extracted and compiled lists of immigrants of various nationalities. | *Galveston, Texas- most of the early passenger lists were destroyed, but there are some books of extracted and compiled lists of immigrants of various nationalities. | ||
To find out which regional archive holds the records that you need go to http://www.ihff.at/indexstarte.htm. Click the ''gazetter and picture cards'' link on the left and then click ''continue'' link at the bottom of the page. | To find out which regional archive holds the records that you need go to http://www.ihff.at/indexstarte.htm. Click the ''gazetter and picture cards'' link on the left and then click ''continue'' link at the bottom of the page. | ||
Czech Immigration Passenger Lists by Leo Baca can be a useful source of genealogical information. | Czech Immigration Passenger Lists by Leo Baca can be a useful source of genealogical information. Click [[Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration|CzechRepublic Emigration and Immigration]] for more information. | ||
REMEMBER: 90% of all places of origins are found by examining American sources very carefully. | REMEMBER: 90% of all places of origins are found by examining American sources very carefully. | ||