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North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records (view source)
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== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
When you have located your ancestor on a passenger list, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. | When you have located your ancestor on a passenger list, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. | ||
=== I Found | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
Use passenger lists to: | Use passenger lists to: | ||
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*Learn foreign and “Americanized” names | *Learn foreign and “Americanized” names | ||
*Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests. | *Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests. | ||
=== I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now? === | === I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now? === | ||
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names. | *Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names. | ||