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Tracing Immigrants Arrival Cemeteries (view source)
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''[[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tracing Immigrants Country of Arrival Records|Country of Arrival]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Cemeteries''' | ''[[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tracing Immigrants Country of Arrival Records|Country of Arrival]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Cemeteries''' | ||
[[Image:Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg|right|300px|Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg]]Tombstone inscriptions and sextons' records sometimes list a foreign birthplace—often a country, less often a county or city, and a year or even the date of birth, which helps to narrow down the search for the birth and origin of an emigrant ancestor especially in cases of ancestry with common | [[Image:Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg|right|300px|Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg]]Tombstone inscriptions and sextons' records sometimes list a foreign birthplace—often a country, less often a county or city, and a year or even the date of birth, which helps to narrow down the search for the birth and origin of an emigrant ancestor especially in cases of ancestry with common surnames. This is more likely in cemeteries maintained by certain churches. For example, counties of origin are often listed on tombstones of Irish immigrants buried in Roman Catholic cemeteries. In Presbyterian cemeteries, the shire and even the town where a Scottish immigrant was born may be on the tombstone. <br><br> | ||
When the birthplace is not listed, a tombstone inscription or a sexton's record may furnish that information for a relative buried nearby. However, even if a birth date and place is furnished, the relative who supplied the information may not have been correct, especially if the birthplace was in a country unfamiliar to that person. | When the birthplace is not listed, a tombstone inscription or a sexton's record may furnish that information for a relative buried nearby. However, even if a birth date and place is furnished, the relative who supplied the information may not have been correct, especially if the birthplace was in a country unfamiliar to that person. | ||