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Florida, Pensacola, Passenger lists of citizens and aliens arriving and departing at Pensacola, Florida - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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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. | |||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
=== I | You can use passenger lists to: | ||
*Learn an immigrant’s place of origin | |||
*Confirm their date of arrival | |||
*Learn foreign and “Americanized” names | |||
*Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests | |||
*If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct | |||
*Continue to search the passenger lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who may have immigrated at the same time | |||
*If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors | |||
=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? === | |||
*Check for variant spellings of the name | |||
*Look for an index. Records are often indexed by local historical and genealogical societies | |||
*Search the passenger lists year by year | |||
*Search the indexes of other port cities | |||
=== Research Helps === | === Research Helps === | ||
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of [[Florida, United States Genealogy|Florida]]. | |||
* [[GuidedResearch:Florida|Florida Guided Research]] | |||
* [[Florida Record Finder]] | |||
* [[Florida Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]] | |||
* [[Step-by-Step Florida Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]] | |||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||