For those who missed it (including me), here is the collection of posts and replies from the #GenChat Hour on 9th September, hosted by @genchat@lor.sh

https://genealysis.com/collections/164FDEE297D6EE-C1B5BF

Note, this can only collect posts with the #genchat hashtag

@genchat@a.gup.pe @genealogy

For those who missed it (including me), here is the collection of posts and replies from the #GenChat Hour on 9th September, hosted by @genchat@lor.sh

https://genealysis.com/collections/164FDEE297D6EE-C1B5BF

Note, this can only collect posts with the #genchat hashtag

@genchat@a.gup.pe

@genchat@lor.sh @genchat@a.gup.pe

Thank you for hosting!

Have a good fortnight!

#genchat

P.S. Also, please give @AncestryHour a follow. They haven't set a time for #AncestryHour on Mastodon yet, but it'll be good to build up their follower base in the meantime. #genchat @genchat@a.gup.pe

@genchat@lor.sh @genchat@a.gup.pe TY Christine for leading a lively #GenChat and now I'm looking forward to the Open Mic in 2 weeks. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Well it's the end of the #genchat hour (though it can continue of course!). Be sure to join us on Sept 23 for our Open Mic, which has the theme of Occupations! See you then! @genchat@a.gup.pe

This was the inquest into the Staten Island Bridge Calamity. Apologies for the blurry photo of screenshot.
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Elijah Webb would likely have still been missing at this point??

A6 #genchat @genchat@a.gup.pe Another good resource from Jan last night about the immigrant experience: https://www.ggarchives.com/Immigration/index.html

@MarianBWood @genchat@a.gup.pe Good to know; my great-grandmother & the kids went to visit her mom & came back alone, naming her husband as her local contact. He probably met them in NYC when they arrived! #genchat

@RobertJackson58585858 @genchat@a.gup.pe Oh, yeah! British Home Children do have unique sets of records! We did a #genchat on that in 2021.

@genchat@lor.sh @genchat@a.gup.pe #GenChat A6: women weren't usually allowed to leave Ellis Island alone after processing - they had to have a man pick them up. That's one way I discovered who came first and who came later through Ellis Island, by seeing who was waiting for the newest arrival

A6 #genchat @genchat@a.gup.pe And I'll repeat here what I said last night: just for the record regarding immigrant processing: THEIR NAMES WERE NOT CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND!

Q6 #genchat How were immigrants processed once they arrived? @genchat@a.gup.pe

@genchat@lor.sh @genchat@a.gup.pe #GenChat Ellis Island site can be cumbersome to search IMHO so sometimes use Steve Morse site: https://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html

A5 #genchat @genchat@a.gup.pe Don't forget newspapers (a big favorite!), and home sources like diaries. There also may be company records if they brought workers over.

@kwheaton @genchat@a.gup.pe I'd never heard of that! I wonder if other countries had similar records... #genchat

@RobertJackson58585858 Oh no, so very young. #GenChat

@RobertJackson58585858 Oh, that's so sad! #genchat

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This is the immigrating relative I wanted to remember today. He travelled alone from England to New York to live and work with relatives. He was there for the 1850 census and appears in immigration records.

Such a courageous move in such a short life.

Elijah Webb.

From Wolverhampton.

@MarianBWood @genchat@a.gup.pe Yes! If it weren't for the naturalization records, I may never have found the ships that my Polish & Lithuanian ancestors arrived on! (And you know that their names are going to be screwy on the indexes!) #genchat