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Goal 4: Learn about Argentina emigration and immigration.
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ALearn about Argentine emigration and immigration.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Argentina emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Argentina Emigration and Immigration
- Explore various European migrations to Argentina in the website section of the FamilySearch Wiki page.
- Town of Origin: Learn how to find your ancestor's town of origin in Argentina.
FS—Wiki: Finding Town of Origin - British: Learn about
British settlers in Argentina and Uruguay. - Italians: To search for ancestors with Italian surnames who moved to Argentina, use the Apellidos Italianos site.
- CEMLA: Explore Argentine immigration in the CEMLA online database.
- Read this case study about ship passenger lists in CEMLA.
Finding Relatives Who Sailed to South America - Passenger Records: Explore the Entrada de Pasajeros database for Argentine passenger records.
- Explore the Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Argentina as the departure or arrival location.
- Jewish Immigration: Search for Argentina immigration records on the Hebrew Surnames site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for immigration resources. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Josephine Peron arrived in Argentina on a passenger ship. Use the "FS: Argentina Passenger Lists, 1901-1922" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old was Josephine at the time of her arrival?
- What is her estimated birth year?
- What is the name of her passenger ship?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Josephine" as the first name and "Peron" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Josephine Peron.
- Read the information in the center column.
- She was 40.
- She was born about 1861.
- Her ship was the Amiral Courbet. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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