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Goal 5: Learn about Mexican emigration and immigration.
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ALearn about Mexico emigration and immigration.
- Overview: Learn about Mexico emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Mexico Emigration and Immigration - Learn about immigration history and demographics in this Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia: Mexican Americans - Place of Origin: Learn how to find a Mexican ancestor's place of origin.
FS—Wiki: Mexico, Locating Place of Origin
Identifying Your Mexican Immigrant Ancestor's Hometown - 2017 - Crossings: Learn to trace hometown roots of ancestors who crossed the U.S. border.
FS—U.S. Hispanic Immigration—51:23 - 2015 - Watch "Crossing the Frontera" for information about ancestors who may have come to the U.S. from 1895 to 1957.
FS—Crossing the Frontera (27:08) - Sites: Explore the Genealogy of Mexico site for list of early settlers of Mexico.
- Explore the
Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Mexico as the departure or arrival location.
Immigrant Ships Search Practice |
You are tracing the Berquido family tree and searching for information on one of the sons, named Antonio Berquido. He was born around 1836 in Mexico but may have left the country. Use the ImmigrantShips.net site to answer these questions:
- Which country did Antonio migrate to, and when?
- What was the name of the ship he traveled on?
- How old was he, and what was his occupation?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- Scroll down towards the middle of the home page to find a small search box.
- Input the name "Antonio Berquido" and select the first result.
- Make sure to read the heading of the passenger manifest to understand the information contained in the columns.
- Antonio sailed for the United States in June 1856.
- He traveled on the Barque Flash ship.
- Antonio Berquido was a 20-year-old Mexican student.
(Contributed by Maribel Medina )
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.
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Mexico States
Name = FamilySearch; IM = Indigenous Mexico site