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Goal 5: Learn about Michigan emigration and immigration.
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ALearn about Michigan emigration and immigration.
Class Outlines: Basic
Summary
- Learn about the history of, and locations for, Michigan immigration.
- Find migration and travel routes for Michigan ancestors.
- Learn about Michigan emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Michigan Emigration and Immigration - Learn about documentation of vital events in this video.
AAC—Immigration and Naturalization—7:05 - Learn more about Michigan naturalization records and search for them, on the Michiganology site
- Learn about Michigan migration routes in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Michigan Migration - Explore additional links for Michigan immigration records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore naturalization resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for emigrarion and immigration records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Augustus Oldendorf arrived at Detroit, Michigan in the 1900's. Use the "FS: Michigan, Detroit Manifestations of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit 1906-1954" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old was Augustus Oldendorf when he came to Michigan?
- Where was he born?
- What is the name of his wife?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Augustus" as the first name and "Oldendorf" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Document for Augustus Oldendorf.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Augustus was 24 when he arrived.
- He was born in Amsterdam, Holland.
- His wife's name is Yacoba.
QUIKLinks
Michigan Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
For information on archive records by county, visit the SeekingMichigan site.
Get a printable map of counties.
Get an interactive map of counties.