Colleen’s family surnames.
These digital, multimedia, place-based stories chronicle the World War I U.S. Army service of my great-grandfather Patrick Flanagan (1980-1928). I still have two more chapters to go. I created these versions of Patrick’s WWI story using the ArcGIS StoryMaps platform by Esri, a platform I heavily teach for my work as the Digital Scholarship Librarian […]
(ArcGIS StoryMaps) Patrick Flanagan in the First World War Read More »
This post walks you through how to find and order a copy of the World War II-era Alien Registration Form for your 20th century U.S. immigrant ancestor.
Finding Your Ancestor’s WWII-Era Alien Registration Form Read More »
Repositories & Sources Research Methods
Walk through each section of a WWII-era Alien Registration (AR-2) form to uncover what you can learn about your U.S. immigrant ancestors while consulting the instruction manual issued by the Immigration & Naturalization Service.
What You Can Learn From Your Ancestor’s Alien Registration (AR-2) Form Read More »
My Family History Repositories & Sources
I had looked for several years for a birth record for my Mexican-immigrant great grandparents’ oldest child Guadalupe. But I was looking in the wrong place. She had been born 155 miles southeast of the family home, in a place identified on her birth record as Yngenio Rascon.
Yngenio Rascon, San Luis Potosí, Mexico: Birthplace of Great-Aunt Lupe Robledo Read More »
Hispanic Genealogy My Family History Repositories & Sources