Methodology and SkillsBoard for Certification of GenealogistsHistorical RecordsImmigration RecordsBCGReisinger Memorial Lecture Series
Seven Immigration Methodologies, with Case Studies Across the Centuries (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture)
David S. Ouimette, CG®, CGL®
Content
Welcome
38s
Speaker's Introduction
38s
Introduction
4m 10s
Family Handprint
8m 43s
Follow the Witnesses
4m 48s
Naming Patterns
8m 13s
Cluster Research
8m 12s
Surname Heat Maps
7m 41s
DNA Clusters
3m 55s
Chain Migration
12m 52s
About this webinar
Family historians face significant challenges tracing immigrant ancestors. Changes in language, culture, family composition, given name, surname, country of residence, and occupation tend to obscure the origins of many immigrants. This presentation introduces seven methodologies to effectively trace immigrant origins, illustrated with examples from the early 1600s to the early 1900s.
About the speaker
David Ouimette, Certified Genealogist®, Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠, manages Content Strategy for Asia and the Pacific at FamilySearch, prioritizing records of genealogical value for digital pres...
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Comments (151)
Excellent webinar - so many methods I can use. Thank you
David Ouimette's lecture was a lot of information and quick, his area of the Naming Patterns using Heat Maps I will definitely be trying as I have it on the Male and Female side.....ugh! Fingers crossed!
All speakers were excellent. learn so much from each of them. Slides were great. Really liked handout
I look forward to implementing some of these methodologies in reexamining various areas of my previous research. Thank you.
Very good info. Would like to see more case studies like these to help determine where immigrant ancestors came from in Europe - I know only that my immigrant ancestor, Alexander Andrew Bower (may have been Bauer back in Germany; however today we use Bowers) was German and that he came as a single man on the ship Upton into Charles Town (Charleston), South Carolina, in 1752 with other Germans. The ship left from Rotterdam to Charles Town, so how do I find from where Alexander Andrew was from originally?
This was a superb presentation! Thank you so much! I'm excited to try the surname heat-map methodology for my mystery parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Great information about Surname and Cluster research. I have to watch this again, but this time take notes.
Excellent examples of ways to research immigrant ancestors. I will definitely use these techniques in my research.