Genealogy Chat

Other than a subscription to Ancestry(.)com does anyone have any tips on searching for ancestors who emigrated to the US. I have a picture of ancestors that was taken in Coal City illinois, I know they were born here but can't seem to trace anything that tells me when they went to America

do you know what year they emigrated and where they would have left the UK from? Ive found relations by trawling through passenger ship lists, hard work but worth it. you could always look at usa censuses. give me what info you have and i will TRY for you. Kate

nudging for debbie

thanks that great. His name was Mark Woodley who married Sarah Jackson (in england I think). He was born in 1873 in Dipton in Durham and died in 1958 in Marion Illinois in hospital and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion. That is all I know about him really other than the names of his children. Mae b1896, Ruth b1897 , Ralph b 1899, Floyd & Florence twins b 1901 and Laverne (known as Peggy for some reason) b1905

Try This Find Immigration Records Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals : American Family Immigration Searchable database arrivals at Ellis Island in New York harbor between 1892 and 1924, plus information on the Wall of Honor, membership and visiting... http://www.ellisisland.org/ Eve

already tried that a few times but come up with nothing I'm afraid

Google - Woodley Marion Illinois -there are several Mark Woodleys there

Debby, According to the 1900 US census Mark arrived in 1886 and Sarah in 1880 so they didn't marry in England. I'll see if I can find them on the immigration records. Rose

Found the immigration record for Mark. Name: Mark Woodley Arrival Date: 29 Jan 1886 Age: 11 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Ship Name: Indiana Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Last Residence: England Birthplace: England Microfilm Roll Number: 7 Let me know if you want the image. Just PM me your email address. Rose

This could be the record for Sarah Name: Sarah Jackson Arrival Date: 8 Oct 1879 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Age: 3 Gender: Female Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: England Ship Name: Wisconsin Port of Arrival: New York Line: 12 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: 420 List Number: 1140 Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States Rose

this is fantastic!!!! thank you so much everyone for all your input, do you get all this info from subscriptions you have to other websites, or are there sites I don't know about? I have been searching for weeks and I come on here and get the answer in a day, fantastic!! I got the original information from another lady on this site who has done some research into her side of the relations but I was particularly interested in the history of this part of the family but she couldn't tell me much and I didn't like to pester as she had given me so much already