Course curriculum

    1. Meet Your Instructor: Lisa A. Alzo

    2. Course Access: November 18 - December 15, 2024

    3. Course Description and Outline

    4. Learn To Use the Course Player

    5. Before we begin ...

    6. Contact Us

    1. Why Learning US Immigration History is Important

    2. Immigration during the Colonial Era

    3. The Early American Period

    4. A Century of Immigration

    5. Immigration at Mid-Century

    6. Lesson 1 Quiz

    7. Key Points and Ask a Question

    1. Before You Begin: Key Research Principles

    2. Where to Look

    3. Home and Family Sources

    4. Interview Your Relatives

    5. Skill-Building Exercise and Discussion

    6. Key Points and Ask a Question

    1. Introduction

    2. U.S. Census Records

    3. Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths

    4. Religious Records

    5. Military Records

    6. Social Security Death Index and Applications

    7. Obituaries

    8. Additional Records: Getting the Full Picture

    9. Skill-Building Exercise and Discussion

    10. Key Points and Ask a Question

    1. Naturalization Records

    2. Alien Registrations (AR2s and A-Files)

    3. Passenger Lists

    4. Locating Passenger Arrival Records

    5. Port of Departure Records

    6. Skill-Building Exercise and Discussion

    7. Key Points and Ask a Question

    1. Historical Geography

    2. Challenge #1: Is it actually a town?

    3. Challenge #2: How do you spell that?

    4. Challenge #3: Where was the town when your ancestor lived there?

    5. Your Geography Toolbox

    6. Maps

    7. Atlases

    8. Gazetteers

    9. Where Maps and Gazetteers Meet

    10. Skill-Building Exercise and Discussion

    11. Key Points and Ask a Question

About this course

  • $99.99
  • 68 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

How Family Tree University Courses Work

  • Course

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  • Instructor

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  • Access

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  • Materials

    All the materials will be available for download, and you'll have access to the course materials online for about a year after the start date. After the course end date, it will go into read-only mode, so you'll still be able to reach the materials, but you'll no longer have access to the instructor or message boards.

  • What You'll Need

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Instructor

Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A. is a professional writer, instructor, and internationally-recognized lecturer. She is the author of 11 books, including The Family Tree Polish, Czech and Slovak Genealogy Guide, and hundreds of magazine articles.

Lisa A. Alzo

Instructor