The American household.
We record the entire census household: names, ages, birthplace, occupation and address. Relatives and neighbours can help distinguish people with similar names.
The documents that bridge the ocean.
Naturalization papers and passenger manifests may record a precise birthplace, arrival date, ship, last residence or a relative at home. City directories, vital records and newspapers connect the intervening years.
Wittingau. Třeboň. Trebon.
Historical names change with language and time. We compare candidate places with a person’s chronology, household and parish before following the Czech records.
We include any archive visits and paid collection access in your research proposal.