Meeting Information
| Date: | October 4, 2025 |
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| Presentation: | 09:00 AM Central Time |
| Location: | Zoom |
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Presentation Description:
What do those letters, numbers, stamps, and pencil marks mean on Immigration Passenger Manifests? Does your ancestor have the letter "D" or "X" next to their name? Do you know what V/L, #404, USB, Transit, CL, N.O.B, C/A, LPC, SI, NQIV, BSI, PV or C-XXXXX mean? You will learn if and when to contact the US National Archives or USCIS for more genealogical information from these codes. Plus, discover insights about your ancestors’ immigration experience based on these notations.
Meeting Schedule: (Central Time)
09:00-09:50 AM - Members Helping Members Pre-meeting
09:50-09:55 AM - Break
09:55-10:00 AM - Society Announcement
10:00-11:15 AM - Presentation and Q&A
Christine Cohen:
Christine’s interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV mini-series “Roots”. Her enthusiasm was piqued when she was given a typed pedigree chart, commissioned by her maternal grandfather, of their Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1650s. A native Californian, Christine is a graduate of UCLA in Political Science. She is retired and pursues her genealogy journey full time.
Christine is a long-time member of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) and currently is the Program Director. In addition to WAGS, she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, and the Association of Professional Genealogists.