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Christine Cohen — Mysterious Codes: Passenger Manifests Letters and Numbers
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.
About the Presenter
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.