Sunday, December 6, 2009
Getting History Right
Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak has an excellent article on Huffington Post titled Getting History Wrong, dated 3 December 2009.
The article is about Annie Moore, the Irish girl who was, supposedly, the first immigrant through Ellis Island on 1 January 1892. A woman named Annie Moore from Illinois claimed that she was this first girl, but Megan investigated this story back in 2006, and a legion of genealogists helped her uncover the real Annie Moore.
Read the article - it's a good summary of why we all need to find the facts and not just listen to family folklore. We need to Get History Right!
The article is about Annie Moore, the Irish girl who was, supposedly, the first immigrant through Ellis Island on 1 January 1892. A woman named Annie Moore from Illinois claimed that she was this first girl, but Megan investigated this story back in 2006, and a legion of genealogists helped her uncover the real Annie Moore.
Read the article - it's a good summary of why we all need to find the facts and not just listen to family folklore. We need to Get History Right!
Labels: Elusive ancestors, magazine articles
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Excellent article. Thanks for the referral!
Keep those ancestor stories coming!
Bill ;-)
http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/
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Keep those ancestor stories coming!
Bill ;-)
http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/
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