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From: Pat Edwards <>
Subject: Re: WHICH ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO?
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 01:11:54 -0700

Have you looked in the Great Registers (voting) of California? If he became
a citizen the place and date would be noted there. Then, if you're lucky
you could send for the Naturalization records and find all sorts of
information, birthplace, etc., even the name of the ship he came on. Pat

At 05:31 PM 6/30/97 -0700, you wrote:
>My grandfather arrived in San Francisco in the late 1880's. I'm assuming
>he arrived by boat. He was from Ireland. Did the immigrants come through
>New York, then switch to another ship to San Francisco, or would they
>have entered America at San Francisco? Don't know where to look for his
>date of entry into the U.S. Does anyone know where I can look for
>information? Thank you.
>
>
>Margaret Kristich
>
>
>.-
>
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