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From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] Deaths at sea
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:12:32 -0500
References: <200512280900.jBS90YeT015376@lists8.rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <ac4677131834ecfc226ea9f0de6401db@earthlink.net>


On 28 Dec 2005 at 10:10, dolores desideri wrote:

> My Grandmother immigrated [1903] with a 15 month old baby
> listed on the ship's manifest. The baby died somewhere on
> the journey or in Chicago. No one living knows anything
> about this child. To confuse matters, my Grandmother named
> her first baby born in Chicago after the deceased child. If
> this baby died at sea, would any records exist of that
> occurrence? I cannot find a death certificate in Chicago.
>

Deaths at sea were recorded on the ship manifest (passenger
list). The death may be noted beside the child's name OR at
the end, on the last page of the manifest.

See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ for more help with
passenger lists.


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