Join us via Zoom for a virtual genealogical program as part of our annual Find Your Ancestors series.

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Program topic: Mysterious Codes: Passenger Manifests Letters and Numbers

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? We will learn if and when to contact the US National Archives or USCIS to get more genealogical information from these codes. Plus what insight we can learn about your ancestor's immigration experience based on these notations.

Presented by Christine Cohen

Christine Cohen is a long time member of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) and has served in many capacities, including President and Program Director. In addition to WAGS, she is also a member of the El Redondo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames and the Association of Professional Genealogists. Christine's interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV mini-series "Roots" and was piqued when she found a typed pedigree chart of her Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1660's. She is a native Californian, a graduate of UCLA in Political Science and has worked for Vitol Aviation Company since 1993.

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