Friday, March 20, 2015

Family History Research

It was really amazing to see what a ‘melting pot’ we have here in our classroom!
Upon researching our family histories, we found our students ancestors came from:  Italy, Poland, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Austria, American Indian, Wales, Puerto Rico, Canada, Dominican Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Hungary
The relatives that came here were: Herself, Grandmother, Grandfather, Great Grandmothers, Great-Great Grandmother, Great-Great Grandfather, Great-Great-Great Grandfathers, Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather, Great (x9) Grandfather

They came in through: Ellis Island; Baltimore, MD; Queens, NY; Staten Island, NY; Lynn, MA; Castle Garden, NY
Travelled here by:  boat, plane
First home in America: Depew, NY; Portland, OR; Lynn, MA; Brooklyn, NY; Bronx, NY; Oxford, NJ; Manhattan, NY; Wayne, NJ; Baltimore, MD; Newark, NJ; NYC, NY