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The Getting-Started cheat sheet
A one-page field guide to the first records to pull in the United States, Canada and Australia — the ones that point straight back to the European town.
US
United States
The census, naturalization papers and post-1906 passenger manifests that name the town and ship.
CA
Canada
The 1901/1911/1921 census, border-entry and naturalization series, and provincial vital records.
AU
Australia
Assisted & unassisted passenger lists, NAA naturalisation, BDM registries and electoral rolls.
Once you have a candidate town, the next step is the European record. That's what the eBook and the country cheat sheets are for.