What do those letters\, numbers\, stamps\, and pencil marks mean on Immigration Passenger Manifests? Does your ances tor 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. And what insight we can learn about your ancestor's immigration experience based on these notations. Presented by Christine Cohen.
\nChristine Cohen is a long time member of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS)\, and she is currently the Program Director. In addition to WAGS\, she's also a member of the El Redondo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolut ion\, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames and the Association of Pro fessional Genealogists. Christine's interest in genealogy began in 1977 wi th the airing of the TV mini-series &ldquo\;Roots&rdquo\; and was piqued w hen she found a typed pedigree chart of her Dutch heritage from the New Ne therlands in the 1660&rsquo\;s. Christine is a native Californian\, a grad uate of UCLA in Political Science and has worked for Vitol Aviation Compan y since 1993.
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