Christmas Traditions and Genealogy (AncestralFindings.com)

Published: Sun, 12/21/14

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This database contains immigration records for approximately 70,000 Scottish immigrants to the United States and Canada.

The gazetteers reproduced on this database contain detailed information on English, Irish, and Scottish locales as they existed in the mid-1800s.

With the information listed, you may be able to compensate for the lack of genealogical records available for Ireland at this time.

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Christmas Traditions and Genealogy
Christmas is a time for spending with family. It is also an excellent time for re-examining your genealogy research using knowledge of the Christmas traditions of your ancestors. Christmas has been celebrated in one form or another for the past 2,000 years. In that time, many cultures around the world have developed their own Christmas traditions, and they brought these traditions with them to America when they came. The ways your ancestors celebrated Christmas in America, and the way they may still do so today, can tell you a lot about your ancestral origins...

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