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Immigration and Emigration tags
by Fran Segall
Emigration tag with a role of Emigrant:

[:CR:][:CR:][:TAB:][RF:Emigrant] emigrated <from [L]> <later called [L8]> <departing from [L2]> <[D]>. <[M2]>

The city of departure (e.g. Rotterdam, Holland) is in the DETAIL field (L2).  The newer or current name (if any) of the place where the Emigrant lived can be in any unused field.  This is especially useful for emigrants from places such as Eastern Europe in the early 1900's when borders frequently changed.  I used the PHONE field (L8).  This produces a sentence such as:

        Jenny emigrated from Amstibove, Russia, later called Mstibovo, Belarus, departing from Rotterdam Holland, on 03 July 1908.



Immigratn tag with a role of Immigrant:

<[RS:Immigrant] intended destination was [L2], and> [RP:Immigrant] arrived <at the [L3]> <aboard the [M1]> <[D]>. <[M2]>

The final destination as stated on the passenger manifest (e.g. Boston, MA)  is in the DETAIL field (L2).  The port of arrival (e.g. Port of New York) is in the CITY field (L3), and the name of the ship (e.g. SS Rotterdam) is in M1.  This produces a sentence such as:

Her intended destination was Boston, MA, and she arrived at the Port of New York aboard the SS Rotterdam on 14 July 1908.

 
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