I am reading the ship manifest (ship landed at New York May 5, 1923) for one of my relatives. One o
I am reading the ship manifest (ship landed at New York May 5, 1923) for one of my relatives. One of the column headings is "Marks of Identification". I'm looking at line 19. The typed answer is "Tatewed r. arm". Do you know what that might mean?
Obviously there is some kind of mark on the right arm, which is not necessary information for genealogical purposes. I have all the pertinent information and this is just a curiosity.
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Looks like from your post they are trying to say there’s a tattoo on the right arm
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Yep I’d say that was supposed to mean tattoo
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Thank you for your help. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Just asleep at the wheel, I guess.
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Great! I’m happy I was able to help😊
I do that all the time, we look so hard for an answer when it’s right there in front of our face 😂 sometimes it just takes a fresh set of eyes which is great for this community, there’s always someone here willing to help out😊
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