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Saints By Sea should distinguish immigrants from non-immigrants

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July 26, 2020 edited September 28, 2020 in Suggest an Idea
Matt Guthrie said: Love the idea of the Saints by Sea promotion, but in my case, my ancestor didn't immigrate to America for religious freedom, despite what the email in my inbox would have me believe--instead, he was a Church missionary just returning home. Maybe filtering out those "immigrants" born in America would give a more accurate portrayal.
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  • LegacyUser
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    July 26, 2020
    A van Helsdingen said: See: https://getsatisfaction.com/familysea...

    I agree that making assumptions about why people immigrated is not good genealogy. You need to look at each person or family individually before you can say why they immigrated.
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