Select The Records To Search Step 4. The Records Step 5. Use The Information Part 2. Genealogical and historical societies usually publish periodicals about the people in the geographic area or ethnic group they cover. Family organizations often publish newsletters with immigrant information.
Periodicals often reprint various types of material, including abstracts from original sources.
Periodical articles include Passenger list abstracts. Naturalization list abstracts. Sketches about early pioneers. Ethnic group background information. Church record abstracts.