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This database does not include the full text of the document. It only includes coded information about the document such as names and places visited.It also includes the document location.

Searching for information in the index requires a little patience and perhaps more than one "try." Since the 19th century emigrants were creative spellers, searching for specific names or locations can require spelling creativity on the researcher's part, as well.

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