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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: grub on Thursday 01 June 06 15:32 BST (UK)
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AFTER 1865
with many thanks to eillo for this wonderful list :)
Happy hunting.
The National Archives of Canada (NAC) holds immigration
records from 1865 to 1935. Unfortunately the records
before 1925 are not indexed. To find a passenger you will
need to know an exact date of arrival.
There is no easy way to search Canadian arrival records for
the unindexed period other than reading microfilm. Ships
are on the reel, in order of arrival. You can find the
details at this URL
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
If you want to order filmed passenger lists (remember they
aren't indexed!), a list of NAC microfilm numbers for
passenger lists to Canada 1865-1922 can be found at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_can1865.shtml
If you are patient, you will soon (?) be able to search
these unindexed years! Library and Archives Canada plans to
digitize passenger lists for 1865 to 1935 as part of their
new Moving Here, Staying Here online exhibition at
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/immigrants/index-e.html
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What's Available Online in Passenger Lists
If you want to try your luck searching transcribed ships
passenger lists online, passenger lists for Ships to Canada
after 1865 are freely available at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1865-now.shtml
Passenger Lists 1925-1935 are indexed and online at
ArchiviaNet at
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011801_e.html
Home Children (1869-1930) database indexes from ships
passenger lists is available at
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020110_e.html
Nanaimo Family History Society has an ongoing Passenger
List Indexing Project for 1900-1921 online at
http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/
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There are search engines to search online free databases on
multiple websites for ships to Canada at
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml
The Ontario Archives has an index to the assisted
immigration registers created by the Toronto Emigrant
Office between 1865 and 1883. Over 29,000 entries have been
transcribed from the registers.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm
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Miscellaneous Websites with Immigration Information on
Ships
to Canada after 1865
The Ships List
http://www.theshipslist.com/
Ships Passenger Lists Online
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/
Finding Ships Passenger Lists to Canada
http://shipslists-online.rootschat.net/canada/
Ships Passenger Lists to Canada 1865-1930
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1865-now.shtml
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There is no easy way to search Canadian arrival records for
the unindexed period other than reading microfilm. Ships
are on the reel, in order of arrival. You can find the
details at this URL
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
Just thought I would share. Someone kindly did a look up for me on Find My Past website. From this, I then had a ship name, departure date, destination. With this info I then did a search of the un-indexed years for arrival in Canada and was able to locate the appropriate image very quickly for the arrival of the ship. I then only had to trawl through a few pages to find the entry I wanted.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/passenger/001045-100.01-e.php
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Thanks Scotmum
Read this link yesterday. Not always easy to keep abreast of what comes on line without sites like this. Searched some years ago for my folks to Canada without any success. Knew it was prior to 1890 so findmypast no good but had a two year time frame, guessed they went out from London and yes, you are right, it isn't that much of a task. Found wife and two kids without too much trouble "going to husband". Think I have now found husband as well.
You have helped me solve something that has been on the back burner for a good few years. Thanks a lot.
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Can I take it then that I am wasting my time looking for a war bride and her husband unless I have some idea of when they went and/or what ship they were on?
The only information I have is the maiden name (Liddell) and the future married name (Priest) I am not sure if they married prior to arrival in Canada or after.
The groom served in the RCAF that is all the other info I have other than that the bride who was born in 1922.
Alan NZ
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Hi Alan
Try findmypast.com/ancestorsonboard. Not sure how complete the transcriptions are at this point but think that they intend to transcribe all outbound passenger lists from the UK 1890 to 1960.
Good luck
Denise
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1865 - 1935 Canadian passenger lists now available on ancestry.
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There is a ship list and searchable index that covers Quebec Ports (including Montreal) for the periods 21 Oct 1906 to 13 Oct 1910
I have been quite successful with this.
It can be found at
http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/
It doesn't cover very much, but it might be useful for someone.
Jaybird
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There is a ship list and searchable index that covers Quebec Ports (including Montreal) for the periods 21 Oct 1906 to 13 Oct 1910
I have been quite successful with this.
It can be found at
http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/
It doesn't cover very much, but it might be useful for someone.
Jaybird
Certainly helped me ........ Thank you! ;D
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Thanks. This website helped me with 9 records.
Nan
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I am new here and I just wanted to thank you very much..I used some of your links for the ship manifest and found my Great Grandparents and some of their children (one of them being my Grandmother) plus I was able to download the photos of the manifest and passed it on to my family members. Seeing their names and the document gave us more of a "real" connection to our family's history.
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Am I wasting my time trying to find a passenger list from 1828 arrival into Canada from Lanarkshire Scotland?
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Hi, I am looking for Maude (Maud) BUCKINGHAM (1884), travelling with her young son, William BUCKINGHAM(1910), right after the Titanic left England, the name Carpinthia seemed to be what was mentioned to a family member, so I have tried to view all ships of the same name, she was heading to Vancouver, Canada. Her husband Horace Buckingham (1885)did the same trip shortly after, leaving Bedfordshire England, and arriving in Vancouver, Canada.
Any help would be appreciated, as to where to start looking, thank you all.
Gail Kent
P.S. I have received the answer I needed on this topic, thanks to Susan. This is a wonderful site.
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Hello,
Didn't want to create a new topic if I was wasting people's time. I can't quite work out when a search of passenger lists is or isn't possible.
I'll explain -
I know some relations of mine arrived in Canada at the port of Saint John in New Brunswick between Late 1921 and the end of 1924. As they had to fill in form 30A.
They where Albert William Foden, his wife Daisy (Nee Knight) and daughter Irene who was born in 1921.
The family lived in the Southport area of Lancashire before their travels.
Thanks
Jonathan
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grub> I was looking for Canadian immigrants and found some of mine on "Pier21"
however , I tried to get a link for the site for your post and could only get this:
Visit Pier 21
canadaonline.about.com › ... › Travel and Tourism › Museums
The Canadian Immigration Museum at Pier 21 in Halifax tells the stories of immigrants, troops, and wartime evacuees who arrived by ship to find a new life in ...
it takes u to the search engine but there was a simple URL which I cant get to open
so maybe someone can work on improving a link..... thanks grub :)
marty
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fastfusion,
Here is a link to the Pier 1 homepage. If you scroll to the bottom left side, there is a link to 'search our virtual walls'. This is where I have found my rellie. It is my understanding that this shows the 'brick' of the person who purchased one as a memorial to their arrival. You don't get any other arrival info due to privacy laws. It is also my understanding that they do not publish names of arrivals otherwise (although someone may correct me on this).
http://www.pier21.ca/home/
You can look under the 'research' heading for more info about passenger lists. They are also available up to 1935 (not beyond, due to privacy laws) at Library and Archives Canada for free or through Ancestry to this date.
You might like to check if your local public library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition. This would give you access to the Canadian passenger records, and other records too.
I think findmypast (a pay site) has outgoing passenger lists for Canadian bound passengers up to about 1960, although I'm not sure how complete the records are.
PB