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Title: Emmigrant Census Links
Post by: RootsChat on Saturday 26 June 04 22:37 BST (UK)
People in Newfoundland, Canada in the 1851 Census who were born in Somerset, Devon and Gloucestershire
http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/bristol-a-b.html (http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cmisc/bristol-a-b.html)
Title: Re: Link: Emmigrant Census Links Canada
Post by: sarah on Tuesday 03 January 06 22:35 GMT (UK)
The Petworth Emigration Project Interesting site, contains a list of Emmigrants from in the main Sussex who travelled to Canada from the 1830's to 1850.



http://www.petworthemigrations.com
Title: Emmigrants list / Wiltshire 1836 to Canada
Post by: J.J. on Saturday 28 January 06 02:45 GMT (UK)
This might fit here, as it deals with immigrants from specific area...

Wiltshire ( Downton ) 1836 exodus to Canada - Emigrant list
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/2932/index.htm
Panel on left - list of names...
Title: Ireland - migration to New Brunswick
Post by: J.J. on Saturday 28 January 06 03:04 GMT (UK)
Irish famine migration to New Brunswick 1845-1852 (23,318 records)
Database...search the records for surnames...
http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/IrishFamine/Default.aspx?L=EN

also, because it was also port of entry into Canada
1846-1851 Passenger Records - arriving Port of New York during Irish Famine
604,596 total records on file
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP44

new brunswick irish portal
http://archives.gnb.ca/Irish/databases_en.html
Title: Re: Link: Emmigrant Census Links
Post by: J.J. on Monday 11 February 08 19:12 GMT (UK)
Yorkshire Emigration to Nova Scotia, 1772-1775
There is even a list of ships names...and some passenger lists as well!
http://www.libris.ca/yrkfam/
scroll down for list
http://www.libris.ca/yrkfam/yrkpas.htm

Wonderful of this person to share all this information!
Title: Re: Link: Emmigrant Census Links
Post by: tommytoronto on Monday 11 February 08 23:49 GMT (UK)
thanks guys - some great sites here.....

Tom
Title: Re: Link: Emmigrant Census Links
Post by: J.J. on Wednesday 27 February 08 16:36 GMT (UK)
Emigration to Canada from Jersry, Channel Islands, index with some information on the person...
http://www.guernsey-society.org.uk/donkipedia/index.php5?title=Emigrants_to_Canada

Google Book: Canadian Migration Patterns from Britain and North America
 By Barbara Jane ..
Use the search for basic information re: emigration to Canada...

http://books.google.com/books?id=fwY3id1HolQC&printsec

Christopher has a link to surnames for the Devon Exodus & further discussions of other emigration schemes here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=283323.new;topicseen#new
Title: Re: Link: Emmigrant Census Links
Post by: J.J. on Wednesday 23 April 08 16:05 BST (UK)
Kettlestone Parish, Norfolk Co., Eng. to Sherbrooke, Que
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/kettle1836.htm

Norwich Emigration Records
List of poor - belonging to Heacham, Norfolk Co., who left on the Penelope May 11 1836 to port of Lyn..
List of people  from the Parish of Kettlestone, Norfolk Co., England, to Sherbrooke Quebec who sailed from Lyn on the brig. Eliza Liddle, June 15th 1836

National Archives of Canada reference: MG 24 I 156, pp. 1-2, 32-34, 36

Norwich, Norfolk 1836 emigration
Oh! Better yet, they now have the ad from the newspaper "Norwich Mercury" telling us what port they were leaving from headed to Quebec!!! Ships are named, and some dates although mostly month may be accurate...
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/norwich.html

There also seem to be more names listed...check here before ordering film
http://www.ingeneas.com/free/index.html