Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists and Immigration Records
Length: 60 minutes
Summary: It can be frustrating when you can’t find your ancestor's name on a ship passenger list, an immigration record or a border crossing record. Using examples from the presenter’s family history, this session will explore why our ancestors may have come to Canada and demonstrate how to look for clues in other records to help narrow a time frame. Explore strategies for where to find and how to search ship passenger lists, immigration records, and border crossing records
Audience Level: Beginner -Expert
Requirements: Projection for computer on a large screen; internet connection
Content: 4-page PDF handout
Outline
- Before You Start: Things to Consider
- Clues in Other Records to help narrow a time frame
- Major Canadian Ports of Arrival on the East and West Coasts
- Ship Passenger Lists: before 1865 and after; where to find the records, how to research the records, and what information you can find.
- Immigration Records: the best places to find the records and what information they contain
- Border Crossing Records: why you should be using these records and the valuable information they contain
- Rejects and Undesirables
- I Can’t Find Them! – tips for when you get stuck
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