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*Family heirlooms. | *Family heirlooms. | ||
To learn more about your immigrant ancestors, see Tracing Immigrant Origins | To learn more about your immigrant ancestors, see [[Tracing Immigrant Origins]]. | ||
=== Emigration from Canada === | === Emigration from Canada === | ||
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=== Records of Canadian Emigrants in the United States === | === Records of Canadian Emigrants in the United States === | ||
For Canadians who came to the United States, major sources of information are listed below, in United States | For Canadians who came to the United States, major sources of information are listed below, in [[United States Emigration and Immigration]], and in the "Emigration and Immigration" Wiki article for the state where your ancestor settled. | ||
Canadians who came to the United States after 1820 are sometimes named in incoming ship passenger lists taken at U.S. ports. Microfilms and indexes are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Canadians who came to the United States after 1820 are sometimes named in incoming ship passenger lists taken at U.S. ports. Microfilms and indexes are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
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The National Archives of Canada in Ottawa has: | The National Archives of Canada in Ottawa has: | ||
'''Records kept by Russian Empire consuls stationed in Montreal, Vancouver, and Halifax from 1901 to 1922'''. These are called the LiRaMa Collection after the initial letters of the three consuls’ names. The collection has about 11,400 files on Russian and eastern European immigrants. Microfilms are available through interlibrary loan to public libraries. For film numbers, contact the National Archives of Canada (see | '''Records kept by Russian Empire consuls stationed in Montreal, Vancouver, and Halifax from 1901 to 1922'''. These are called the LiRaMa Collection after the initial letters of the three consuls’ names. The collection has about 11,400 files on Russian and eastern European immigrants. Microfilms are available through interlibrary loan to public libraries. For film numbers, contact the National Archives of Canada (see [[Canada Archives and Libraries for the address or telephone number). The staff can help you use the surname index to these records, but they cannot provide translation. | ||
The consulate at New York had responsibility for all of North America, so some Canadian residents appear in: | The consulate at New York had responsibility for all of North America, so some Canadian residents appear in: | ||
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The British Home Children [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~britishhomechildren/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~britishhomechildren]/ Lists approximately 56,000 children | The British Home Children [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~britishhomechildren/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~britishhomechildren]/ Lists approximately 56,000 children | ||
[http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html Immigrants to Canada ]Extration of various government records as well as shipping lines, mostly the Allan Line. | [http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html Immigrants to Canada ]Extration of various government records as well as shipping lines, mostly the Allan Line. | ||
[[Category:Canada|Canada]] [[Category:Acadians,_Cajuns,_and_Creoles|Acadians,_Cajuns,_and_Creoles]] | [[Category:Canada|Canada]] [[Category:Acadians,_Cajuns,_and_Creoles|Acadians,_Cajuns,_and_Creoles]] | ||