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Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the port of departure. They can also help identify family and community members who arrived together and, usually, the country they came from. | Passenger arrival records can help you determine when an ancestor arrived and the port of departure. They can also help identify family and community members who arrived together and, usually, the country they came from. | ||
There are very few passenger lists for ships coming into Canada before 1865. Lists were not made or were destroyed. The Library and Archives Canada website has posted an index of some lists that have survived. Some of these indexed names have been gathered from declarations of aliens and names of some Irish orphans. [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigrants-canada/index-e.html Canada Immigrant databases]. | There are very few passenger lists for ships coming into Canada before 1865. Lists were not made or were destroyed. The Library and Archives Canada website has posted an index of some lists that have survived. Some of these indexed names have been gathered from declarations of aliens and names of some Irish orphans. [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigrants-canada/index-e.html Canada Immigrant databases].Other sources of lists for this period include: | ||
Other sources of lists for this period include: | |||
Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. 15+ Volumes. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Gale Research, 1981–. (Family History Library book {{FHL|973 W32p|disp=973 W32p}}.) Supplemental volumes have been issued annually. A few scattered volumes are available on microfilm. This source contains nearly three million names from more than 2,500 published sources. This focuses on U.S. arrivals, but also indexes many pre-1865 Canadian passenger lists which have been compiled in genealogical and historical publications. It does not index microfilmed official U.S. or Canadian arrival lists. | Filby, P. William. ''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index''. 15+ Volumes. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Gale Research, 1981–. (Family History Library book {{FHL|973 W32p|disp=973 W32p}}.) Supplemental volumes have been issued annually. A few scattered volumes are available on microfilm. This source contains nearly three million names from more than 2,500 published sources. This focuses on U.S. arrivals, but also indexes many pre-1865 Canadian passenger lists which have been compiled in genealogical and historical publications. It does not index microfilmed official U.S. or Canadian arrival lists. | ||