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=== Immigrants === | === Immigrants === | ||
'''French Immigrants'''. For information about early French immigrants to Québec, see the sources listed in | '''French Immigrants'''. For information about early French immigrants to Québec, see the sources listed in [[Quebec Biography]], [[Quebec Genealogy]], and [[Quebec Church Records]]. | ||
There are only scattered immigration records for other groups before 1865. | There are only scattered immigration records for other groups before 1865. | ||
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More than 40,000 Québec residents moved to the United States between 1840 and 1850. Another 500,000 moved to the United States between 1850 and 1900. The U.S. naturalization records include valuable information on many of them. If your ancestor left before 1900 and settled in the northeastern United States, look in: | More than 40,000 Québec residents moved to the United States between 1840 and 1850. Another 500,000 moved to the United States between 1850 and 1900. The U.S. naturalization records include valuable information on many of them. If your ancestor left before 1900 and settled in the northeastern United States, look in: | ||
''United States, Immigration and Naturalization Service.'' Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791–1906. Washington, DC, USA: National Archives, 1983. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=19737&disp=Index+to+New+England+naturalization+peti%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1429671–787.)] | ''United States, Immigration and Naturalization Service.'' Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791–1906. Washington, DC, USA: National Archives, 1983. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=19737&disp=Index+to+New+England+naturalization+peti%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1429671–787.)] | ||
Other U.S. naturalization records are discussed in | Other U.S. naturalization records are discussed in [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship]]. | ||
=== Canadian Border Crossing Records === | === Canadian Border Crossing Records === | ||
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=== Other Emigration and Immigration Guides === | === Other Emigration and Immigration Guides === | ||
Manifests for ships coming to the city of Québec and other major Canadian ports after 1865 are described in | Manifests for ships coming to the city of Québec and other major Canadian ports after 1865 are described in [[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]. [[France Emigration and Immigration]] and [[United States Emigration and Immigration]] list important sources of information about migrating people. These sources include many reference to people who either left or settled in Québec. [[Tracing Immigrant Origins]] introduces the principles of research, search strategies, and additional record types you can use to identify an immigrant ancestor's original hometown. | ||
Digitized images of the manifests are available at [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passenger/index-e.html Library and Archives of Canada] web site. These can be searched by the name of ship, year of arrival, or other criteria, but not by the names of individuals. | Digitized images of the manifests are available at [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passenger/index-e.html Library and Archives of Canada] web site. These can be searched by the name of ship, year of arrival, or other criteria, but not by the names of individuals. | ||