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Explore passenger lists, ship manifests, and immigration stories from the great migrations. These journals document the journeys of our ancestors as they crossed oceans seeking new opportunities.

260 journals in this collection

Immigration Prairie Provinces

By edmondsallan August 2, 2011 972 views

source:Immigration to the Prairie Provinces In the 18th to 19th century, the only minuscule immigration western Canada or Rupert's Land saw were early French Canadian North West Company fur traders...

Indian Immigration to Canada

By edmondsallan August 2, 2011 964 views

source:Indian Immigration and Continuous Journey Regulation of 1908 The Canadian government’s first attempt to restrict immigration from India was to pass an order-in-council on January 8, 1908, that...

Joseph William Sidney New York Passenger List

By blondyliz September 25, 2012 943 views

looking for info on passenger liists for new york or boston or any others for joseph william sidney sugden born march 30th 1921 from liverpool england believ he is in one that goes up to 1957 and is o...

Grandfather S Arrival IN New Zealand

By grassmere June 28, 2018 934 views

My Mothers father was Samuel Rooker Mason. He was born in England around 1865. He met and married my Grandmother around 1913. Her name was Ada Henrietta Churchman. He was listed as a farmer in the Bay...

Ships Passenger List

By brucestott73 January 4, 2015 901 views

Is there anyone who can locate a ships passenger list that shows when and where James Winchester Stott migrated to Australia and provide me with a copy? I have been trying for ages but just cant mana...

Rediscovering Passenger Lists

By edmondsallan August 2, 2011 789 views

source:Ancestry Magazine 11/1/2001 - Archive November/December 2001 Vol. 19 No. 6 Rediscovering Passenger Lists Since 1820, over 60 million persons have arrived at more than 100 different ports...

Passenger List Sir William Eyre 1863

By KAB67 July 28, 2023 684 views

The Sir William Eyre loaded it's passengers on December 1st 1862 but did not put out to sea until the 12th due to bad weather. This progress was short lived as a gale blew the mizen topsail away & th...