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Goal 5: Learn about Canadian emigration and immigration.
Choices
ALearn about Canada emigration and immigration.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Canada emigration and immigration in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Canada Emigration and Immigration
GG—Canada (Emigration) - Pre-1865: Learn about Immigration to Canada before 1865.
OT—Immigration to Canada before 1865
Validating your ancestor's arrival in Canada before 1865 - 2014 - Ships & Passengers: Learn how to find Canadian ancestors in this article.
AC—Finding Your Canadian Ancestors - 2016 - Learn about ship manifests and passenger lists.
OT—Finding a Ships Passenger List in 1852 - 2020 - Find more resources for passenger lists to Canada.
Nanaimo Family History Society: Ships Passenger Lists
Genealogy Reference - Passenger Lists - 2018 - Search: Explore immigrant records on
CanadaGenWeb's Immigrants to Canada List. - Border Crossings: Learn about Canadian border crossings to the U.S.
AC—U.S.- Canada Border Crossings
FS—United States Immigration and Canadian Border Crossing - 2017 - National Land Settlement: Learn how the Canadian National Land Settlement Association affected immigraion records.
The Story of the Canadian National Land Settlement Association - 2019 - Great Britain: Learn about emigration from Great Britain to Canada.
Finding Your Lost Ancestors in Canada - 2020
AC—Researching your British Home Children Ancestors—47:05 - 2020 - Learn about Irish settlement in Canada.
RT—Escaping the Famine: Irish Settlement in Canada—24:59 - 2022
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for immigration research. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
George A. Moograin immigrated to Canada. Use the "FS: Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When did George immigrate?
- What was the port of entry?
- What was the name of the ship he was on?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "George A" as the first name and "Moograin" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for George A Moograin.
- Read the information in the center column.
- George immigrated in March 1919.
- He arrived at Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- He sailed on the ship Regina.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- FS: Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922 (More)
- FS: Canada, Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918 (More)
- AC: Canadian Immig. Records, Part 1: 1780-1906
- AC: Canada Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924
- AC: Border Crossings, 1908-1935
- AC: Canada, Canadian Pacific Steamship Company Records, 1897-1981
- FS: Border Crossings, Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
- FS: Canada, Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949
- AC: Canada, Chinese Exclusion Act Records, 1923-1947
- AC: Canada, Immigrants Approved in Orders in Council, 1929-1960
- AC: Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935
- FMP: Loyalists of America, 1620-1816
- FMP: Irishman in Canada
- FMP: Canada, Home Children Immigration Records Index, 1869-1930
BExplore Canadian naturalization and citizenship records.
- Library & Archives: Get an introduction to naturalization and citizenship in Library and Archives, Canada.
Library and Archives, Canada - Naturalization: Explore naturalization records, from 1915-1951.
- Explore naturalization records, from Upper Canada and Canada West, 1828-1850.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for naturalization research. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
CExplore additional immigration resources.
- Basics: Use the Weblinks section of the FamilySearch Wiki page for additional resources on emigration and immigration.
- Find additional immigration sources in these articles.
OT—Find an Ancestor to Canada - 2017
Immigration Records - Immigrant Ships: Explore the Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Canada as the departure or arrival location.
- Explore immigration record resources on TheShipsList.com site.
- Chinese: Read these articles to get started with Chinese-Canadian genealogy.
Chinese-Canadian Genealogy
FS—Celebrating Chinese-Canadian Immigration - Learn more about Chinese-Canadian genealogy in this Ancestry video.
AC—Chinese-Canadian Genealogy—43:51 - 2020 - Facebook: Visit the Canadian Germans of Volga Russia Ancestry Facebook page.
- Visit the Clans And Scottish Societies Of Canada (CASSOC) Facebook page.
DLearn about French-Canadian research.
- Learn more about French-Canadian research in this article and video.
TH—Researching French-Canadian Ancestors
AA—French Canadian Resources at NEHGS—70:58
- Watch these videos for tips on tracing French-Canadian ancestry.
AAC—Tracing French-Canadian Ancestors and Learning Their Stories—Video Series (account required)
GTV—French-Canadian Genealogy Research—32:23
- Learn about online databases for French-Canadian research.
TH—Online Databases for French-Canadian Ancestors - Learn how to overcome roadblocks in your French-Canadian research.
LT—French-Canadian Research Roadblocks - Learn how to trace ancestors who were forced to move during the Acadian Deportation.
LT—The Acadian Deportation: Tips for tracing ancestors forcibly removed from New France - Learn about French Canadian ancestors with possible aliases.
HD—What is a nom dit and why did my French Canadian ancestor have one?
