Ken, All Canadians were British subjects until Canaian citizenship was created in 1947 except Newfoundlanders. Newfoundland was still a colony of the British Empire until 1949 On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Ken May <jean-ken@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Goldie said... "He did not need a passport to come from Scotland to Canada > he was a British subject"... > > Thank you Goldie for that piece of information. I don't suppose you know > when passports became compulsory for British subjects who came Canada? > > I have to search for some of my wifes relatives who travelled between > Scotland and Canada and back again between 1912 and 1928. If I could nail > down exactly when passports were introduced it could save me a lot of time > trying to find things that may not exist. > > Than you again for that info. > > Ken > NZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >