This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/2474.3 Message Board Post: Mona, in answer to part 2 of your query. I can think of no reason why the would have needed passports or visas, many people went back and forth between the US and Nova Scotia and/or New Brunswick on a fairly regular basis, from the late 1600's and on until today. This is why it is always good to search both areas. Some persons had homes in both countries and would travel back and forth. Often some children would be born in the US and others in Canada.