On 2 Sep 2008 at 18:12, Lauraine Syrnick wrote: > I think that Canada didn't start keeping records until > around 1908 - but am not sure. Seems to me someone posted > the dates for border crossings last year?? Did you try In 1895 Canada and USA established a joint inspection system. Passengers arriving in Canada who intended to go on to United States were inspected by US Officials at the Canadian Port of Arrival, then enumerated on US immigration lists. Immigrants were also given inspection cards which they turned in to US Officials once they were on board trains going to United States. Two sets of records were created - passenger lists and compiled inspection cards. These CANADIAN BORDER CROSSING records were microfilmed by INS. They cover 1895-1954 and are indexed. They do NOT include Canadians before 1906. After September 30, 1906 both Canadians and non-Canadians are included on these lists. For more information on the St Albans (Canadian Border Crossing) Lists (including film numbers), see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/stalbanslist.shtml Steve Morse has added a one Step Search engine for Ancestry's new Canada - US Border Crossing Records 1895- 1956. See the next-to-last entry called "Canadian Passengers (1895-1956): Searching the Canadian Border Crossings Lists in One Step" in the Other Ports of Immigration section of Steve's website at http://www.stevemorse.org/ For an explanation of the US Canada Border Crossing Records and to understand how to find ancestors in these records, see Sue Swiggum's article published on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ [email protected] or [email protected]

Thank you so much. I have had a look but can't view image without Ancestry subscription. Anyway, I did not find Albert or Maud. Did find a John Bench but don't really think it was him due to location, but one never knows. He would be 11 in 1908 (or 9). Peggy G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <[email protected]> To: "Lauraine Syrnick" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:56 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Albert DuPerrier 1908 > > > > On 2 Sep 2008 at 18:12, Lauraine Syrnick wrote: > >> I think that Canada didn't start keeping records until >> around 1908 - but am not sure. Seems to me someone posted >> the dates for border crossings last year?? Did you try > > > > In 1895 Canada and USA established a joint inspection > system. Passengers arriving in Canada who intended to go on > to United States were inspected by US Officials at the > Canadian Port of Arrival, then enumerated on US immigration > lists. Immigrants were also given inspection cards which > they turned in to US Officials once they were on board > trains going to United States. Two sets of records were > created - passenger lists and compiled inspection cards. > > These CANADIAN BORDER CROSSING records were microfilmed by > INS. They cover 1895-1954 and are indexed. They do NOT > include Canadians before 1906. After September 30, 1906 > both Canadians and non-Canadians are included on these > lists. > > For more information on the St Albans (Canadian Border > Crossing) Lists (including film numbers), see > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/stalbanslist.shtml > > > Steve Morse has added a one Step Search engine for > Ancestry's new Canada - US Border Crossing Records 1895- > 1956. > > See the next-to-last entry called "Canadian Passengers > (1895-1956): Searching the Canadian Border Crossings Lists > in One Step" in the Other Ports of Immigration section of > Steve's website at http://www.stevemorse.org/ > > For an explanation of the US Canada Border Crossing Records > and to understand how to find ancestors in these records, > see Sue Swiggum's article published on Olive Tree Genealogy > Blog at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ > > > > -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze > > * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ > * Naturalization Records > http://naturalizationrecords.com/ > * Images of Ships Lists > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ > > [email protected] or [email protected] > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >