Dear Jean, you are such a wealth of information!! Merry Christmas, everyone. susan in salem, oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Rice" <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: [IGW] Re: Smith, McGraw - St. Albans Border-Crossing records, Filby records > Hi, Don, Be sure and check the Filby volumes at your local genealogy > library. Mr. Filby transcribed data from hundreds of passenger lists of > emigrants worldwide whose destination was the USA or Canada and vicinity > between roughly 1795 and early 1900s. Another idea for Canadian/USA > research: > If they or their children crossed the Canadian/USA border at any point along > the border during the time period of 1895 and circa 1923/24 there would be > good information on them on the St. Albans, VT emigration/immigration > border-crossing records. The films are soundexed so that all people with > the same surname (and similar) who crossed the border during that whole time > period can be found on one microfilm, two at the most, depending on how > common the surname is. In the case of two films, for example, those with a > given name that start with A, B, C, for example would be on the first film > containing that surname, while those whose given name began with a letter > toward the end of the alphabet would be on the second film. Although the > records were stored in Vermont they cover crossings back and forth AT ANY > POINT along the border. To my great surprise, I found my father and other > family members several times on these records.. He had emigrated from > Liverpool on a steamer owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway but got off in > Quebec City, Canada and immediately transferred to a CPR train. He traveled > across Canada, entering at Blaine, WA. Later, my dad worked in the USA and > Canada both, each time he crossed as an "alien" new data was obtained. To > my delight, I found other family members (dad's mom and siblings) who used > the same route for visits back to visit Liverpool, first crossing the border > and leaving for England from Canada. In fact, that is how I found out two > of dad's little brothers crossed the Atlantic alone just three months before > the Titanic sank! From the St. Albans films I discovered that they left > Liverpool on the ship "Empress of Ireland" from Liverpool to visit uncles in > the USA. I would never have found this out had I not investigated these > border-crossing films. Prior to that, I had no idea that there was a > Canada-connection to their Liverpool to the USA destinations. These St. > Albans border-crossing microfilms can be found at your local LDS (Mormon) > Family History and at branches of your national archive. The soundex film > is (M1461). I can't begin to tell you how valuable these films are. Not > only do they give traveler and companion information (date of birth, county > of birth, parents information, etc.) but they give names and addresses of > relatives in the "old" country and those at the "intended destination" They > also describe the travelers - hair & eye color, height, weight, identifying > scars, health. Best of all, they name the ship, date, and port (if there > was one involved in their travels) which will lead you to another set of > films (M1464) that contain the actual ships' manifests. Unless you know > exactly when and where they arrived by ship, you will need to view film > M1461 first. To find the films easily at the LDS FHC enter this number > (1472801) in their FHC Catalogue CD program in the film number field. It > will bring up all the information you need, and a volunteer will assist you. > I have seen New Brunswick information on these films. Have you sent away for > his military records? Another wonderful resource is the USA county > historical society in the county in which he lived, married, died. Ask them > to help you obtain family records such as wills and marriage applications > for a donation to their society and subscribe to their wonderful periodical > with history of the county and its early families. ---- Original > Message ----- > From: "dondracek" <dondracek@charter.net> > To: <jeanrice@cet.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 6:36 AM > Subject: re: Smith, McGraw> Just want to let you know that I did receive > your e-mail strictly as text mail, no attachment. > > Thanks for the information, very interesting. I still would like to find > out exactly where Andrew and Annie lived, married, and left Ireland for St. > Andrews NB. They had 8 children in St. Andrews before moving to Calais ME, > where the ninth one was born.Andrew, and three sons enlisted in the 9th Inf. > Reg. ME. Andrew died in SC.Andrew Jr. was wounded (he is my great > grandfather), Barnard was a prisoner, and Thomas evidently came out of it > okay. Barnard and Andrew moved after marrying in ME, to Minneapolis MN.I am > originally from Minnesota, married a Georgian, living in Watkinsville, GA. I > am a retired military and a retired educator (college professor and > administrator)Appreciate anything you can do to help me. Don Ondracek > > > > ==== IrelandGenWeb Mailing List ==== > This list is sponsored by the IrelandGenWeb Project - http://www.irelandgenweb.com > > >