Sounds great, but mine would have crossed 50-60 years earlier. Are there records anywhere of pre 1850 crossings?

>Sounds great, but mine would have crossed 50-60 years earlier. Are there records anywhere of pre 1850 crossings? > Good question. When you need any info on emigration to the USA, the Nara.gov is a good resource. Check out this URL and you'll get your answer plus a lot more info about Canadian emigration into the USA. http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/fall_2000_us_canada_immigration_records_1.html > A large number of immigrants came to the United States via Canada > during the mid- and late nineteenth century, and for them there is no > U.S. immigration record. They landed in Canada where no U.S. officer > met them or recorded information about their arrival in the United > States. The always-growing number of immigrants who chose this route > in the late 1800s finally convinced the United States, in 1894, to > build and operate the bureaucratic machinery necessary to document the > many thousands who each year entered at points along its northern border. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton