Thanks Christine..will try what you recommend..sorry took so long to answer..Doreen >From: "C.Joudrey" <cjjoud@rogers.com> >Reply-To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com >To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Long Lost Grandmother >Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 15:26:13 -0400 > >Below is a small explanation of what the Empire Settlement Act was, perhaps >you should try the Canadian Archives for information on your grandmother, >follow the section that is marked genealogy. www.archives.ca > >Christine > >Still experiencing serious economic and social difficulties after World War >I, the British government hoped to alleviate some of its troubles by >promoting emigration. The Empire Settlement Act committed Britain to >coordinate and subsidize settlement programs with the Government of Canada >and other immigration organizations. As a result, settlement arrangements >such as the 3,000 Families Scheme, soldier settlement schemes and the >efforts of the Catholic Scottish Immigrant Aid Society helped to make >Britons the largest migrant group in Alberta in the 1920s. Intended >primarily to put British migrants on Canadian farms, the settlement >tactics, >nevertheless, resulted in only a small number of British farmers, as most >eventually made their way to the towns and cities. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doreen Newton" <geokylie@msn.com> >To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:37 PM >Subject: [SCTCDN] Long Lost Grandmother > > > > My Grandmother emigrated to Canada in 1926 from SCOTLAND, leaving behind >my > > dad who was only 3years old..He never heard from her again. > > Her name was CATHERINE BROWN..Born 1900..in AIRDRIE..SCOTLAND > > I am trying to trace her and have gained nothing in all the years I have > > been researching. > > All I know is that she gave her address on the ship manifest as the >TORONTO > > HOSTEL..Her passage was paid for by the EMPIRE SETTLEMENT..which I dont >know > > very much about.. > > Can anyone help as to where or how I can try and trace her. > > Any help whatsoever would be very much appreciated. > > Regards > > Doreen > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > > Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > >==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== >Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile