Hi, I wonder if anyone can offer any guidance regarding one of my Ancestors who emigrated to Toronto from England. His name was James Lyne Seekings, born November 1882, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He married Edith Jerald/Gerrard in Toronto in August 1914, and Edith died in December 1821. Her death certificate shows that she had been in Toronto for 8 years. I believe that she also emigrated from the U.K. and it is possible that they both arrived in Toronto together. Can anyone advise as to the best method of searching for any details of their passage to Canada. Could I obtain any microfilm, here in the U.K via the local LDS office. Or will these details be available at some stage on the internet. Many thanks for reading this. Regards, Derek

On 12 Sep 2006 at 10:25, Derek Reay wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if anyone can offer any guidance regarding one of > my Ancestors who emigrated to Toronto from England. > > His name was James Lyne Seekings, born November 1882, in > Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He married Edith > Jerald/Gerrard in Toronto in August 1914, and Edith died in > December 1821. Her death certificate shows that she had > been in Toronto for 8 years. I believe that she also > emigrated from the U.K. and it is possible that they both > arrived in Toronto together. > Hello Derek The National Archives of Canada (NAC) holds immigration records from 1865 to 1935. Unfortunately the records before 1925 are not indexed. To find a passenger you will need to know an exact date of arrival. There is no easy way to search Canadian arrival records for the unindexed period other than reading microfilm. Ships are on the reel, in order of arrival. You can find the details at this URL http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html If you want to order filmed passenger lists (remember they aren't indexed!), a list of NAC microfilm numbers for passenger lists to Canada 1865-1922 can be found at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_can1865.shtml If you are patient, you will soon (?) be able to search these unindexed years! Library and Archives Canada plans to digitize passenger lists for 1865 to 1935 as part of their new Moving Here, Staying Here online exhibition at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/immigrants/index-e.html ********************** What's Available Online in Passenger Lists If you want to try your luck searching transcribed ships passenger lists online, passenger lists for Ships to Canada after 1865 are freely available at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1865-now.shtml Passenger Lists 1925-1935 are indexed and online at ArchiviaNet at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011801_e.html Home Children (1869-1930) database indexes from ships passenger lists is available at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020110_e.html Nanaimo Family History Society has a Passenger List Indexing Project for 1900-1921 online at http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/ ********************** There are search engines to search online free databases on multiple websites for ships to Canada at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml The Ontario Archives has an index to the assisted immigration registers created by the Toronto Emigrant Office between 1865 and 1883. Over 29,000 entries have been transcribed from the registers. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm ********************** Miscellaneous Websites with Immigration Information on Ships to Canada after 1865 The Ships List http://www.theshipslist.com/ Ships Passenger Lists Online http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ Finding Ships Passenger Lists to Canada http://shipslists-online.rootschat.net/canada/ Ships Passenger Lists to Canada 1865-1930 http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1865-now.shtml -- 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/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com