Arriving in Canada or USA around 1750-1850 Sincerely, Mary A. Christiansen wseone56@aol.com ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

On 23 Sep 2006 at 1:39, wseone56@aol.com wrote: > > > Arriving in Canada or USA around 1750-1850 > You won't find such a thing for Canada. This is in the pre- archival period, before passenger lists to Canada had to be kept There are no comprehensive lists of immigrants arriving in Canada prior to 1865. Until that year, shipping companies were not required by the government to keep their passenger manifests. For immigrants from France, the NAC (National Archives of Canada) holds some records for the years 1732 and 1749 to 1760. Microfilm copies of these lists are available through the inter-institutional loan (ILL) arrangement from your local library. Details can be found in Immigration to Canada before 1865 article online at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml You can also search those ships lists which have been transcribed and are online at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp01.shtml Ships to Canada 1400-1800 There is also a very overlooked but fantastic online database for searching in Colonial Records held at the NAC. These are not passenger lists, but a collection of miscellaneous records and if you are lucky, your ancestor may be found. To access this database, go to http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/spec_coll.shtml Click on Colonial Archives. Here's one example of what turned up by searching on the keywords SHIP and FRANCE: 1. 1720. Avril [Apr] 11: Liste des passagers embarqués pour la Louisiane sur le vaisseau LES DEUX FRERES commandé par Ferret. Concessions de Tourneville, Villemont, Chantreau; engagés pour la Compagnie, exilés (201 personnes). Cette liste de passagers a été publiée dans French Canadian and Acadian Geneological Review, Vol. 1, no. 3, (Fall 1968), pp. 197-210. [If you can't read French, this is a List of Passengers going to Louisiana on the Two Brothers, <more but I'm not going to translate it all> There are 201 names, and the list was published in the French Canadian and Acadian Geneological Review, Vol. 1, no. 3, (Fall 1968), pp. 197-210.] To get this list on microfilm you would order Microfilm of original, reel no. F- 804 OR the Microfilm of the transcript, reel no. C-10206 2. Public Record Office. High Court of Admiralty. Name and type of ship: Diamant. Crew members: 450. Passengers: 2 women. Destination: From Brest and Rochefort bound for Canada. Captain: Le Chevalier Hoquart. Owner: King of France. Shipbuilding date: France. Cargo: Warlike stores and provisions. Other information: 3 May 1747 (old style). Microfilm of original, reel no. B-5720 Sending for the microfilm might reveal the names of those 2 female passengers. Good luck! Lorine -- 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