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From: Cindy Kilgore <>
Subject: Leaving for Canada
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 11:19:56 -0400
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Happy May Day to you all!
Thought I'd add my two cents here in case you're going back into the 1700's.
Prince Edward Island use to be St. John's Island - just hoping to help bypass a possible confusion
with the Caribbean island of St. John's.
Cheers,
Cindy

> To the lady interested in Canada: ports of arrival were Montreal, Quebec and Prince Edward Island. The following web site has more information.
> I had a site that listed information on the actual buildings and more. Similar to Ellis Island and Castle Garden. When I find it I will post.
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> file://dcs/.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html
> Also, if you have Ask Jeeves! you can pull up a lot of sites just by asking where you would find information on emigrants arriving in Canada.
> As Always,
> Linda
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