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From: "M.Q. Fallaw" <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] Immigration
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:58:34 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <40720936.BC2410DB@sasktel.net>


Checking Marj Kohli's excellent website on ships and immigration to (or
through) Canada in the 19th century may prove helpful. There is some info
for pre-1865, though still many holes. I guess she does further research
and adds info when she has time.

http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html

Marge F.



--- Ken Neumann <> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> You wrote Sun 5 Apr 2004:
>
> > I would appreciate any recommendation on how to search Canadian
> > records for the mid- to late-1860s.
>
> Thomas,
> There are films for Canadian harbors available through the national
> archives and libraries. The LDS has copies of those films as well. Look
> under Quebec, Quebec, and under Halifax or Montreal. But unfortunately
> they only begin in the year 1865 (at Quebec) for more comprehensive
> ships passenger lists. There were many ships (I know especially of
> those from Norway) from the 1840s on which brought passengers to Quebec
> harbors (Quebec City). Halifax has records too beginning later, 1881 on
> (index starting 1880).
> I trust this is enough to help.
> Ken Neumann
>
> ------- copy of message 5 Apr 2004----------------------------
>
> > This is interesting. I have a similar problem. My g-grandfather and
> > g-grandmother (Jan Matczynski and Christina nee Helinski) were married
> > in 1865 in Catholic Church in Wissek, Kreis Wirsitz. They immigrated
> > to Wisconsin where they had children in early 1870s. Wisseck is near
> > Lobsens --
> > I am wondering if there were patterns to emigration (i.e., people from
> > similar areas taking similar routes to similar destinations).
> >
> > I would appreciate any recommendation on how to search Canadian
> > records for the mid- to late-1860s.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom Burke
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gayle Coyer [mailto:]
> > Sent: 2004/04/03 21:11
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [POSEN] Immigration
> >
> > Frank, my BETHKE and ROESKE ancestors from Lobsens Parish, Kreis
> > Wirsitz, came through the port of Quebec (family information) and then
>
> > on to Green Lake and Marquette Counties, WI in 1864.
> >
> > Gayle Coyer

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