The majority of us are descendant's of immigrants in some way or another.
This page is to help in aiding your search for those relatives before or during their time in the Nipissing District.
Immigrants to Canada List:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canwgw/projects/immigrantslist/
A Canada GenWeb Project
Immigrant's to Canada: http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html
The information on these pages has been extracted from various government
records, as well as the odd shipping record (mostly from the Allan Line). It contains, voyage accounts, emigration information,
lists of ships sailing to Canada, information on the ports, and on the people. hosted at the University of Waterloo website
Ellis Island Records: http://ellisisland.org/
Many people came through Ellis Island before continuing their journey's
north so this is a great place to check for your ancestor's and it has free access with the ability to purchase copies
of records. Easy to use search engine.
Library
& Archives Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908-e.html
The Genealogy Centre of the Archives is a wealth of resources, and how-to's
on immigration and citizenship in Canada. Be sure to check everything and if you get a chance to visit make good use of your
time, know in advance what you're going for and why.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild: http://www.immigrantships.net/
US National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/passenger-arrival.html
Immigration records, more popularly known as "ship passenger
arrival records," may provide evidence of a person's arrival in the United States, as well as foreign birthplace.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has immigration records for various ports for the years 1800-1959
Cyndi's List: Ships & Passenger Lists:
http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm
An amazing resource in general, Cyndi's List has numerous links to sites worldwide for immigration. Be sure to check
it out as there just may be a link that leads to a story in your family tree!
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| The Minnedosa |
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| My Great Grandfather came over on the Minnedosa in 1919 after he was released as a POW in Germany. |
The Minnedosa (alias Piemonte 1935) was in service from 1918-1935 with the Canadian Pacific
Shipping Line. Built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 13,972.
(15,186 in 1925). Dimensions: 520' x 67' (546' o.l.). Triple-screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines and
steam turbine. Two masts and two funnels. Reconditioned by Cammell, Laird &
Co., at Birkenhead in 1925. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-St. John, New Brunswick, December 6, 1918. In regular service to Quebec
and Montreal. Sold to Italy in 1935. Renamed: Piemonte (1935). She later served as the passenger liner Piemonte for Lloyd
Triestino. Torpedoed and sunk at Messina in March 1944. Refloated in 1949, but found unfit for further service and was broken
up for scrap. Sister ship: Melita. Note: The hulls of these passenger ships were laid down in 1914 for the Hamburg-American
Line. However, when World War I commenced, construction was temporarily halted. The vessels were completed for the Canadian
Pacific Line. (Information obtained from Ancestry.com)
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