[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Immigration from Canada to USA

[Dave Obee]

I agree with the need for an extraction project. Be warned that many of the
pre-1900 films can be very tough to read, and some pages might take half an
hour or more without any guarantee of accuracy.

Beyond that, there is already an active indexing program being run by the
Nanaimo Family History Society. It started with films from a bit later --
1908 through 1910, basically -- but the plan is to keep expanding it to
include earlier and later lists. This project has already provided us with a
wonderful step forward in terms of resources available.

And the really good news about it is that anybody can volunteer to take
part, no matter where they live, even if they don't have access to a
microfilm reader. The NFHS is providing digital images of pages to
volunteers, so you can contribute in your home, at any time of day.

Here is a link to the NFHS site:

http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/

Dave Obee

----- Original Message -----
From: "gpvjem" <gpvjem at sasktel.net>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Immigration from Canada to USA


>     There are 32 pre 1900 films of passenger arrivals in Quebec/Montreal
and Halifax that would make an ideal extraction project for an SGGEE
volunteer or volunteers.
>     The nice thing about these films, they can be requested for viewing
from the Canadian National Archives by local public libraries at no cost, .
I understand that they are also available at Family History Centers and a
Canadian provincial archives.
>     Public libraries are the most user friendly places to view the films
because there is no cost involved.and relatively unrestricted hours.
Someone with a laptop could spend quality extraction time without a great
deal of travel.
>
> John Marsch
> ------------------------------
>
>   Many Volhynian Germans came to Canada in the 1890's, and I wonder if
>   you know of any projects currently underway to index the passenger
>   lists for Canadian Ports of Entry prior to 1900?
>
>
>
>   At 08:53 AM 6/26/2006, Jerry Frank wrote:
>   >Germans from Russia coming into Canadian ports of Halifax, Quebec,
>   >and St. John 1900-1914 were extracted by George Dorscher and are
>   >available at http://www.odessa3.org/collections/ships/ .  The bad
>   >news is that the entries are by date and ship, not
>   >alphabetical.  Because of numerous spelling errors both on the
>   >record and by the extractor, some names can be difficult to
>   >find.  This means that your browser search device may not find a
>   >name once the document is opened.
>   >
>   >I recently took the lists and created an alphabetical index of
>   >surnames as extracted.  You can browse these lists to find variant
>   >spellings and then use that variant to find the name in the
>   >extraction.  I hope to have these posted on the SGGEE website before
>   >the convention.
>   >
>   >I looked through the lists for your person but could find no matches
>   >or reasonably alternative spellings.
>   >
>   >
>   >Jerry Frank
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >----- Original Message -----
>   >From: Mike McHenry <maurmike1 at verizon.net>
>   >Date: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:26 am
>   >Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Immigration from Canada to USA
>   >
>   > > I have been trying to find my grand mother in the immigration
>   > > databasesellisisland.org, ancestry.com etc for several years with
>   > > no success. I have
>   > > done the searches using soundex and wild cards. What I do know is
>   > > she, age
>   > > 19, married my grand father on January 1, 1903 in Bristol, CT and
>   > > had her
>   > > first child on January 17, 1904 in Bristol. She returned to
>   > > Russian Poland
>   > > in 1905 and came back to Connecticut in 1906 this time to New
>   > > Haven, CT. On
>   > > the manifest she says she was in Bristol, CT from 1902 to 1905 in
>   > > answer to
>   > > the question were you ever in the USA. She died in 1918(influenza)
>   > > hence I
>   > > only have her in the US federal census of 1910 with no date. Does
>   > > anyonethink it's possible or knows of first immigration to Canada
>   > > and then
>   > > Connecticut USA? Her maiden name was Auguste Manzei.
>   > >
>   > >                                        Mike
>   > >
>   > >
>   > >
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