[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Immigrants to Manitoba

[roblv at rogers.com]

Hi,

There was also a big push after WWI, when Canadian Mennonites 
borrowed millions to bring over anyone they could from the railway. 
The railway had the rights to vast areas of land which they had 
settled. This also paid for their ship passage. They kept records of 
everyone. For a very small fee they will put the copy of records 
online for you. They still have alot of work transcribing the data.

These records contained 
	last place of residence in Russia
	departure, ship, and port of entry information
	list of relatives already in Canada or the US
		where these relatives lived
	first place of residence in Canada
There are also notes on many records of who married who after 
they settled in Canada.

Check this site out for what has been compiled so far.
Thanks to Judith Rempel and her fellow workers for working on this
valuable project.

Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization
Index to the registration forms for immigrants, 1923-1930
	http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/heritage/findaid/a.html