tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post36486807543834017..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: Ancestry launches index to Canadian passenger lists: 1865-1935JDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-24785068939286523032008-10-06T12:26:00.000-04:002008-10-06T12:26:00.000-04:00I made an error in my comment on the passenger li...I made an error in my comment on the passenger lists. After a bit of digging and an extremely helpful Archivist at Collections Canada the following are the dates when the ports were designated OFFICIAL ports of entry and were required to retain and forward passenger arrival lists to Immigration in Ottawa, prior to that there was no requirement to forward the lists.<BR/><BR/> The official Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-16053827775305041062008-09-18T15:59:00.000-04:002008-09-18T15:59:00.000-04:00Ah, I see. As I understand it from LAC presonnel,...Ah, I see. As I understand it from LAC presonnel, they are still working to digitize some lists - perhaps these are the ones you are looking for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-16479041359077325362008-09-17T22:44:00.000-04:002008-09-17T22:44:00.000-04:00You do need to check the available years indexed. ...You do need to check the available years indexed. Although they state they start at 1865 that date does not apply to all ports of entry. For some reason they decided to start at 1905 on the west coast for the port of Victoria/Vancouver. I know the films go way back beyond 1905 as back in the old days pre-computer and internet you could only access the passenger lists outside of Ottawa by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-40276869054390416842008-09-17T18:21:00.000-04:002008-09-17T18:21:00.000-04:00Great to have an index, at last, but I WISH that A...Great to have an index, at last, but I WISH that Ancestry would invest in a better search engine. Or at the very least stop continually (and perversely) encouraging me to enter more details, when that does nothing to reduce the number of IRRELEVANT returns I get from a search - lists of irrelevant names and irrelevant dates!! <BR/><BR/>Oh, and make lots of time to look among those irrelevant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-79135244316994692982008-09-16T23:12:00.000-04:002008-09-16T23:12:00.000-04:00Does anyone familiar with Ancestry.com and the pas...Does anyone familiar with Ancestry.com and the passenger list indexing know why they started at 1905 when arrivals have occurred regularly since the 1870's. The years leading up the the Klondike gold strike are valuable. Victoria was a transfer point for the gold seekers coming up from the South Pacific and from California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-75451187124281013502008-09-16T09:50:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:50:00.000-04:00Great addition to the Canadian related information...Great addition to the Canadian related information available at ancestry. A few years ago it took me a full day at a LAC microfilm reader to find information, now it is just a few clicks and there it is. Wonderful!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com