Description

Before 1865 passenger lists for ships arriving at ports in Canada did not have to be archived. It is therefore a challenging time period in which to find passenger lists. The good news is that there are alternate records such as shipping agent records, emigration agent ledger books and newspaper extracts, to name a few. These records may record your ancestor’s name showing his or her arrival. Finding these alternate records is not an easy task. Some are online but a few are only available offline in Archives or Museums. This book has gathered together all known resources for those pre-1865 passenger lists. Each item in this book provides a brief overview of what is in each record set and where it can be found. As well Lorine has transcribed some passenger lists exclusively for this book and have not published them online.

Lorine McGinnis Schulze is the creator and owner of Olive Tree Genealogy website  which she established in 1996. She is also the creator of several other websites, all bringing free genealogical content online for genealogists and historians.  Lorine has an Honors B.A. in Psychology and a B.Ed. For 20 years she taught teenage boys who could not be in regular schools because of behavior issues. Before that she was a child care worker working with younger children with emotional disturbances, autism, developmental delays and cerebral palsy.  Now she spends her days working on her genealogy websites and blogs and writing her mystery novels.  Visit Olive Tree Genealogy and read more about Lorine and her books here.