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Did you know that Immigration means To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native and that Emigration means To leave one country or region to settle in another

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Mennonites to Canada & USA

Pre-1820 Approximately 650,000 individuals of all nationalities arrived in America before 1820. Most were English and Welsh. Smaller numbers of German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, French, Spanish, African, and other nationalities also arrived. These immigrants tended to settle in the eastern, middle-Atlantic, and southern states. Before January 1, 1820, the U.S. Federal Government did not require captains or masters of vessels to present a passenger list to U.S. officials. The lists that remain for the period before 1820 are varied in content. They range from name only lists to giving the person's full name, age, and country of origin.

1820-1880 Over 10 million immigrants came from northern Europe, the British Isles, and Scandinavia between 1820 and 1880. There was a large increase in the number of immigrants from Germany and Ireland beginning in the 1840s and 1850s. Some settled in large eastern and midwestern cities, but most migrated to the midwest and west.

1880-1920 More than 25 million immigrants, mainly from southern and eastern Europe came to USA. Many came from Germany, Italy, Ireland, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and England. Many settled in the larger cities, including New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia. From 1820 to 1902 Custom Passengers Lists were kept the Customs Department. In 1883 the Immigration and Naturalization Service started keeping the records, and these are referred to as Immigration Passenger Lists

Canadian Immigration

Between 1923 and 1930 almost 6,000 Mennonite households (20,201 individuals) left the USSR and emigrated to Canada. The Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization of Rosthern, Saskatchewan created a registration form for each family that came to Canada under its auspices. Search the indexes of these forms at the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization Extraction Project

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Not an Olive Tree Genealogy ships passenger list Mennonites born in Germany in the 1871 census of Ontario
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Not an Olive Tree Genealogy ships passenger list Mennonite Immigrants on Quebec Passenger Lists: 1881-1896
Not an Olive Tree Genealogy ships passenger list Mennonite Immigrants to Canada Departing from Hamburg, Germany: 1890-1898
Not an Olive Tree Genealogy ships passenger list Mennonite Ship Passengers Arriving in Canada: 1900-1914 (Halifax, St. John & Quebec arrivals)
Not an Olive Tree Genealogy ships passenger list Quebec Ship Arrivals 1900-1909 Many of these passengers had a final destination of ND, MI or other American states
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Not an Olive Tree Genealogy ships passenger listMennonite Passenger List 1872-1904 Arranged by surname
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