Lost Immigration Records???

[XeniaUkraina]

I applied to Immigration Canada for my Great grandparents' immigration and naturalization file, and received a letter saying there were no such files to be found.

How could this be? They only came to Canada in 1900. Did I maybe not give enough information?
I assumed that it would be listed under my gr. grampa's name, so I only said "Dmetro Schab and family". Should I instead have listed all his family?

The government HAS to have their files. I cannot give up on finding out the information, or I will have difficulty finding out the ship they sailed on, etc.

It is exasperating. Help!!!

[Slusarchuk-Zilinsky]

Unfortunately the government does not have original files or copies of them as they were destroyed.

"The originals of records dated between 1854 and 1917 have been destroyed. However, a nominal card index has survived, which provides information compiled at the time of naturalization, such as present and former place of residence, former nationality, occupation, date of certification, name and location of the responsible court. The index rarely contains any other genealogical information"

You could have been more specific and may have received a copy of the page with your family member's name, place of birth and date of naturalization on it but hard to say. It's worth a try but I have ordered this copy of the nominal index for my g-g-grandfather and can tell you it's not at all genealogically helpful.

Have a look at this link for the Link to Your Roots searchable database results for a search for Schab. It contains a Dmytro Schab, born about 1862-63 coming to Halifax. You will have to pay $ to obtain more info but it will contain the year of immigration to Canada and the ship's name. You can then look for the passenger list microfilm which will provide you the entire ship's manifest for that voyage.

http://linktoyourroots.hamburg.de/lt...bnisliste/en/1,3817,,00.html?

Good luck, Karen

[Edited by Slusarchuk-Zilinsky on 27th December 2005 at 16:49]

[Slusarchuk-Zilinsky]

Sorry about that link. I checked it a few times but for some reason it doesn't connect.

Here is a link for the homepage for Link to your Roots, a database provided by the Hamburg State Archives which is at your disposal for a search of the Hamburg emigration lists.

http://linktoyourroots.hamburg.de/

[Hannia]

ltyr.hamburg.de - English | Link to your Roots and Family History
http://linktoyourroots.hamburg.de/

[XeniaUkraina]

Wow, thanks Karen and Hannia. I think that's my g-grampa on that site!!

The weird thing is I did a search on that site when I saw it in another thread and I didn't find anything.

I really hope it is the right Dmytro!!

Now how reliable is this Hamburg thing. Has anyone had any trouble receiving their info, or anything like that?

Now, I was at least expecting the immigration Dept. to find the nominal index card, but they said nothing was found. Oh well,perhaps I will get everything I am after from 'Link to your roots'.

[Slusarchuk-Zilinsky]

I have ordered numerous times and have never had a problem.
The information provided has included name, approx. age, marital status, nationality, place of residence (but note that this may be the closest big city and not the village where they actually lived), date of departure, destination of ship, name of ship, as well as a few other minor details relating to the shipping company.

Regarding place of residence I found on my results that some had included the actual village of residence but others only the nearest big city.

You will note that Dymtro Schab was travelling with family members. It appears they were Ahafia b. 1866/67, Marya b.1890/91, Cath..a. b. 1892/93, Mihal b. 1895/96 and Mikolay b. 1898/99.

Cost is US $25 when you order 1-3 records (so may as well order the max) or US $35 for 4-10 records. More records are available at higher prices.

I hope this proves to be your family and gives you some of the information you're looking for.

Regards, Karen

[XeniaUkraina]

You are right on the money, Karen. I went back and checked it out last night and that is his family. All the dates check out.

I also found a couple of my g-great uncles and possibly a g-great aunt. If these people aren't my family, they share a lot of similarities!

Just one more question, is 'ledig' German for 'single' or 'married'? (I noticed it in the 'Marital Status' column for my g-great uncles...)

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.!!

Christine