Immigrant Registration Forms
Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization - Immigrant Registration Forms
These registrations forms initially consisted of a two-sided 5.5 x 8 1/2" newsprint sheets that were preprinted and completed by hand.
The face of each record identifies the given and surnames of all household members (maiden name of the mother is occasionally identified), their birthdates, and generally their birthplaces. It also contains a single word indicating how the trip costs were paid, and the cross-reference numbers to the financial ledgers books.
The back of each record tells the story of the journey from Russia to Canada in the following detail: place of last residence, place and date when the journey began, all dates of arrival/departure at ports, including ship names. It identifies the intended first place of residence in Canada and may list a name of a relative who had previously immigrated to Canada or the United States. The back of each record may also record information about persons who were medically-detained in any of the ports.
The printed registration form changed to a 8" X 10" one-sided form around 1929. Similar information was gathered from each immigrant. The second migration period (i.e. 1947-1964) used this revised form -- sometimes filled in with a typewriter and other times hand-written.
1923-1930, 1947-1964
main.lib.umanitoba.ca/immigrant-registration-forms
Volumes 3391-3412; 3417
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