• Olympia
    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
  • Andrea Doria (SS)
    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
  • Lina Douwsma
    Children January 22, 1952 - Zuiderkruis After a tearful good-bye to friends and neighbors in our little hometown of Ens in the Netherlands, our family, consisting of Dad and Mom and four children, ranging in age from three to ten years old, on the morning of January 22,1952, piled into a rented car …
  • Immigration from the US - Biographies
    Bruce Campbell Bolin was born in 1946 in Detroit Michigan. He grew up in Dearborn Michigan with his mother, father and older brother. He studied physics at Kalamazoo College where he met his wife Janet. At that time he was deferred from the Vietnam War draft because he was in school, however he …
  • Peeled to the Core by Roya
    Time 0:04:02 Transcript It was one bright sunny day when a man with flip flop changed my life. He was a revolutionary guard who came to our door. You see I was a Baha’i and it was not a right religion to have then and there in Iran of 1983. Within a day, revolutionary court ruled that I am a …
  • How Did I Get Here in My Life? by Barbara
    Time 0:03:23 Transcript I thought Canada was the most boring place in the world when I was growing up. It was so very white and English speaking then. But I had family members who worked in countries I thought were exotic and they told me stories of their adventures. When I graduated from …
  • Second World War Military Personnel
    The Scotiabank Family History Centre does not have access to Second World War personnel files. Ocean crossings for military personnel are considered a military record and may be found within the military service file. Library and Archives Canada holds military service files for those who served …
  • A New Home by Elham
    Time 0:04:28 Transcript When Israel attacked the people of Palestine, they took my parents town first. If they didn’t leave, they would be killed. Just before my parents crossed the border, my dad was shot in his leg. An organization helped them to cross the border into Iraq. It’s the same …
  • UK After 1960
    Unfortunately UK Departure records are only available up to 1960. The Scotiabank Family History Centre recommends that you contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada to obtain arrival details. Individuals who immigrated to Canada can request their immigration information from Citizenship and …