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  • Digital Preservation in the Collection
    … Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. … copy v , with a lower resolution JPEG as the access copy vi that you can view on the Image search page . This means we preserve the best …
  • The Reunion
    … his wife holds a bouquet of flowers. He is nervous and excited. He is coming home in a sense and he cannot stop thinking about what brought … day, every man who enters is wearing some variety of blue shirt? She glances at the time, watches and waits. When Marianne Ferguson (nee … day, the family of such persons would get a little gift. This gift consisted of a dainty, little parcel, mostly a box, wrapped in tissue …
  • Gio Batta Bin
    … Bin and Antonia Sivilotti) was born November 4, 1936 in San Daniele del Friuli. He arrived at Pier 21 on June 30, 1954 at the age of 17, …
  • Seamus James, Elizabeth Tiny Doyle
    James & Elizabeth Doyle James & Elizabeth Doyle …
  • Conrad, Joanne Cats
    … writing the stories of our journey from Holland to Canada as told to me by my mother and father. I do have some memories of the journey though I … size of the packing crate. There was much crying as family and friends wished them well. The departure day arrived and Mother's family took us … Conrad, Joanne Cats …
  • John Hugh MacEachern
    … John Hugh Mac Eachern left via Pier 21 as a young man from Glace Bay, … to be used for their mission resulted in a devastating explosion. John was the only crew member to survive and with all his injuries and … 21 in a full body cast due to a broken neck and tried his very best to deal with his physical injuries, burns and the emotional scars left …
  • Eddy Baldacchino
    … and Lorenza Baldacchino. He completed education to the sixth grade at Del Lasalle College. Malta was an important naval hub for the British … thus be the last to immigrate. He boarded the Nea Hellas on November 26, 1953 with his brother George, sister Pauline and mother Lorenza. On …
  • Siegfried Mehlitz Sr.
    … My Journey started 7th July 1952 in West Berlin (US Sector). I left Berlin by Bus with … the ages of 18 to 25. The bus went on the Autobahn through the Russian Zone (later East Germany or DDR). The Russian checkpoint was … from there we were eventually directed to different countries. On the 11th of July 1952 am, we boarded the train to Bremerhaven. Columbus …
  • Tarcisio Filippelli
    … The Immigration Story of Tarcisio Filippelli (Italian Immigrant) … HISTORY of a JOURNEY I was actually born on December 31st, 1953, but my birth certificate reads January 1st, 1954, in Mendicino in the … for a better life for his family, my grandfather, Antonio Conte (my mother’s father), worked and travelled to various countries before …
  • Tommaso, M. Teresa, Giuseppe
    … My mother (29 years of age) and my brother (9 years of age) arrived at … what little money he made to bring his wife and son over to Canada to join him. My brother recalls a rather rough few months in Canada as … time last year (1997) for a short visit. My parents actually had the chance to emigrate to either the US or Canada but ended up in Canada. I …

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