• What if the Magic of Christmas Could Travel With Us?
    … greatest time. Some people consider Christmas time as a moment of sharing. A moment of the year when we go to see family and friends. This Christmas tradition changes from … about how Christmas happened at my home, and my childhood memories. I come from Burundi, a small country in Central Africa. Christmas is the …
  • Lieutenant Walter Melvin White
    … M. White Walter M. White was born in Princeport, Colchester County, Nova Scotia on October 25, 1914, the third son of Morton and Sarah … 1939, Walter married Margaret "Ellen" Blois of Gore. They resided in West Gore for 27 years and had four children: Donna (died at age 2), … on July 2nd. I was not allowed to see my wife and daughter until four days after her birth. We were on special duty down at the Pier on the …
  • Martin, Katharina and Karl Filipps
    … We had left Lübeck and moved to Bremen, which was a staging area for … during supper as a remembrance. It was a dreary, cloudy and damp Wednesday December 08/1954. This was the final day in Germany before sailing … voyage. I made several friends and took some pictures. On the sixth day we saw the faint Outline of Newfoundland’s coastline on the …
  • Francesco Geraldo Sabbadin
    … old when I left "Italia" from the port of Napoli on July 15,1956. Why I left my country of birth? It all began in 1942 when my father and … was 12 years olf and the youngest was 4 years old. My early years were spent going from the orphanage to work on the family farm when I … Francesco Geraldo Sabbadin …
  • John Van Beers and Family
    … in 1953. Three brothers and a married sister had immigrated earlier. We left Best by bus in the morning of March 24, 1953 for the port of Rotterdam. We boarded the SS Waterman, and departed about 4pm that day. The journey was rather pleasant. We experienced only one storm in …
  • Andy Alfoldy
    … Families Before 1956 We left Hungary in 1945 and wound up in Germany via Austria. My …
  • Johannes Kreeft and Elisabeth Kreeft-Meijers
    … Families September 21, 1952 – Groote Beer In 1952 my husband Johannes C. Kreeft and I left Holland with our three … children, Jacomina Susanna, Gerard Jan and Willem ages 5,4 and 3. We travelled aboard the Groote Beer, leaving September 21, 1952, …
  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … of Wheatley Hill, Durham and travelled by train to Southampton where we were to board the Aquitania to sail to Halifax, Canada. Seven hours … with babies to go to the head of the queue. We almost had to fight our way down. A stewardess held Keith while Edna and I saw to our travel …
  • Digital Preservation is for life, not just the holidays!
    … is a big priority for the Museum, but there are some simple steps you can take to make sure your personal memories are kept safe for future … those images in future. Step 2: Organize Everyone has their own way of organising their digital files, but choosing consistent … of an automatic feeder, to make sure your photos don’t get caught in a jam. Remove photos from frames for better quality images. Choose the …
  • W.A.T. van den Byllaardt
    … in Halifax on April 21, 1957, with the SS Ryndam, HAL. During the trip we had one day, rough stormy weather in the North Atlantic and the dining room did …