• 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 …
  • A Place to Live by Faviola
    Time 0:03:13 Transcript I grew up in the capital of Peru. When I was little, I watched my neighbours selling many things in the street to support their families, but their children had uncertain futures because of poverty. My father always shared the things that he had – food, books, his knowledge, …
  • How Whales Helped Me Find a New Home by Jeannine
    Time 0:02:50 Transcript After finishing my thesis and the last exams to obtain my degree in biology, I did not know where I was standing anymore. I had worked myself very hard and I was feeling aimless. I lost interest in things that would normally never fail to make me happy. I needed out. I chose …
  • 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 …
  • My Missing Home by Jia
    Time 0:03:06 Transcript Even though I've been in St. John's for more than a year, I'm still missing my home in China. I now can be called a CFA which is come from away. Spring Festival is coming. Chinese people usually get together with their families. When I was small, I would wait until a certain …
  • My Fight for Ogoni Freedom by Saturday
    Time 0:04:41 Transcript I ended up being a refugee for 10 years in the republic of Benin as a result of what happened to me in Ogoni from the government of Nigeria. I am ever a disciple of Ken Saro Wiwa, a leader of the people of Ogoni. While alive, he spoke about the environmental degradation …
  • Operations After Opening
    Shed 21 immigration quarters as opened in 1928, excluding assembly and medical inspection area.  (Cropped extract from Halifax Port Authority #10882) …
  • Alaunia II (RMS)
    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
  • Albertic
    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
  • Albrecht
    When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …