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From: "Joanna Waugh" <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Border crossing from USA to Canada - Guidance Plse
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:53:50 -0400
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Hi Tom
The Canadian Genealogy Centre has a good description of the records
for crossings into Canada. See:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908.005-e.html

Canada didn't keep records of people leaving Canada. The US kept
records of people arriving in the US.

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/fall/us-canada-immi
gration-records-1.html

Your relative moved to the US too early to have any record kept of the
border crossing.

You could get an immigration date for him if he was alive in the 1900
census or later census. Or if he married in Canada and his wife was
still alive in 1900.
Joanna

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> Hello all...
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> I have a relative who we believe left Pembroke / Petawawa Ontario
area
> sometime between 1865 to 1875 to Los Angeles California. I saw a
recent
> posting indicating that Ancestry has "some" border crossing
information.
> If possible would someone be able to do a look up for ROBERT MICHEL.
His
> birth date is about 1841 in Prussia. Or any guidance would be
appreciated
> on this.
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read this.
>
> Tom

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