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Re: Katharinendorf

Posted: 11 Apr 2014 3:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Apr 2014 12:05PM GMT
11 Apr. 2014

I used Ancestry.com to search the immigration records. One of the hits was the family sailing from Hamburg, but when I clicked on the link to see the image, the page that came up did not have any Geibs on it, so the link is incorrect.

The arrival documents appear to have been filled out on Canada, but I can't see anywhere on them as to what the arrival port was, though by the 1920's Halifax was the main port. I'll be at the FHC again tomorrow, so I'll double check that one. Since everyone was traveling to Melville to join George, do you know when he arrived?

12 Apr. update: Port of arrival was Quebec, ship's name was S.S. Canada. The Hamburg manifest entry for the Geibs is connected to the wrong set of records, but it would have no information that is not on the arrival document, which is more detailed that the usual Canada arrival manifest.

After arriving in an Atlantic port, travel by train was the usual next step. Early on the destination was Winnipeg because the trans-Canadian rail line had not been finished. After that the immigrants could get closer to their final destination. A great-aunt of mine was in Melville for a while, eventually moving to Goodeve, but she and her family first lived in Winnipeg.

Family History Centers are associated with the Family History Library (FHL) run by the Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. FHC's are located in a local Mormon facility and are found around the world. You can search for an FHC near you on their web site.

https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator

The FHL holds over two million microfilms of church and civil records from around the world. The Galicia records on the AGAD web site are also on microfilm. There is an on-going program at the FHC to index all their microfilms and get them on-line, but it's a project that will take years. In the meantime, you can rent microfilms and have them sent to an FHC near where you live for viewing. The volunteers at the FHC can help you with your research, though they will not do it for you. Usually there is a volunteer who is knowledgeable about the area that you're researching, so ask about that. I'm a volunteer and my specific areas are Galicia, Bukovina, other eastern European areas with Germans, and Germany.

Dave
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shannon campb... 11 Apr 2014 8:15PM GMT 
shannon campb... 11 Apr 2014 8:23PM GMT 
Dave G 11 Apr 2014 9:04PM GMT 
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