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A0006 - The Allan Family
Author: Maureen Borland - hardcover, 291 pp.
The Allan family, beginning with Alexander (Captain Sandy) Allan, dominated the shipping world for more than a century through the 1800s. Based in Montreal, Glasgow and Liverpool, Alexander's children and grandchildren became industrialists, bankers, railwaymen, philanthropists,
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A0555 – A Genealogists' Guide to Researching British Home Children
Author: Gloria F. Tubman – soft cover – spiral binding, 55 pp.
Thousands of British Home Children were resettled in Canada between the 1870s and 1939. The social and economic causes that percipitated the export of orphaned and destitute children to Canada was a product of the times -- the effects of the industrial revolution and a lack of an adequate social safety net being the largest contributors. The child migration initiative was supported by the governments on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. This book is a compilation of articles and columns that Tubman wrote in an effort to inform those who are interested in British Home Children movement, and to provide researchers with the information needed to research records of individual Home Children. Most of the articles were originally published in The Equity newspaper of Shawville, Quebec. The Quarrier Homes of Scotland article was published in Anglo Celtic Roots, the journal of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa. All are reprinted in this volume with permission from the The Equity and Anglo Celtic Roots. Global Heritage Press, 2017
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A0850 - Hudson: The Early Years up to 1867
Author: John Thompson - softcover, 104 pp.
Based on a Master’s Thesis titled: “The Evolution of an English-speaking Community in Rural French Canada 1820-1867” this book focuses exclusively on the English families who lived in the Hudson area. Contains genealogical information on many of the families who arrived between 1801 and 1838. Hudson Historical Society, 2004
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A1250 - The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk
Author: Lucille H. Campey - softcover, 208 pp.
Belfast, Prince Edward Island, founded in August 1803, owes its existence to Lord Selkirk. Selkirk's work in Canada extended beyond Belfast to Baldoon (later Wallaceburg) in Ontario, as well as to Red River, the precursor to Winnipeg.
"The Silver Chief", the fifth Earl of Selkirk spent an immense fortune helping Scottish Highlanders relocate themselves in Canada. The author shows that emigration took place in a carefully planned and controlled way and reveals the self-reliance, adaptability and steely determination of the Selkirk settlers. Natural Heritage Books, 2003
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A1544 - A Very Fine Class of Immigrants - Pioneer Scots of PEI
Author: Lucille H. Campey - softcover, 184 pp.
Previous studies of early Scottish emigration to the New World have tended to concentrate on the miseries of evictions and the destruction of old communities. In this study of the influx of Scots to Prince Edward Island, the assumption that emigration was solely a flight from poverty is challenged. 'A Fine Class of Immigrants' is essential reading for individuals wishing to trace family links or deepen their understanding the Island's distinctive Scottish communities. The author accesses, for the first time, shipping sources like Lloyd's List and the Lloyd's Shipping Register. Natural Heritage Books, 2nd edition, 2001
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