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Includes the name: Lucille H. Campey

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University of Ottawa

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My main objective in reading Campey's account was to discover what I could of the families in Antigonish county prior to 1800. There were some historical records which were interesting to me, but not very much about how the families were related to one another.

I found this an easy reference for passenger lists on various ships that ferried the immigrants to North America. Overall, however, the book was quite dry reading. I'm not a genealogist, so cannot comment on how useful other readers might find Campey's reference. I did learn from the passenger lists what an appalling level of chicanery occurred in deceiving passengers. Some reports detail landing immigrants at ports at which they did not want to disembark. There was a prevalence of death in the crossings, with many dying of small pox during the voyage and after landing. One forgets what the realities were like in travel. The conditions must have been so ghastly and I was amazed at how many very young children actually survived the trip.… (lisätietoja)
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ShelleyAlberta | Jun 4, 2016 |
Lucille H. Campey finds convincing evidence of good ships, sailed by experienced captains and managed by reputable people, thus challenging head on the perceived imagery of abominable sea passages in leaking old tubs. Campey s approach is to identify all of the emigrant sea crossings to Canada made on Aberdeen sailing ships. Observing the ships which collected passengers from the port of Aberdeen as well as those which collected emigrants at Highland ports, especially Cromarty and Thurso, ... Her following of the emigrant Scots on to their New World destinations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Upper Canada ...… (lisätietoja)
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Teokset
14
Jäseniä
276
Suosituimmuussija
#84,078
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 4.5
Kirja-arvosteluja
3
ISBN:t
44

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