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| LIFE IN SOLERA | MARCH 2023 | 41 Canadian Immigration From the early 19th into the 20th century, immigration from Europe to North America was huge. Tens of thousands of immigrants arrived in North America. Their arrival was noted in ship logs and processing facilities, such as, Ellis Island. As many of us are their descendants, this information on their arrival and ultimate destinations is important to tracing our ancestors. They came through the ports of Boston, New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Charleston, and even New Orleans. There are several data bases that record their arrivals, but what if you cannot find your relations on any of the arrival/immigration databases for U.S. arrivals? Try Canadian arrival ports. All throughout the 18th and 19th century, Europe was experiencing a variety of economic situations including famines, wars, and governmental persecutions. People were leaving Europe for the promise of a better life in both the U.S. and Canada. Many who initially went to Canada, later emigrated to the U.S., because of hardships encountered there. From 1815 to 1850 some 800,000 immigrants from the British Isles and Ireland entered Canada and in 1914 approximately 400,000 arrived. They landed at primarily the ports of Halifax, Quebec City, and Montreal. From there they dispersed not only to Canadian provinces (primarily New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario), but also to migrate into the U.S. through such cities as Buffalo, Detroit, and the New England states bordering Canada. In the early 1700s French immigrants to Canada established colonies in an area they called Acadia. Acadia primarily covered the province of New Brunswick, but also some areas of Quebec Province, the other Maritime Provinces and some parts of Maine. In the mid to late 18th century, many of them were expelled by the French government from Acadia and were sent to Spain. From there, five ships took them to New Orleans and surrounding areas where they became established. We know them and their ancestors to this day as "Cajuns." So, if the paper trail for your ancestors stops as a function of a lack of immigration information, try the Canadian immigration data bases. If you have ancestors from Louisiana or the New Orleans area, again check the Canadian data bases as they may be of French ancestry and were in Acadia. Databases, such as Ancestry.com and Ancestry.ca, may help in your ancestral searches when it comes to their immigration activities. ~ Bill Cramsie ANCESTRY GROUP On March 6 at 4:30 pm Marty Mangan will present the third of a three-part program on the history of Slavery. HISTORY GROUP HIGH NOTES FROM KARAOKE March is here and spring is on its way. I was surprised to discover how many recording artists from the 40s through today were born in the month of March. Here's a list of a few artists celebrating a birthday in March. • Glenn Miller, March 1, 1904 • Harry Belafonte, March 1, 1927 • Roger Daltrey, March 1, 1944 • Justin Bieber, March 1, 1994 • Lou Reed, March 2, 1942 • Karen Carpenter, March 2, 1950 • Jon Bon Jovi, March 2, 1962 • Bobby Womack, March 4, 1944 • Elaine Paige, March 5, 1948 • Teena Marie, March 5, 1956 • Andy Gibb, March 5, 1958 • Bob Wills, March 6, 1905 • Wes Montgomery, March 6, 1923 • Sam the Sham, March 6, 1937 • Kiki Dee, March 6, 1947 • Arthur Lee, March 7, 1945 • Micky Dolenz, March 8, 1945 • Randy Meisner, March 8, 1946 • Carole Bayer Sager, March 8, 1947 • Gary Numan, March 8, 1976 • Lloyd Price, March 9, 1933 • Mickey Gilley, March 9, 1936 • Mark Lindsay, March 9, 1942 • Robin Trower, March 8, 1945 • Jeffrey Osborne, March 9, 1948 • Dean Torrence, March 10, 1940 • Neneh Cherry, March 10, 1964 • Edie Brickell, March 10, 1966 • Carrie Underwood, March 10, 1983 • Bobby McFerrin, March 11, 1950 • Lisa Loeb, March 11, 1968 • Al Jarreau, March 12, 1940 • Liza Minnelli, March 12, 1946 If you have a birthday in March Barb Miller, Rosie Ingalls, and myself, D.J. Blast, wish you a happy birthday. If you have any questions about our karaoke events, call Barb Miller at (951) 845- 7265.

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