General registers of Chinese immigration [textual record]
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General registers of Chinese immigration [textual record]
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Finding aid (Electronic) Finding Aid 76-45 is a typed list of the registers, providing microfilm reel number, RG76 volume number, original register number, and the range of serial numbers and dates of registration in each volume. 76-45 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/76-45_161406_vols_694-703_1061-1068_open.pdf(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_161406?usrlang=en -
Record information General registers of Chinese immigration [textual record]
Date:1885-1949.Reference:R1206-165-1-E, RG76-D-2-aType of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:161406Date(s):1885-1949.Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:3.60 m of textual recordsLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Sub-series consists of eighteen general registers of Chinese immigration or "Chinese General Registers" was created at the headquarters of the Chinese Immigration service in Ottawa. In theory these list all immigrants of Chinese ancestry arriving in Canada, 1885-1949. There are some entries for residents whose arrivals in Canada date from as early as 1860.
Volumes 694-703 (reels C-9510 to C-9513) are the first ten registers, covering the years 1885-1903 and volumes 1061-1068 (reels T-3484 to T-3486) are registers eleven to eighteen, covering the years 1903-1949.
The names in the registers are arranged numerically by Ottawa "serial number" and declaration number - hence, in very rough chronological order by the date the notice of the immigrant's arrival was submitted to Ottawa. Each entry gives the following information: individual's name; port, place and date of registration; number and date of issue of any C.I.5, C.I.6, C.I.28 and C.I.36 certificates granted; amount of head tax paid; sex, age and identifying physical characteristics; occupation; city, village and province of birth in China and last place of domicile; and the port and date of arrival and name of ship on which the immigrant arrived.Additional information:Source of title:Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.Availability of other formats note:Microfilmed copies of volumes 694-703 are available on reels C-9510 to C-9513 and copies of volumes 1061-1068 are on reels T-3484 to T-3486.Exhibitions note:Venue: C.D. Hoy: Portraits from the Frontier. Curator: Gabrielle Nishiguchi & Michael Crowley, Auditorium Foyer PANL, Ottawa, Ontario; 2003.05.20 - 2003.05.20 (RG76 vol.703), Venue: Citizenship Week Exhibition. Curator: Gabrielle Nishiguchi, Auditorium Foyer PANL, Ottawa, Ontario; 2003.10.14 - 2003.10.14 (RG76 vol.703), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 1: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1997.05.14-1998.01.31 (Chinese Register - RG76 - vol.694), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 2: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.03.01 - 1998.09.30 (Chinese Register - RG76 - vol.694), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 3: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.11.10 - 1999.11.30 (Chinese Register - RG76 - vol.694), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 4: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. Curator: Michel Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2000.03.22 - 2000.12.31 (Chinese Register - RG76 - vol.694 # 2426), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 5: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. Curator: Michel Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2001.01.22 - 2001.11.12 (Chinese Register - RG76 - vol.694 - new page - serial # 2451-2475)Accruals:No further accruals are expected.Related material:There is no direct nominal index to the registers themselves; however, any available C.I. certificates or relevant case files may allow the tracing of particular names, and the case file indexes in RG76-D-2-j may be used for families arriving in the later period.Link to related resource:Records are digitized and indexed by name in our Immigrants from China database: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-china-1885-1949/Pages/introduction.aspxContainer note(s):C-9510 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 1
T-3484 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 1
C-9510 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 2
C-9510 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 3
C-9510 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 4
C-9510 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 5
C-9510 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 6
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 1
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 2
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 3
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 4
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 5
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 6
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 7
C-9511 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 8
C-9512 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 1
C-9512 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 2
C-9512 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 4
C-9512 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 5
C-9512 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 6
C-9513 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 1
C-9513 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 2
C-9513 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 3
C-9513 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 4
C-9513 : Microfilm copies vols. 694-703 Copy No. 5
T-3484 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 2
T-3484 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 3
T-3484 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 4
T-3484 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 5
T-3484 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 6
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 1
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 2
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 3
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 4
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 5
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 6
T-3485 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 7
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 1
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 2
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 3
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 4
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 5
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 6
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 7
T-3486 : Microfilm copies vols. 1061-1068 Copy No. 8Source:GovernmentFormer archival reference no.:RG76-D-2-a -
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