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Passports to Canada 1900
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Richard in Perth | Report | 8 Dec 2004 10:16 |
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Sylvia I found the following on the Scottish Archive Network (website address below). From this it would seem that passports were optional before 1915. I presume that this applied to England as well as Scotland... http://www.scan.org.uk/familyhistory/myancestor/passport.htm British passports, in the modern sense, were introduced in 1915. Before this there were few practical restrictions on individuals who wished to travel abroad (provided they could afford to do so). Documents similar to passports were issued by the Scottish crown (prior to the union of crowns in 1603) and by burghs, senior churchmen and noblemen. These were letters of introduction or safe conduct for individuals (mainly aristocrats or their agents) travelling in Europe, sometimes on official business. In general those emigrating permanently before 1915 did not require passports |
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Sylvia | Report | 8 Dec 2004 08:17 |
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Does anyone know if passports were required to emigrate to Canada in 1900-05?....before I shell out money for credits on the national archivists site. Or is there another site where I can check for free? thanks, Sylvia |
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