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Find Your Immigrant Ancestor on Ships Passenger Lists to U.S.A. & Canada

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Archived Passenger Lists for Nova Scotia are available for the following ports of arrival

• Halifax (Nova Scotia)
• North Sydney (Nova Scotia)

How to Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia

1. Search online ships passenger lists. The best sites for these early ships passenger lists are:

• Ships Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia (TheShipsList.com)
• Ships Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia 1748-1752 (OliveTreeGenealogy.com)
• Ship Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia, Canada: Miscellaneous Ships [$]
• Passenger List Indexing Project index of passengers lists of the ports of Halifax and Quebec City 1900 - 1921 (Nanaimo Family History Society)
• Searchable Passenger list indexes 1925 - 1935 (National Archives of Canada)

2. Search NAC microfilm for Ships Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia 1881-1935

• Halifax (Nova Scotia), 1881-1935
• North Sydney (Nova Scotia),1906-1935 (these include mostly ferry arrivals from Newfoundland and St-Pierre-et-Miquelon)