Series GR-1547 - Central registry of the Immigration Branch

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Central registry of the Immigration Branch

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GR-1547

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  • 1873-1968 (Creation)
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    Canada. Immigration Branch

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583 reels of microfilm [B00700 - B01282]

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Canada. Immigration Branch

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Name changed January 1, 1966 to Immigration Division.

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This series contains the Central Registry of the Immigration Branch of the Dept. of the Interior. These records (classified in the Public Archives of Canada as RG 76 Series 1) include deputy ministers' files, personnel dockets, and the operational records of federal government immigration agencies in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and Continental Europe. Several files deal with Asian immigration and Doukhobor settlements in British Columbia. Also included are Registers of Chinese immigration at Port of New Westminster, 1887-1908 (RG 76 Series II) and headquarters registers of Chinese immigrants and residents, 1885-1903 (RG 76 series VI).

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Presented by PAC Diffusion Programme, 1980.

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