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The memorial archway at Pointe de Bute cemetery

in New Brunswick is dedicated to the many Yorkshire

settlers who arrived in the mid 1770's

Photograph by Geoff Campey

Welcome to the English to Canada web-site - the web-site for people whose ancestors emigrated from England to Canada. If some of your ancestors came from England then this web-site might help you find out some facts about them, for instance:

• The reasons why your ancestors left England.

• Why your ancestors emigrated when they did.

• Where in England your ancestors may have come from, and

• The factors which caused them to settle in a particular part of Canada

• and, possibly, which ship they sailed in.

The information on this site is provided by Dr. Lucille H. Campey - a recognised authority on emigration from Britain to Canada. Lucille has written eight books about emigration from Scotland to Canada, all published in Canada by Natural Heritage - later part of the Dundurn Group of Toronto.

While writing her eight books on Scottish emigration to Canada, Lucille became aware that English immigrants to Canada had not had the attention they deserve. She has now taken up the challenge of writing their story. In doing so she is undertaking the first-ever comprehensive and detailed study of English emigration to Canada. Lucille will be writing a series of three books on the English in Canada. The first book, Planters, Paupers and Pioneers - English settlers in Atlantic Canada, will be available in September, 2010.

Said Lucille: "The English were numerically the largest ethnic group of settlers to come to Canada; coming in much greater numbers than the Irish or Scots, they have been largely ignored and neglected as an ethnic group. These three books will be the first ever comprehensive survey of emigration from England to Canada. But because this is is such a neglected topic I am very much aware that there are many family histories and emigrant stories waiting to be told. Although there is a wealth of previously untapped material in English archives and County record offices there must be a vast amount of material in private hands. If people care to contact me with their stories I will be very grateful. At the same time, I am always happy to offer my own ideas when family historians ask for any clues that I can give them in their quest to unravel their own family story."

If you want to find out more about this important and fascinating topic please follow the links at the head of this page. If you want to contact Lucille you can send her an email. Her address is: lucille@englishtocanada.com.

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