Apologies if this has been asked/answered before. Working on a grandfather's generation I find three of his brothers emigrating to Canada in the 1880s. They were miners or labourers working in Cumberland and all ended up in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on the Pacific coast of Canada. I know that the nineteenth century economy of that area was founded on coal mining but I don't know what organised 'system' got them there. I can see many web links directed at such information generally but nothing which would help me pin down the actual organisation which got these people to their destination or the route they may have taken. I assume I'd probably find out more by upgrading my Ancestry membership to worldwide but for the few pieces of information I need right now I can't justify the cost. I'd be grateful to anyone who could point me in the right direction generally and especially grateful if anyone has access to emigration data for Canada and would be prepared to do a simple look up for me. Many thanks...
Ian
Ian
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