Welcome to the website of the Petworth Emigration Project, a collaborative study in the social history and genealogy of nineteenth-century emigration and immigration between England and Canada.   New in June 2008 Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records by Brenda Dougall Merriman, CG The author of this classic handbook, in its newest edition, was the Canadian genealogist for the Petworth Project. Family historians and descendants of settlers in Ontario (Upper Canada and Canada West) will find answers here for navigating a wealth of genealogical sources. read more...   New in April 2008 Were the Greenfields from Duncton Petworth emigrants? The Shared Petworth Family History Section uses a yellow background to identify potential additions to the list of Petworth emigrants in Assisting Emigration.   New on 1 April 2008 Check Shared Petworth Families. See what new information has come in via our online form and look for new contacts.   New In March 2008 "I take up my pen..," a letter from William Saunders to his daughter in Cerro Gordo, [State], 3 December 1860, ... read more. Courtesy of LeAnn Shafer Eliason   New In February 2008 Sharing Petworth Family History, a section dedicated to new information on first generation Petworth emigrants. Please fill in our email form if you can add information to that published in Assisting Emigration or English Immigrant Voices. Cornelius and Elizabeth Voice photo courtesy of Kenneth Stormer The Petworth Project is an introduction to a case study of six assisted emigrations from Sussex to Upper Canada in the 1830s and to the library and record office accepting new material on Petworth emigrants. More on books about emigration, immigration, and the people of Sussex and Ontario: Assisting Emigration, English Immigrant Voices, and Poor Cottages. Click on the book covers to order. Sharing Petworth Family History is a section for contributors to add to what we know of first generation Petworth emigrants and contact others who share their interests. Please fill in our email form. Indexes offer a list of Petworth emigrant family names followed by indexes available only on this site: wives’ maiden names, burial places, post 1837 emigrants.   New In 2007! by Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson Poor Cottages and Proud Palaces: The Life and Work of the Reverend Thomas Sockett of Petworth 1777 -- 1859 Thomas Sockett, 1777-1859, conceived and administered the Petworth emigration scheme and sent nearly 2000 emigrants to Ontario... read more. Order now from Hastings Press

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