Ancestry has added Canada and U.S., Dutch Emigrants, 1946-1963. These are the Dutch who emigrated from their homeland after the Second World War. There is a significant gap of records for the years, 1955–1956. These are transcribed records. The originals are not available to view.
In 1946, the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North America appointed an Immigration Committee for Canada to help Dutch emigrants considering moving to Canada through a program sponsored by both the Canadian and Dutch governments.
While many of the Dutch in these records settled in Ontario, it appears about 200 of them settled in the Montreal area. A significant number also established roots in other provinces.
For more information about the Dutch in Quebec, visit the detailed section, A Social History of the Dutch in Quebec, on Lowensteyn.com.
