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Scissortail46
Scissortail46 ✭
July 21, 2021 in Indexing

Canada—Border Entry Lists, 1908–1918[ Batch MSYY-2FB]

https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/5c18a9c3-a180-4189-aba3-81ae9dbc5510

In this batch, I have people born in Mass. I didn't know if it could be presumed to be Massachusetts or not.

The next was an arrival destination of C B

I found this reference online. C.-B. - French abbreviation for Columbia-Britannique

Do you suppose that would be the abbreviation?

One learns a great deal of history when indexing.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 21, 2021 Answer ✓

    Good work! C B is the alternate abbreviation for British Columbia, or Columbia-Britannique, and Mass is the correct abbreviation for Massachusetts.

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  • barbaragailsmith1
    barbaragailsmith1 ✭✭✭
    July 22, 2021

    I thought CB stood for Cape Breton and apparently so do many others. Oh dear.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 22, 2021

    It could. It could also stand for Conception Bay. Maybe it should be left as CB unless there is a pattern.

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