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Michaela Allain-John
Michaela Allain-John ✭
August 17, 2021 edited August 15, 2024 in Search

I am trying to find any records for workers in the Panama Canal. My GGF was one of the foreign workers who died while working in the Panama Canal in December 1887.

where do I search for his records? where was he buried?

any help or direction is appreciated . thank you

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  • AllanH01
    AllanH01 ✭✭
    August 17, 2021

    We understand that your GGF worked on the Panama Canal and died there.

    We suggest that you sign into Family Search then click on Search -- Research Wiki and then enter Panama Canal Zone. The FamilySearch Wiki is designed to assist researchers in their efforts. It has information such as History, Research Strategies, and in this case records. There is another link on that Wiki page called "looking for an Ancestor in the Panama Canal Zone, 1904-1914" located at the National Archives.

    Good luck in your search efforts.

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  • Michaela Allain-John
    Michaela Allain-John ✭
    November 6, 2021

    Thank you, however I was looking for 1887 when he died in the Panama Canal. the information did not assist

    your reference was for 1904-1914

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  • Miss Jacquie
    Miss Jacquie ✭
    November 9, 2021

    Hello!

    I found an interesting article from the National Archives that details what's available in death records in the Canal Zone. There are some that cover the year you're looking for. There are references included so you can even order the records yourself. Here's the link:

    https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2015/06/02/accidents-injuries-and-deaths-in-the-canal-zone-1884-1999/


    The earliest publications of the Canal Record turn up in the early 1900s. If you know the name of a hospital he was in, that might help you locate him.

    Good luck with your search!

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