I came across this very important archival data list about Armenians and sharing here. This list is from the Facebook group Armenian Genealogy Հայկական Ծագումնաբանութիւն Haygagan Dzakumnapanutyun
Government Archives and other databases in various countries with Armenian immigration information
Tracy Rivest Keeney·Thursday, October 22, 2015·
The following sites have information about Armenian immigrants to their countries
Romania
http://www.negustorie.ro
http://www.negustorie.ro/lista-negustori-si-meseriasi/
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The French National Library (searchable publications including citizenship announcements)
http://gallica.bnf.fr/
Nassen Passports and other Armenian refugee documents:
https://archives.ofpra.gouv.fr
OFPRA (Asylum office in France) has opened a website for descendants of french asylum seekers : here is the link : https://archives.ofpra.gouv.fr/users/login . Since a lot of armenians transited to France via Marseille
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State Archives of Poland
http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en
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The State Archives of Ukraine
http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/
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The State Archives of Lithuania
http://www.archyvai.lt/en/archives/historicalarchives.html
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Lithuanian Genealogy Archives
http://www.genealogija.lt/
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Lithuanian Virtual Electronic Heritage System (claims to have largest online collection)
http://www.epaveldas.lt/home
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Immigration records for Latin America
http://cemla.com/
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CANADA -
to order Social Insurance (similar to US social security) application of your ancestor -
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy.html?fbclid=iwar0gisppqaay-g9b5nbomdpam8vg44zhjt9bb5ockvejapmsl94hcpxyvlu
Ship Lists for Canada (some people entered the US via Canada, either immediately after their landing or several years later)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-1865-1922/Pages/introduction.aspx
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/index.htm
https://www.pier21.ca/research/immigration-records/ship-arrival-search
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Documentation of Armenian Refugees to France
from The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons
----- original passports, certificates, photos and more. Database is new and NOT complete, records continually being added, keep checking back for updates
https://archives.ofpra.gouv.fr/users/login
If you know of any other resources of archival database about Armenians, please feel free to post.
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