I'm looking for information on the ship that my gg-grandmother and her family come to Canada on. I believe they arrived in the spring of 1861. In the story that she wrote my grandmother states that the trip took seven weeks and three days and that while coming up the Gulf of St. Lawrence the ship got caught among some large rocks and that it took almost two days to get free. She goes on to say that " on arriving at Montreal we were unable to land until the following day owing to the docks having been burned. Finally we were taken ashore by small tugs"........Does this sound familiar to anyone. Any help in naming the ship or where to look for passenger lists (did they keep records then?) would be a great help.Thank You,BobbiMilton, Florida, USA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com

At 03:20 PM 2002-10-08 -0700, Bobbi Ingram wrote: >I'm looking for information on the ship that my gg-grandmother and her >family come to Canada on. I believe they arrived in the spring of 1861. In >the story that she wrote my grandmother states that the trip took seven >weeks and three days and that while coming up the Gulf of St. Lawrence the >ship got caught among some large rocks and that it took almost two days to >get free. She goes on to say that " on arriving at Montreal we were >unable to land until the following day owing to the docks having been >burned. Finally we were taken ashore by small tugs"........Does this >sound familiar to anyone. Any help in naming the ship or where to look for >passenger lists (did they keep records then?) would be a great help.Thank >You,BobbiMilton, Florida, USA Hi Bobbi, It certainly sounds like a sailing ship, so not likely the Anchor Line United States (see below). Unfortunately "fender - benders" like this were a pretty common occurrence, and not always reported in the newspaper. http://theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/Canada1861.htm The ships' arrivals noted in the link, is not necessarily inclusive, and unfortunately this predates archiving of passenger lists for the port of Quebec. I have Cc'd Harry Dodsworth, in case he has encountered a story like this. Sue --

On 8 Oct 2002 at 15:20, Bobbi Ingram wrote: > I'm looking for information on the ship that my gg-grandmother > and her family come to Canada on. I believe they arrived in the > spring of 1861. <snipped> > tugs"........Does this sound familiar to anyone. Any help in > naming the ship or where to look for passenger lists (did they > keep records then?) would be a great help. Dear Bobbi There are few passenger lists for ships to Canada prior to 1865 How do you find them? At my site, The Olive Tree Genealogy, I have a page on the section of Ships Passenger Lists To Canada, which explains what lists are available at the National Archives of Canada (NAC) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp01.shtml As one example, there are a few lists pertaining to British-subsidized immigration schemes for the period 1817-1831. These are found in Colonial Office Records, Groups 384 & 385. This set of records is correspondence of the Secretary of State on immigration for 1817-1857. There are 60 reels of microfilm for Vols 1-99. There are lists of immigrants, mainly Irish, and entry books re immigration, and assisted emigration to British North America. Two years ago I phoned NAC and they very kindly explained exactly what they had, what was indexed and what was not, and how one could order the appropriate microfilm. On TheShipsList website they are including Quebec ship arrivals extracted from contemporary newspapers. See http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/vessels.html You can also try inGeneas, the online searchable database of early immigration to Canada. Some records are free, others must be paid for, but the search and it's results are free. I have a search engine for InGeneas' two databases on my website at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml You will want to read my PASSENGER & IMMIGRATION page under Ontario for the full details. I have some lists to Canada pre 1865 on my pages (The Olive Tree Genealogy) The online lists and links to lists can be viewed by year of sailing or by country of arrival. Some can also be viewed by categories such as Palatines to America, Irish Ships, Ships to New Netherland, etc. Ships to Canada are at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp01.shtml You should also see my page at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ Select IMMIGRATION AND PASSENGER LISTS. This explains what's available and where it can be found I've also included links to two Special Collections re Passengers pre 1865 There are also other obscure records that are available, (such as the Hawke Papers covering 1831 to 1892) and I have links to them at "Immigration to Canada before 1865" http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml Good luck! Lorine**Search Ships Passenger Lists to USA http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Canada http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Australia/New Zealand http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchships_aus.shtml otg@csolve.net