On 17 Oct 2002 at 10:33, Wendy Greenlees wrote: > Has anyone ever come across the surname Scougall (also spelled > Scougal and Scougale) in their wanderings through the ship > lists? The first mention I have of the name appearing in Canada > is around the 1817-1819 period, but as yet I have had no luck in > any passenger lists from that time frame. Hi Wendy I can't help you with the name Scougall, but I may be able to direct you to some ships. 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 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. These must be ordered offline . Details are given at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml Passenger lists before 1865 weren't required, and are sometimes difficult to find. 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 http://www.ingeneas.com/ I have some lists to Canada pre 1865 on my pages (The Olive Tree Genealogy) Ships to Canada are at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp01.shtml You should also see my page at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml This explains what's available and where it can be found I've also included links to two Special Collections re Passengers pre 1865 If you want to search online, you may have limited success because only a very small percentage of ships to Canada have been transcribed and put online. However here are two search engines I recommend to make your search time more efficient (and hopefully more successful!) Both these search engines search dozens of websites at once. http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml and http://www.searchforancestors.com/records/passenger_tocanada.htm l 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