On 9 Nov 2002 at 7:22, Tim Totten wrote: > I have some new info to add to my previous posting for Thomas & > Sarah: I now know (from a biography of their doctor son) that > they immigrated from "The Emerald Isle" to Canada in 1840. At > that time, Thomas would have been about 21 years old, and Sarah > was 19. They were not married until after they reached Canada. I > also now know that Sarah was from Ulster, Ireland, and it it > extremely likely that Thomas was also. Their first child (the > doctor) was born near the eastern end of Lake Ontario, Canada, > in April 1844. So I think the most likely initial port of > landing for them would have been Montreal. > > Am looking for the ship that carried them in 1840. Hello, You're in a challenging time period, but let me steer you to some resources you should check. At The Olive Tree Genealogy, there is 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 You should take a look at the 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 There is a search engine for both of Ingeneas' databases (free and fee based) online at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml Ingeneas records include the nominal card index to immigrants from the British Isles to Quebec and Ontario between the years 1801 and 1849 There are also passenger lists to Canada pre 1865 on The Olive Tree Genealogy. http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp01.shtml You should also see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml This explains what's available and where it can be found This page includes links to two Special Collections re Passengers to Canada 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 www.searchforancestors.com/records/passenger_tocanada.html Also, don't overlook the Hawke Collection from 1831 until 1892. Details on this collection are given at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml Good luck Lorine Lorine McGinnis Schulze -- * The Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Past Voices:Letters Home http://pastvoices.com/ * USA Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/ * My Family Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilybranches/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegen@netscape.net