In a message dated 15/05/2007 08:30:54 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: My Cumbrian ancestral relatives sailed from Liverpool to AUS and USA - from which ports would my North Eastern relatives have sailed - say - 1870? I very rarely read anything about migrants from the NE and I know there were many! ______________________________________________________________________ Between 1815 and 1929, 11.4 million people left Britain for overseas destinations, part of a European wide phenomenon. Liverpool was the primary port for emigration, some 60% of emigrants set out from there. An advertisement in the 'Sunderland Weekly Echo and Times' of Friday 22nd. June 1883 gives an example of what was available. Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers to the United States and Canada from Liverpool. Hanoverian, for Quebec, June 18. Hibernian, for Halifax and Baltimore, June 19. Peruvian, for Quebec, June 21. Nestorian, for Quebec, June 21. Austrian, for Boston, June 28. Sarmatian, for Quebec, June 28. Caspian, for Halifax and Baltimore, July 3. Parisian, for Quebec, July 5. OCEAN RATES. Saloon, 12 to 21 Guineas; Intermediate 8 pounds; Steerage 4 pounds 4 shillings. Through tickets at special rates to Chicago, and to all points in the Western States and Canada. Note; The best, quickest, and cheapest route for Manitoba and the Great North West is by the Mail Steamers of this Line. Assisted Passages to Halifax are granted to General Labourers, Mechanics &c., for 4 pounds, and to Agriculturists, Agricultural Labourers, and Female Domestic Servants for 3 pounds; and Through to the Inland Points in Canada at Special Rates. Passengers landing at Quebec and going inland are accompanied on the Railway by the Company's special conductor. Full particulars on application to ALLAN BROTHERS & Co., James Street, Liverpool. Regards Stan Mapstone

I wonder what the fare would have been in 1903 and 1904 when my Grandparents emigrated to Canada. They left Liverpool and landed in Halifax and then on by train to Manitoba. They travelled Second Cabin on Allan Lines ships which probably is what intermediate refers to. Carol Lylyk Calgary Alberta Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] Ports for emigration | In a message dated 15/05/2007 08:30:54 GMT Daylight Time, | [email protected] writes: | My Cumbrian ancestral relatives sailed from Liverpool to AUS and USA - | from | which ports would my North Eastern relatives have sailed - say - 1870? I | very rarely read anything about migrants from | the NE and I know there were many! | _________________________________________________________________ _____ | | Between 1815 and 1929, 11.4 million people left Britain for overseas | destinations, part of a European wide phenomenon. Liverpool was the primary | port | for emigration, some 60% of emigrants set out from there. |