Here are some ideas about emigration records, based on my own research: For passenger lists in an early (or any) period, I can recommend checking out 2 books: 1) Passenger and Immigration Lists Index - Guide to published arrival records of 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. This is a multi volume set that is available in my public library in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Reference: 929.373, P286, 1981, 1982 supplements etc. This is a reference book indexed by name that can lead you to small published sources that you would otherwise miss. I did find 2 references to my great grandmother's family who emigrated from Ireland in 1816, and who arrived in New York City, but wished to go north to Upper Canada. 2) A bibliography of ship, passenger lists 1538-1825. Reference: 929.3, L251 There is also www.theshipslist.com site that may be very helpful. (When I was researching initially, it didn't exist.) Now you can also find there the St. Lawrence Steamboat Passenger records for arrivals at Quebec City for those emigrants who then traveled inland to a different destination. That being said, in the period of which we are speaking of and later also, ships coming to Canada had a return load of good lumber which made the voyage more cost effective and therefore the emigrant fares lower than for ships coming to American ports. This encouraged many who wished to immigrate to the U.S. to come via Canada. If your ancestor came for land in Upper Canada, one other good avenue to check is the Ontario land Records Index in many libraries on microform. Once you get an archival reference from the index, you can get much information from the original application of land, which may include when and where they landed, and where they came from etc.- this information would be available at Library and Archives Canada, perhaps through a paid genealogist researcher? Other provinces may have their own land records indices; however, I don't know for sure. Hope this helps you on your way, Ginny