On 14 Jun 2007 at 11:12, Stuart Morgan wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been looking at passenger lists on the collectionscanada website for the > last week, but I've quickly noticed that few of the images are actually > legible. Does anyone know if I've missed something? What would be the purpose > of digitising these lists if the resulting images are such low quality and > resolution that they can't be easily read? Are higher quality images > available online somewhere else? > > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/passenger/index-e.html > Stuart I think you will find the poor quality is not a function of the scanning but of the original manifest or microfilming. You can always try outward bound which has the outward lists from England. I must caution you though that the manifests may NOT be identical. There is a different arrangement of names as well as different information given on the outbound lists versus the arrival lists on LAC I cannot say if this is true of all lists, but it is true of the ones I have found for my own familiy. For example my as yet unmarried grandparents arriving from England in 1913 are listed alphabetically on the LAC lists (which didn't help me determine if they travelled together or separately) but by cabin number on the Outward lists. Their family details were different on each list, and more detail was given on one. My grandfather's occupation was different on each list and on one list it gave more information as to where he was headed. See http://shipslists-online.rootschat.net/ for more -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com