Check this out, it may be of some use not sure. Christine http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/reports/report1851.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Lyday" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] Scottish Clearence Ships > Hi everyone, > > Many thks for the off list suggestions. So far no joy. Another note > regarding these ships that I should have made in the original post. > These 5 ships were contracted by Colonel Gordon to clear Benbecula and > S. Uist of it tenants. The passengers arrived in rags and were > completely destitute. The Canadian government paid passage for many of > them to travel on to Hamilton. Do not know if this helps. It appears > that Col. Gordon refused to reimburse Canada for the expenses incurred. > > > Does anyone know if there is microfilm of Quebec or other newspapers for > this period that might contain published passenger lists? > > > TIA and Re, > > SPL > > >Hi All, > > > >Does anyone have access to or can point me to a resource that might > >contain the passenger list to the following ships: > > > >Brooksby Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 28-08-1851 > >Montezuma Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 30-08-1851 > >Perthshire Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 10-09-1851 > >Admiral Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 01-10-1851 > >Liskeard Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 18-10-1851 > > > >They all left the port of Lochboisdale, Isle of South Uist, Inverness, > >Scotland in Aug 1851 with the destination of Quebec, Canada > > > >Look forward hearing from you. > > > >TIA and Re, > > > >Steven Lyday > >[email protected] > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: [email protected] inserting the word unsubscribe in both the subject line and the text area and using a fresh email to do it. Use -D- if you are in Digest mode. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Guess I missed something. What exactly was the purpose of Scottish Clearance Ships? JoAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "christine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Scottish Clearence Ships > Check this out, it may be of some use not sure. > Christine > http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/reports/report1851.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Lyday" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:36 PM > Subject: [SCTCDN] Scottish Clearence Ships > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Many thks for the off list suggestions. So far no joy. Another note > > regarding these ships that I should have made in the original post. > > These 5 ships were contracted by Colonel Gordon to clear Benbecula and > > S. Uist of it tenants. The passengers arrived in rags and were > > completely destitute. The Canadian government paid passage for many of > > them to travel on to Hamilton. Do not know if this helps. It appears > > that Col. Gordon refused to reimburse Canada for the expenses incurred. > > > > > > Does anyone know if there is microfilm of Quebec or other newspapers for > > this period that might contain published passenger lists? > > > > > > TIA and Re, > > > > SPL > > > > >Hi All, > > > > > >Does anyone have access to or can point me to a resource that might > > >contain the passenger list to the following ships: > > > > > >Brooksby Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 28-08-1851 > > >Montezuma Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 30-08-1851 > > >Perthshire Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 10-09-1851 > > >Admiral Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 01-10-1851 > > >Liskeard Lochboisdale 00-08-1851 Quebec 18-10-1851 > > > > > >They all left the port of Lochboisdale, Isle of South Uist, Inverness, > > >Scotland in Aug 1851 with the destination of Quebec, Canada > > > > > >Look forward hearing from you. > > > > > >TIA and Re, > > > > > >Steven Lyday > > >[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe: [email protected] inserting the word > unsubscribe in both the subject line and the text area and using a fresh > email to do it. Use -D- if you are in Digest mode. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: [email protected] inserting the word unsubscribe in both the subject line and the text area and using a fresh email to do it. Use -D- if you are in Digest mode. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >