Hi JoAnn, Steve is looking for passenger lists that came to Quebec in 1851, part of a clear out of the area of South Uist in Scotland, the people were either very poor or wouldn't swear allegiance to... or produce for the "landlord" of the day, so the landlord had agents that cleared the folks out, no questions asked, to acquire the land for the use of the "landlord", for his purpose mainly grazing sheep, many times there homes were burned out as well, that is basically what the Clearance is. These folks were given the promise of land, a new way of life in the new country, a lot of times they were coming to uncleared, unproven land and conditions were very hard/different in comparison to what they were used to. Not really ideal conditions. Hence it became called "Clearance". "Clearance Ships" became a name tagged onto the ships that brought the folks that were "cleared out" to new destinations....new lands......far different than the people were used to.......Ships passenger lists of any era can be a good way to find out if and when your ancestors came to a given area. These ships that came in to Quebec in 1851 there is no track of passenger lists anywhere, and I assume Steve is trying to track down some ancestors that came from that area at that time. Hopefully this helps a bit. Cheers Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Scottish Clearence Ships > 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 > > > > > ==== 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 >