Hi Vicki, You have a few impediments, unfortunately. To date I know of no Shanghai outbound passenger lists ... ...Vancouver, B.C. inbound records do not begin before 1905 ... The rail line from BC, east (to Quebec / Halifax) was not completed until 1886 http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/train.htm ... Canada did not maintain outbound passenger lists ... UK inbound lists do not begin until 1890. It is not all bad news, because it can confirm a time-frame of 1886-1891. Sorry I wasn't the bearer of better news. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 10:33 PM 2010-09-16 +0000, vicki evans wrote: >I have been trying to track down the passage of a Minnie Nelson born 1873 >Shanghai to the UK for a long time now. I have recently been told one >route someone from Shangahi might take would be: > >Shanghai to the port of Vancouver Canada, travel overland >by train and then take a ship from the port of Halifax, Canada to whichever >port in Britain. > >I believe she came over mid to late 1880's, as she appears on the 1891 >census and then marries a welsh man in 1896. > >Would it be possible to see if anyone can track her from Shanghai to >Canada, and / or Canada to the UK. > >many many thanks