HI Can anyone tell me the route likely to of been taken by a ship sailing from Shanghai to the UK please between 1881 and 1891. I am trying to trace my Great grandmother's passage to North Wales. I know she was born in Shanghai, c1873, and she appears on the 1891 census with an aunt in Wales. I can find no trace of her on passenger lists however, so am not sure how she arrived. Would a ship sail direct to the UK from Shanghai or would it sail to the US and then would they come from the US to the UK? This is really puzzling me, and something I have been trying to track down for a long while. Her name is Minnie Nelson, I know her father was Andrew Nelson but I dont know what nationality he was and he is not on the 1891 census with her. The aunt she is with in 1891, was married to a master mariner Captain William Thomas, but I am unsure if he was still sailing. If she came across to the UK from Shanghai as a guest of the Captain, would she of been on the ships manifest? I hope someone can help, like I say I have had no luck finding her on passenger lists. Many thanks Vicki

Hi Vicki I'm sure you're question will be answered regarding the routing of ships from Shanghai to the UK. My experience from my own research shows people travelled either via San Francisco, then New York then UK OR via Vancouver then the UK. However, There are two free online newspapers that you can try and do searches on. One is the Hong Kong newspapers which has ships arriving and departing from Hong Kong via Shanghai along with passenger lists and can be found on this link http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/internet/eng/html/frm-adv_srch.html The Hongkong newspapers take a while to become familiar with the search engine, as it can be a little tricky to make it do what you want it to do! The other is the Singapore newspapers, again, if you are patient and prepared to search, will come up with passenger lists. The link is http://newspapers.nl.sg/Default.aspx good Luck Liz Chater Researching Chater or Armenians in India and Hong Kong in 2010? Please go to www.chater-genealogy.com.