Hello Betty, There is probably a pretty good chance that they did arrive via Quebec, Canada. Canada did not begin to archive passenger lists until 1865, so very few list survive, prior to that date. We do however have over 1200 (so far) steamboat lists from Quebec to Montreal with the corresponding newspaper extracts showing the vessels arriving at the port of Quebec, carrying settlers. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/1819_36stlawrence.htm ... we have just started to get in to the 1830's. I googled TheShipsList for Spellman (none) and Spelman and found one that may be of interest. Was there a Moran connection to your Spelman? The brig WARRIOR in 1842. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/warrior1842.htm This vessel sailed from Westport, which was the emigration port for county Mayo. On board are a lot of Moran, including these two ... Moran, Mary Spelman age 30 and Moran, John Spelman age 4 For 1842 I don't have newspapers, but a British Parliamentary report http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/1842b.htm ... 4 ship loads all arriving July 5th have this notation >> some went to Belleville, others to Kingston & Toronto ; part to the United States << Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 02:35 PM 2010-08-07 +0000, Spelman wrote: >I have been searching passenger lists for John Spellman who came from Co. >Mayo, Ireland in the 1830's to the U. S. but have found nothing. Since he >and his wife, Ann Austin, had two children born in Vermont, I was thinking >he may have come to Canada. > >Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can search? > >Betty Spelman