Hello everyone! It's been a while since I wrote to this list. I've been looking for some years now for the ship that took some of my Scottish ancestors to the Upper Plains of the US in 1880. Thanks to this list and the Olive Tree website and similar websites, I knew it was likely they had come through Canada and crossed over, and that it was possible that they came from Ireland or England instead of from Scotland. However, I haven't had any luck finding more specific information than that - until now! My 95-year-old relative, the last remaining sibling of his generation, discovered some genealogy papers he'd forgotten he had, tucked away in a drawer. They record that the family took a ship from Glasgow to Quebec and then travelled on to South Dakota from there. They also state that the family brought two oxen with them, which I mention in case that would affect what ships they took. However, so far I haven't had any luck doing a more specific search. I've tried databases on Ancestry, Olive Tree, and a couple other sites so far. (It's certainly possible I'm missing something obvious, though.) I see on the databases that there are ships that went between Glasgow and Quebec at the time, but I haven't found my family, the Philp family. Does anyone have any suggestions for what databases to search or what ships I might focus on or any other tips? Also, does anyone know how they would have travelled the rest of the way from Quebec to South Dakota with two oxen in tow? Would they still have been likely to take a train, or would they have been more likely to take some other means of transportation? I know it's possible that some of the data on the papers is inaccurate, but I figure there's no harm in using it as a starting point. Please feel free to contact me off-list with suggestions, information, etc. Thanks so much! Liz Loveland