Hi Marcella, At 09:33 PM 2006-07-17 -0500, Marcella wrote: >Surname: Fostij / Fosty / Fostey >First name: Jurko, Maria, >Children: Michael, Wasylyna, Antonia, Wasyl, Maria, Jurko > >Records show they arrived at Halifax May 29, 1897 however when I checked >the manifests at the archives today I could not locate the >S.S. Parisian arriving at Halifax on this date or near this date. >Does anyone have answers? The Parisian had two Halifax arrivals in 1897, on March 29th and November 27th. The May arrivals was on May 10th, into Quebec. I wonder whether your record should read March, rather than May ? I see 17 May arrivals for Parisian 1881-1898, but all into Quebec, not Halifax, with only one in the twenties, May 28th in 1882. March 29th 1897 is looking like a better prospect. From the CD-ROM --"TheShipsList Passenger Ship Arrivals Canadian Ports 1865-1899"-- http://theshipslist.com/cdrom/index.htm Reel Number Ship Name Departure Information Arrival Information Shipping Line Special Group(s) Remarks C-4517 PARISIAN Liverpool, England 1897-03-18 / Londonderry, Ireland 1897-03-19 Halifax, N.S. 1897-03-29 (A) Allan Line Steamship Co., Glasgow (J): Miss Macpherson's children to Stratford (43) Mr. Merry in charge List Number: 46; Captain Reginald Barrett The passenger manifest is on Microfilm at the Library & Archives of Canada [LAC], in Ottawa. The Ships are placed on the reel, in order of arrival. You can borrow this reel on an Inter Library Loan [ILL]. You can find the details for this procedure at this LAC Genealogy Research URL http://www.collectionscanada.ca/ill/index-e.html You are also able to ILL from Ottawa, to libraries in the US, and outside North America. These microfilms contain arrivals from ALL ports, they are not indexed. The LDS do also have copies of this microfilm, their number LDS number 0889437 ~ 1897 ~ port of Halifax Good Luck Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/