Hi Harry, At 09:13 PM 2006-09-11 -0400, Harry Dodsworth wrote: > I'm familiar with the 30A immigration forms for passengers >for Canada arriving 1919 - 1924 approx. In most cases there is no >large manifest. > However there was a question recently on another list about >a passenger landing in Canada from the Empress of Scotland >in transit to the United States. Was there a large manifest for >them as 30As were not used for most transit passengers? (I have >seen some for passengers travelling Australia - Canada - England >or Japan - Canada - England) > I would expect them to be on the St. Albans lists for entry >to the United States from Canada but are they recorded on any >Canadian records? No, passengers proceeding directly to US destinations from Canadian ports during 1919-1924, will not appear on a Form 30A record. However, as some ports also continued to keep the big sheet manifest for a short time during the Form 30A period, (those lists did include all passengers, regardless of destination) you may find US destined passengers, but the St. Albans Lists would be a better source of information. British arrivals en route to Australia or Japan for example, quite often appear on the Canadian Form 30A immigration records, as they had to be "landed" rather than be considered "in transit" because of the time involved in their time in country. "Big Sheet" manifests continued until . . . Quebec, PQ continued big sheet manifests until 1921-07-13 Halifax, NS continued big sheet manifests until 1922-10-02 Saint John, NB continued big sheet manifests until 1922-09-30 North Sydney, NS continued big sheet manifests until 1922-08-31 Vancouver, BC continued big sheet manifests until 1922-09-28 Victoria, BC (& Pacific ports) continued big sheet manifests until 1922-09-30 *New York, NY (Can. arrivals) continued big sheet manifests until 1921-12-08 *Eastern US ports (Can. arrivals) continued big sheet manifests until 1921-11-04 *note: the passengers included on the lists to the US ports noted, are only those who stated their intention to proceed directly to Canada Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/