At 04:21 PM 2006-06-30 -0300, Verna Zadow wrote: >My ancesters supposedly came to Canada from Prussia in 1881 on the >ship Curia. I have looked and looked and haven't been successful in >finding anything on this particular ship. Wondering if you can help. >Thanks in advance. > >Verna Zadow Hi Verna, I don't know of any such ship name, especially not arriving via a Canadian port. In 1881 there were no direct sailings from Germany to Canadian ports, although many Germans were transmigrants via Britain. This means they took "feeder ships" to England or Scotland, then embarked on a transatlantic ship from a major emigration port like Liverpool or Glasgow. Your ship name might have been a spelling variation on a "feeder ship" name or even the ship on which they sailed to Canada. There were 191 ships to Canada with immigrants in 1881 . . . the closest name is the Allan Line ship COREAN, from Glasgow to Quebec (4 trips) but that name is a bit of a stretch. The only alternative, if you are sure of the year, is to read microfilm . . The passenger manifests are on Microfilm at the Library & Archives of Canada [LAC], in Ottawa. The Ships are placed on the reels, in order of arrival. You can borrow the reels 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 also have copies of the microfilms, their number LDS number 0889452 ~ 1881 to 1882-06--- ~ port of Quebec I see you have a Canadian email address. Here find a list of institutions in Canada who also have copies of the microfilms. You may have one close by http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-903-e.html Good Luck Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/