*new* for TheShipsList website http://www.theshipslist.com/ All the new and updated files and databases have been placed on their own page(s) Find them on the front page in between the big arrows --------------> <--------------- At the bottom of each of these pages I have placed links named " previous month " and " next month " so you are able to navigate back and forth between the monthly *new & updated* pages, as I only keep three months of *new* page links on the Home page. New for June 2006 is . . . o Fleets new: o Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, Amsterdam / Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. o McIlwraith MacEacharn / The Scottish Line Two more new fleets . . . the first is a big one and Dutch (great poster) and the other is another interesting sailing ship Fleet, which operated between mostly London and Australia (predominantly Brisbane). Ted and I offer thanks to Fraser Morrison of Inverness for providing us with the details of this Fleet. There were more steamships (cargo), other than the two passenger steamships we have incuded. o Pictures: o Aquitania After our Aquitania discussion on-list, Rob Jackson sent me a great FGO Stuart postcard image of Aquitania in dry-dock at Southampton.......thanks Rob o Passengers: o New Swiftsure - 13th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 16th July 1824 o New Swiftsure - 14th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 23rd July 1824 o New Swiftsure - 15th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 29th July 1824 o New Swiftsure - 16th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 6th August 1824 (including brig Glory passengers, from Belfast) o Quebec - 16th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 6th August 1824 (including brig Glory passengers, from Belfast) o New Swiftsure - 17th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 13th August 1824 o New Swiftsure - 18th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 20th August 1824 . . struck a rock , returned to Quebec o Quebec - 18th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 20th August 1824 o New Swiftsure - 18th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 27th August 1824 . . continued trip Six + more lists for steamboat New Swiftsure in 1824, plus I jumped ahead and have included two steamboat Quebec lists for 1824. This is a situation where the steamboat lists offer up some real gems. The 16th New Swiftsure trip on August 6th includes 93 passengers who had cut a "sweet deal" on their fare from Quebec to Montreal. They were identified as being from the brig GLORY from Belfast, which had arrived at Quebec on August 4th. Then the Quebec steamboat list, also of August 6th, didn't identify any passengers particularly, but offered the same "deal" to all steerage passengers aboard, 60+ of those appear to be the balance of the brig GLORY passengers. The 18th New Swiftsure trip almost ended in tragedy, as it struck a rock at the Richelieu and was in a sinking state, but was taken in tow of the steamboat Quebec and returned to Quebec City, where the passengers transferred to that steamboat for their trip to Montreal. In addition to notes about immigrants, there are many "cabin" passengers who were holidaying in Montreal, with side trips to Quebec who appear on the steamboat lists as well as published lists as Hotel Guests. (the newspaper accounts can be found at the arrivals link in the navigation bar, but also from the steamboat lists themselves) The origin of those people is truly amazing, as they don't only come from New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia etc., but also Carolina and even Louisiana ! I don't know about you, but I tend to think of our ancestors at this time suffering hardships, not about them flitting around North America on holiday . . . in 1824. I suppose it is all relative (maybe the exchange rate was really good in 1824 <smile>) <<Our city has been overflowed with strangers during the last month ; the principal hotels have been so thronged that great difficulty has been experienced in procuring agreeable entertainment, previous to the departure of the Steam Boats for Quebec . . . >> Please share this *new* for TheShipsList website email, with any other list to which you belong if you think it might be of interest or value to those list members (in other words, on-topic). Enjoy ! Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/