I am passing this along to both of these lists. I saw this on the Vermont list. Someone had asked me the other day, about persons migrating into Canada and then into Vermont and did it happen. This I feel explains it fairly well.Unfortunately at this moment I don't recall who asked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FINDING SHIP PASSENGER LISTS FOR ROUTES ALONG GREAT LAKES Many immigrants were called the "two-boat people" because they sailed first to Canada and then to the United States via the Great Lakes. They did this because it was cheaper to buy a ticket to Canada than to buy a ticket directly to the United States. Also, there was a time when immigration rules and regulations prevented them from going directly to the United States, but allowed them to go to Canada instead. To find records of these immigrants, you should search the passenger lists of ships that maintained routes on the Great Lakes. Some of these records are kept in the public libraries of large cities along the Great Lakes, such as Duluth, Minnesota, and Chicago. You can also find passenger lists and arrival lists in local newspapers from that time period. Debbie Jennings debj@comsys.net "Following the footprints through time"