Hi All For a long while, one of my brick walls has been to local the ancestral home of my Great Grandfather Thomas William Davies, born [I believe] in 1824 in Wales and not later than 1926, and married in Wallaceburg, Ontario in 1852. Before heading west to homestead in 1882, local business directories listed TW as being a `tailor' as was his eldest son, my grandfather. Ships records to Canada are sparse here with passenger lists even more difficult to find. I have, however, found that a ship called `Tamerlane' sailed for Canada in 1847. Among those on board was 17 tailors. Perhaps one of these tailors was my Great Grandfather. Here's where you folk come in. I wonder if anybody has knowledge of what's available at the National Library of Wales [note reference following] especially re passenger lists of emigrants? Is The Welshman still around and if so - or its archives - does anybody know if there might be a list of these passengers? How about other records such as whomever owned the Tamerlane? Any and all help and guidance including suggestions, will be most appreciated. It's a shot in the dark I know but that's all I have left these days - random shots in the dark when there's a wee spark to touch to my old genealogical flintlock's gunpowder ! Thanks all and have a grand day. Ron Davies Surrey, BC Canada **************************** By 1842, emigrants were leaving Cardiganshire in sufficient numbers to fill ships sailing directly from Aberystwyth to New York and Quebec. In May 1847, the "Anne Jenkins", sailed from Aberystwyth for New York with upwards of 80 emigrants. In the same year , the "Tamerlane" left Aberystwyth with 462 passengers and crew. The passengers were mainly from the parts of east Cardiganshire, such as Lledrod, Mynyddbach, and Taihirionyrhos" (Taihirion, near Blaenpennal). The brig was bound for Quebec. The newspaper, The Welshman, identified the male passengers as 75 farmers, 65 labourers, 13 carpenters, 17 tailors, 6 blacksmiths, 5 hatters, and 10 miners, the latter probably came from the lead mining district north east of Mynydd Bach. A broadside advertising passage on the brig "Credo" from Aberystwyth to Quebec in 1848 listed passage rates at 3 pounds per adult and 1 pound 10s for each child, plus head money of 5s and 2s 6d, respectively. Passage to New York was more expensive. At the National Library of Wales are held Records of Sailings from Aberystwyth 1842-1851, [Aberystwyth Borough Records F11(a) ]