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From: Henry Bernard <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] SHIP PASSENGER LISTS
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:46:43 -0400
References: <5.1.1.6.1.20040811133815.00b12f38@pop1.ns.sympatico.ca>


HI SUE THANKS TO YOU AND ALL THOSE WHO HELPED AND ENCOURAGED. WE FINALLY
FOUND OUR GRANDFATHER ETC. AND THE SHIP HE SAILED ON WHICH WAS THE SS IONIAN
THAT SAILED OCT. 5 AND ARRIVED QUEBEC OCT 11 1907 DESTINATION RICHMOND
QUEBEC CANADA. IF ANYONE CAN HELP WITH A PICTURE AND MORE INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS SHIP WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANKS ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL OF
US MARGARET AND HENRY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Swiggum" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TSL] SHIP PASSENGER LISTS


> At 11:25 AM 2004-08-11 -0400, Henry Bernard wrote:
> >Has anyone experienced the problems we are facing with entries on the
> >micro-films from the Canadian National Archives as being unreadable due
to
> >faded ink or whatever? We have had this problem with many pages on films
T
> >491 & T 492. We have now moved to T 493 and T 4759 but are discouraged
> >that the family we are seeking may have been entered on one of the
> >unreadable pages. Any suggestions?
> >
> >Margaret & Henry Bernard
>
> Margaret & Henry,
>
> Do you know any details of any sailings . . ship names or dates? The
> period you are searching covers July 10 1907 to October 2 1908. During
> this same period, immigration created an alphabetized "manifest
> index." Those manifest indexes have been filmed . . the only drawback
with
> them is that sometimes they included only limited identification
concerning
> the ship itself. As I've been creating my database, I've added more
> information about departure ports / dates etc. Some of those manifest
> index reels were also refilmed, so there are "manifest index retake"
reels.
>
> manifest index reels T-527, T-528, T-529 & T-5520, T-5521, T-5522,
> T-5523 cover June 7 1907 to Nov. 10 1908
>
> manifest index retake reels T-531, T-532, T-533 & T-5509 cover Jan. 27
> 1907 to Nov. 18 1908
>
> Note that not _every_ sailing has a manifest index record, but by the same
> token, I have encountered some ships with _only_ a manifest index
> record. Note also that these reels include the three main ports of
Quebec,
> Halifax and St. John on each reel (this is why there are so many reels).
>
> Good luck
>
> Sue
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