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From: "Ted Finch" <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] SHIP PASSENGER LISTS
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:00:12 +0100
References: <5.1.1.6.1.20040811133815.00b12f38@pop1.ns.sympatico.ca> <004701c47fec$b15bcf50$d2db86cf@oemp41w1q7b6lz>


Details of the IONIAN at
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsI-J.html

Photo of the ship can be obtained from
http://freespace.virgin.net/donald.hazeldine/Passenger.htm

regards
Ted

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Bernard" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TSL] SHIP PASSENGER LISTS


> 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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