THESHIPSLIST - Transcriptions of manifests, lists of ships of the companies with description of ships being worked on. Many of the
transcriptions on this site are listed in the ship descriptions.
Immigrants To Canada - features ship lists online - many people went to Canada first and then came to the USA.
The Olive Tree Genealogy Site has passenger lists online that are of interest. To Canada lists and from Ireland
to N. America may be of interest. Other passenger lists for different areas exist here also and many of the date ranges are 1600's and 1700's.
Canadian Immigration Records - Online and searchable by their archives
Cyndi's List - List of online resources for passenger records worldwide.
Sites that explain the St. Albans records:
St. Alban's FAQ a very good explanation of the records in this group.
By Way of Canada by Marian L. Smith on the NARA site
Border Crossings (US/Canada)
Audio Tapes of Lectures on Passenger Lists - very reasonable price. Seminars given by experts in the
field.
St. Albans Instructions - excellent explanation with graphics of some records to help.
INS - Record groups of the
ports by state:
Idaho & Illinois Michigan
Wisconsin Ohio
No. Dakota Minnesota
New York (contains GL ports)
US Ports of Entry in Canada - St. Albans Lists Soundex from the INS
Family Sites that immigrated through the Great Lakes system:
Presque Isle County, Michigan Families - features Rogers City, one of the port towns in Michigan
1870 Newspaper ads - Examples of some of the newspaper ads about the boats traveling the GL's
