From the Chair
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ow
many genealogical New Year’s resolutions did you make this year? My list is
endless, but mainly I hope to complete a few projects which have been on the go
for quite some time. I find one of the nicer aspects of wintertime, particularly
on cold stormy days, is the opportunity to sit by the fireside and mull over
family trees while day-dreaming about, or perhaps planning for, future genealogy
trips. The beginning of the year is a great time to formulate new goals. I hope
1998 will provide enormous returns for your genealogical labours.
You
will see from the listing of our current branch executive that a couple of
changes have occurred. We are grateful to Norm McQuay for agreeing to take on
the position of Treasurer. We all recognise that good management of the
purse-strings is of paramount importance to any organization. Norm is just the
person to look after ours. Thanks go to Gary Baker who served as Treasurer for
several years. He truly deserves a huge bouquet of roses.
I
would like to welcome Jack Knight to the position of Vice-Chair of the branch.
Jack also serves as coordinator of the Wellington group. Both of these positions
were previously held by George Taylor, who presently provides a wonderful
service in keeping those of us on e-mail updated on all manner of genealogical
happenings in the province.
Because
of the extraordinary number of research enquiries received by the branch it has
been necessary to formulate a new query policy and to implement a fee schedule.
Laurie Strome, Penny Cleeves and Perry Cockburn, along with other executive
members, have been working to bring this about. We hope soon to have a more
smoothly operating system. The team of volunteers who regularly work on answering
queries really are the backbone of our society and deserve our thanks, as well
as our admiration. Their work never ends. Despite the fact that they often are
working in “overdrive” they faithfully continue to search out what is needed.
I
include a brief reminder that February 14th is not just Valentine’s
Day this year. It is also Heritage Day in Waterloo Region. Ron Lambert, along
with a few helpers, will head out to the Cambridge Centre in Cambridge where
they will create a display of our branch’s activities. This venue affords a
golden opportunity to share our interest in genealogy with members of the
public. The branch is blessed to have Ron, who, several times a year, trundles
hither and yon, faithfully undertaking this task.
As
you begin to fill in your 1998 calendar with upcoming events, please keep OGS
activities in the forefront of your mind. Locally we have a line-up of fabulous
meetings. Further afield, genealogical fairs, Seminar and other activities
provide endless ways of improving your skills and know-how. Do plan to attend
as many as possible.
I
wish you all a wonderful genealogy-filled year.
Frances
Hoffman.
Wellington
Group
Wellspring
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ellington
Group meetings at 122 Harris Street are underway until the end of May with all
our Executive and Committee Chair positions filled! We will set a permanent meeting
time and place before our September meeting.
We
are continuing to extract and index Births, Deaths and Marriages from
Wellington County newspapers under the capable leadership of Jacquie Norris; to
date, we have over 25,000 entries on the Branch computers. Any and all who are
interested will be welcomed with open arms! Let Jacquie know your interests!
Other indexing projects are being considered and will be discussed at a later
time.
The
Enquiries team (Penny Cleeves, Perry Cockburn and their helpers) is busier than
ever; enquiries count for the majority of the Wellington Group monthly income
for the Branch at this time.
We
are hard at work on Guidelines for all Committee and Executive positions. We
feel guidelines are vital in a volunteer organization – first to inform volunteers
what is expected when they take on a committee or an executive position,
secondly so we know what to expect from one group of volunteers to another.
The
Cemetery team (Pat Pletch and her helpers) is talking about revisiting some
cemeteries and updating cemetery publications. Any and all who wish to help
will be welcomed by Pat who is still looking for those forgotten cemeteries in
the County!
The
Church Records committee, under the capable leadership of George Moore, is
discovering more and more churches of Wellington County. George appreciates any
information you may have regarding Wellington county churches.
The
Group has sent questionnaires to all OGS members residing in Wellington County;
as of January 10, 1998, there has been a 10% response.
Jack
Knight, Coordinator, Wellington Group.
Editor’s
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embers
are reminded to renew memberships for 1998 as soon as possible. Should you not
have an application form, please contact The Ontario Genealogical Society, 40 Orchard
View Blvd., Suite 102, Toronto ON M4R 1B9. All 1997 members will receive a copy
of the February 1998 Branch Notes.
Subsequent 1998 newsletters will be received only by those members renewing for
1998.
Branch
News
Meetings:
9 Feb 1998.
Frank Vigor. “My Munificent Ancestors.”
9 March 1998.
David McKnight. “INTESTATES.” A Major Untapped Genealogical Resource.
20 April 1998.
Jack Coursey. Put Some Life into your Family History.
11 May 1998.
Linda Brown-Kubisch. The Black Experience in the Queen’s Bush: Peel, Wellesley,
and Woolwich Townships.
8 June 1998. Proposed trip to Toronto to the OGS Library
at North York Public Library. Donna Wall, who will be making the
arrangements, would like a commitment from those who plan on going as she needs
a certain number committed to the trip before contracting a chartered bus. The
plan is to leave Cambridge, possibly from the Knob Hill parking lot, have time
for lunch in Toronto, and then go to the library for the afternoon. There will
be a pick-up point for those from the Wellington group, probably at one of the
car-parks adjacent to the 401. Would members planning to take advantage of this
opportunity to visit the OGS Library, please contact Donna Wall at
519-650-2221, as soon as possible.
Wellington Group Meetings:
24 Feb 1998.
Beginning (again) your Family History – aka Fundamentals of Genealogical
Research.
24 Mar 1998.
Dorothy Martin. Church Records. (The speaker is former chairperson of the OGS
Places of Worship Records Inventory Project.)
28 Apr 1998.
Ross Irwin. Information from the Agricultural Schedule in Censuses.
26 May 1998.
Frances Hoffman. Oral Histories.
Early June.
“Genes” Day Away – an annual trip to a nearby treasure spot. Information:
Elinor Knight, 519-823-1358, after May 1, 1998.
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Important
dates
February
14, 1998. Waterloo Region Heritage
Showcase. Cambridge Centre, 355 Hespeler Rd., Cambridge ON.
March 27-28,
1998. The 17th annual Gene-O-Rama
’98, presented by the Ottawa Branch OGS, with the Nepean Public Library. At
the Nepean City Hall, The Council Chambers, 101 Centrepoint Dr., Nepean ON.
Theme of the conference: “Genealogical Problem Solving.” Speakers: Elizabeth
Shown Mills, and J. Brian Gilchrist. For more information, telephone Edward
Kipp, at (613) 824-1942.
April 18, 1998.
Region III Annual Meeting, Stratford
(Bruce & Grey, Huron, Perth, Waterloo-Wellington). At Elgin Missionary
Church, Quinlan Rd., Stratford, Ontario (north end of the city, just off Hwy. 19).
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Speakers: Lutzen Riedstra (Old German Script), Lynn Clark
(Adoption Records), and Mark Jackman (Victorian Funeral Records). $20 per
person w/lunch (if received before April 1). Mrs. Lynda Greve, Registrations,
Perth County Branch OGS, PO Box 9, Stratford ON N5A 6S8.
April 18, 1998.
Region V Annual Meeting, at Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Bloor St., Toronto.
May 6-9, 1998.
National Genealogical Society Conference
in the States, in Denver, Colorado. Write: NGS ’98 Conference Registration
Brochure, 4527 17th Street North, Arlington, VA 22207-2399 USA.
E-mail: 76702.2417@compuserve.com
May 30 to June
5, 1998. Summer Camp ’98 hosted by
the Toronto Branch OGS. Call Jane MacNamara,
416-463-9103, for details.
May 29-31,
1998. Seminar ’98. “From Settlers to
Satellites.” Hosted by London-Middlesex Branch OGS at University of Western
Ontario. Session leaders include Ruth Burkholder, Brian Gilchrist, Joanne Harvey,
Shirley Hodges, Brenda Merriman, Ryan Taylor, and Curt Witcher.
June 14, 1998.
Heritage Renfrew’s Home Children Canada
8th Annual Reunion (1998), in Ottawa. Reserve your place now
with Dave Lorente, 107 Erindale Ave., Renfrew ON K7V 4G3 (Tel/Fax: 613-432-2486; e-mail: lorente@renc.igs.net).
May 12-14,
2000. Seminar 2000. Hosted by the Ottawa
Branch.
May 24, 25, 26
& 27, 2001. Seminar 2001. “Coming
Home (Again) to Waterloo.” Hosted by Waterloo-Wellington Branch OGS.
OGS NEWS:
Did you know that there are two candidates
for the office of OGS President? -- 1) Gordon
B. Conquergood (29 Bayberry Crescent, Toronto ON M2K 1T9, telephone and fax: 416-225-2822); and 2) Marjorea Roblin (43 Lincoln Green
Drive, Markham ON L3P 1R6, telephone:
416-489-0734, fax: 416-489-9803). Please feel free to contact either or both of
these individuals should you wish more information regarding their objectives
concerning the future of OGS. These objectives are contained in letters sent to
Branch Notes. The letters will be
available for members to read at upcoming branch meetings.
SS No. 5, St. James
School, Wilmot Twp.
Laurie
Strome has sent in a newspaper clipping from the New Hamburg Independent of Wednesday, 9 April 1997, pg. 6. There is
a photograph, taken in 1924, of students at S.S. No. 5, St. James School,
Wilmot Township. Anyone wishing to look at the photograph should contact the
newspaper. Names of the students are as follows. In the first row: John Bolt, John Bender, Henry Penner,
Titus Roth, Hans Penner, Oliver Kuepfer, Emmanuel Bast,
Silvin Roth, and Clifford Helmuth. In the second row: Elmer Kuepfer, Mary Ann Bender, Alice Wagler,
Anna Mae Roth, Melinda Stere, Dorothy Kuepfer, Sarah Peters,
and Minota Shantz. In the third row:
Ervin Stere, Oliver Kerr, Gherhart Peters, Wilmer Bender,
Robert Kerr, and Serenes Schwartzentruber. In the back row: Emma
Roth, Lizzie Roth, Mae Schwartzetruber,
Elizabeth Penner, Lydia Ann Bast, Lorne Bender and Oliver Zimmerman.
In Memoriam
Betty
Patterson, a long-time member of OGS (# 359) and of the Waterloo-Wellington
branch OGS (# 32) died in December, 1998.
WATERLOO-WELLINGTON
BRANCH
MEMBERS’ E-MAIL LIST:
[Editor:
The following list of Waterloo-Wellington Branch members’ e-mail addresses has
been compiled by Jack Coursey and Jim McKane. Permission to print the addresses
has been obtained from these members.]
Ambrose, Gordon
- gambrose@rogers.wave.ca
Ambrose,
Rosemary - rambrose@rogers.wave.ca
Baker, Gary
& Jennifer - jbaker@golden.net
Barnes, William
- wtbarnes@golden.net
Bice, Verna -
jbice@gator1.brazosport.cc.tx.us
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6904/
Bombay, David -
david.bombay@sympatico.ca
Coursey, Jack
P. - jpcoursey@golden.net
Cunningham, Ken
- dmcunni@ibm.net
Groh, Russel -
russg@easynet.on.ca
Hewitt, Pat -
pmhewitt@planet.eon.net
Hoffman,
Frances - fhoffman@kw.igs.net
http://www.kw.igs.net/~fhoffman
Knight, Elinor
Reed & Jack Vernon- jverk@sentex.net
Kohli, Marjorie
- marj@dcs1.uwaterloo.ca
http://www.dcs.uwaterloo.ca/~marj
Lambert, Ron-
rdlamber@artspas.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~rdlamber/genstudy.htm
Litton, Phyllis
B. - plitton@prodigy.com
Lyons, Lawrence
- LYONS720@worldnet.att.net
Madill, Dona -
kmadill@golden.net
Metzger, Beth -
bmetzger@golden.net
Montgomery,
Arlyn - amontgom@wcl.on.ca
Novak, Pat -
patxgene@n-jcenter.com
Phripp, Frank -
phripp@retirees.uwaterloo.ca
Pike, David -
dpike@sympatico.ca.
Ritter, Robert
P. - ritter@huron.net
Seabrook, Susan
- slseabro@library.uwaterloo.ca
Smith, Bonita
-bonita.smith@sympatico.ca
Stinson, Robert
"Bob" -rstinson@uoguelph.ca
Strome, Laurie
- lestrome@library.uwaterloo.ca
Taylor, George
- taylorgh@freespace.net
Taylor, Jane -
jetaylor@mail.interlog.com
Taylor, Ryan -
rtaylor@everest.acpl.lib.in.us
Vigor, Frank -
fvigor@freespace.net
Willits, George
D. - gdw@oxford.net
Wilson,
Marjorie - mwilson@cyg.net
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New In the Branch Library
Thelma
and Bill Barnes report the following new acquisitions in the Branch Library,
and wish to say a sincere “thank you” to all who have donated publications to
our library. The Branch Library is located in the Grace Schmidt Room Local
History Room in the Kitchener Public Library.
Merriman,
Brenda Dougal. About Genealogical Standards
of Evidence: A Guide for Genealogists. 1997 (Donated by OGS)
Ambrose,
Gordon, and Laurie Strome. Waterloo
Chronicle Notices of Births, Deaths, Marriages January 5, 1899 to December 20,
1900. 1997.
OGS
Seminar -1997, Alliston, Ontario.
Strays.
Volume 2. (Donated by OGS)
Willem Nolles,
Ancestor of the Nelles, Nellis Families of North America.
(Donated by Wm. B. Jackson)
Andrew Nelles. A New
Canadian 1798. (Donated by Wm. B. Jackson)
Clan McCash.
(Donated by William T. McAsh)
Madill,
Dona. Ontario Delayed Births Abstract,
1860-1874.
Genealogical Research
Directory, 1997.
Guide to
Naturalization Records of the United States.
Grey County Births,
pre-1869 to 1874.
Grey County Marriages,
1873 to 1879.
Grey County Deaths,
pre-1869 to 1879.
Bruce County Deaths,
pre-1869-1879
Bruce County
Marriages, 1873-1879
Roman Catholic
Marriage Registers in Ontario, Canada 1828-1870.
The Marriage Registers
of Upper Canada/Canada West. Vol. 9, Part 1 7 Part 2. Wellington District,
1840-1852.
1871 Census of Grey
County. (25th Anniversary Donation
from Bruce & Grey Branch OGS)
County of Bruce 1867
Directory. (25th Anniversary Donation
from Bruce & Grey Branch OGS)
Local People in London
from 1891 Census, East End from Hertfordshire.
(Donated by R. Gillians)
The Records of the
Rev. James Gray, Kings County, New Brunswick, 1857-1898.
(Donated by R. Gillians)
Waterloo County.
(In memory of Reuben S. Oberhotzer)
The Martin Family of
Bridgeport, Ontario. (Donated by Elaine
Martin Coursey & Richard Martin)
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NEWS
FROM THE WELLINGTON GROUP
Additions to the Branch Library held at the
Guelph Public Library.
The Guelph Evening
Mercury. Vols. 19-32; October 1874 to April 1879.
Bur-Mor Publications, 1995. Indexed. Extraction of births, deaths, &
marriages.
Barr,
Elinor. Isabel Johnstone – Not Forgotten,
1872-1923. A Guelph Native.
Merriman,
Brenda Dougall. About Genealogical Standards
of Evidence: A Guide for Genealogists. 1997 Examples from Canadian Sources.
Mills,
Elizabeth Shown. Evidence: Citation &
Analysis for the Family Historian. 1997. Gives examples for electronic
sources as well as the usual sources.
Engel,
Marilyn. Grey Township and its People.
1982. Detailed information from Huron County. (Donation)
Hayes,
Geoffrey. Waterloo County. An Illustrated
History. 1997.
Graham,
Robert J. (ed.) Inn-Roads to Ancestry.
Volume 1: Head of the Lake & Niagara. 1996.
History of Arthur
Township. (A much appreciated gift in response to
a request for Wellington County Township histories in November 1997 Branch Notes.)
Boulton,
Marsha (ed.). Families, Facts and Fables:
Minto Memories. (Donated by Laurie Strome, also in response to request in
November 1997 BN.)
Whyte,
Donald A. A Dictionary of Scottish
Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation. Vol. 2. 1995.
Strays: An Index to
the OGS Strays Project. Vol. 2.
Enquiries have been
received by the Wellington Group about:
BAIN,
BEHRNS, BISHOP, BRUCE, CHRISTIE, DALEY, DRIVER, ELLISON, FARLEY, FLATT,
GILLIES, GORDON, HASTINGS, HIDOLTH, HOBBS, HOCKIN, HOOD, HOPKINS, KELIEHOR
(KELLEHER), LIPSEY, LTTLE, McMAHON, McMANUS, MEREDITH, MOARE, PATON, RATHBURN,
RENNIE, RITCHIE, ROGERS, SCOTT, SAMPSON, SANDERSON, SINGER, TIPPING, UDY,
VANSON, WALLACE, WALSH.
If
you are interested in any of these names, please contact Penny Cleeves or Perry
Cockburn at the Branch address.
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Gleanings
from Other Newsletters
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of newsletters are in Periodicals, in the Reference Section, of the Kitchener
Public Library)
From
the Niagara Peninsula Branch OGS newsletter, Notes from Niagara, November 1997, Vol. XVII, No. 4, pg. 37, in the
article, Suspension Bridge Marriages 1886-1893: “Charles Fletcher SWAYZE
Galt Ontario, 23 yr, Clerk, Font Hill Canada, Fletcher SWAYZE, Elizabeth
CHURCH, Bride: Alice Margery PATTEN, Nigara [sic] Falls South Ontario, 21 yr,
Nigara [sic] Falls South Ontario, Charles PATTEN, Margery DURHAM, August 27th,
1892.”
From
the Ontario Historical Society’s Bulletin
(Issue 111, September-October 1997, pg. 3): “Saskatchewan historian, Ernie
Neufeld, wants to learn more about Ontario settlers who moved to Saskatchewan.
He is interested in media reports and letters sent back home. If you have
information, please write to him at 525 Scott Street, Weyburn SK S4H 1T2.”
Wesleyan Female
College, Hamilton, Ontario (Incorporated 1861).
Local graduates were Maria Bowman,
of Blair (Class of 1870); Martha M. Robertson, Harriston (Class of 1875);
and Minnie J.D. Erb, of Preston (Class of 1879). (Hamilton Branch
newsletter, August 1995.)
Students
at the Wesleyan Female College,
Hamilton, Ontario in 1879-1800, included Caroline Breithaupt of Berlin, Ontario, Laura Gallagher of Guelph, and Martha
A. Riesberry of Harriston. (Hamilton Branch newsletter, November 1997.)
News
from our local resources
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Kitchener Public Library
Recent Acquisitions in
the Grace Schmidt Room of Local History.
A
very important new acquisition in the Grace Schmidt Room is a microfilm of the records of St. Peter’s Lutheran
Church, Kitchener, which was donated to the library through the generosity
of the church. The following records are on the microfilm:
Records
of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener
Baptisms:
1862-1929; Marriages: 1870-1882; Conformations: 1905-1906, 1915-1929; Burials:
1862-1929.
Marriage
records: 1862-1869, 1882-1909.
Marriage
Registers: Oct 17, 1896-Jan 2, 1913; Sept 25, 1923-Sept 28, 1929.
Records
of Confirmation (Green Book). Confirmations 1878-1914. Newspaper clippings.
Communicants:
1868-1910.
New publications in
the Grace Schmidt Room
Bruder,
Leonard G. Philip Bruder, 1804-1876.
Descendants to October 1997.
Steinacher Family
Tree, 1819-1997. First Ed. 1997.
Hewitt,
Sister Patricia I.H.M. Sturdy Stock. The
Hewitt Family. A Chronicle and Genealogy. 1996.
More
of Interest
The
National Burial Index and Scotland. Family Tree Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 9, July 1997) reports that the
“Scottish Association of Family History Societies (SAFHS) is coordinating the
creation of a National Burial Index for all of Scotland covering the period
1538-1855. Unlike its English counterpart, the Scottish Index will contain
dates of both death and burial, as well as the age and place of abode of
the deceased. Transcriptions will be inputted into a computer program for
merging with similar data for each pre-1975 county to produce a database. It is
anticipated that selected information from each county will be amalgamated to
produce a national index on both microfiche and CD-ROM for public distribution
at reasonable cost. Details can be obtained from the societies or from the
Secretary, SAFHS, 15 Edinburgh Road, Greenlaw TD10 6XF, Scotland.”
Jack
Coursey, Jim McKane and George Taylor have sent e-mail messages recently
regarding the Northumberland County
Cemetery Records Data Base, compiled by the Lakeshore Genealogical Society,
Cobourg, Ontario. The records of the 128 Northumberland County cemeteries have
been entered into the data base and provide for quick searches by surname,
first names, maiden names, birth dates, and death dates. Members of the Quinte
Branch OGS currently are adding cemetery records of Hastings and Prince Edward
Counties to the data base. There is a fee for searches. Jack says “I have tried
it and it is an excellent service.” Send enquiries to Lakeshore Genealogical
Society, c/o Cheryl Barlow, 353-A College St., Cobourg, ON K9A 3V5. George Taylor sent in an article,
Northumberland County Ontario Cemetery Records Database, from which some of
this information was taken. The article was in Eastman’s Online Genealogy
Newsletter of September 8, 1997. Eastman’s Web site can be found at:
http://www.ancestry.com/home/eastarch.htm
George
and Jack also have sent information regarding The Global Gazette, a Canadian Genealogy & Heritage newsletter,
published every other Friday, and available on the Internet. Thank you both!
http://globalgenealogy.com.gazback.htm
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TREE TOPS FAMILY TREE
QUERY SERVICE
This
is a free televised Family Tree
Query Service, offered by Tree Tops, PO Box 116, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 2SX
England (Phone/Fax 01793-538730). Those able to do so can look on the Internet:
http://www.cadvision.com/traces/treetops.html
Jack
Coursey writes: “The idea is to send your Family Tree Query of no more than 40
words, which must include a postal address. It will go on television on Sky
News fastext for one week and will be seen all over the UK, Ireland and Europe.
This is a FREE service. At the end of each month a copy of the un-edited
version of the queries is in the Tree
Tops Genealogical Journal which also contains other bits of information.
The Journal is available for sale each month. All queries for this service must
be sent to: tree.tops@virgin.net, or by snail mail to the address above. It is
mandatory that TREE TOPS QUERY be placed on the subject line.” Send e-mail
queries to TREE TOPS QUERY.
Tree
Tops states that all queries MUST, 1) be printed or typed; 2) contain names,
dates and places (don’t forget the county!); 3) be no more than 40
words, including your name, full postal address, e-mail address, etc.; and 4)
if submitted by regular mail, mark your envelope FAMILY TREE (SK/TT); put a
line between each query, with full postal address after each query.
Jack Coursey
reports that he gets questions in classes about the various names given to what
are now the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The following is based on some
information Jack found on the Net:
UPPER and LOWER CANADA.
What were they? When?
In
1791 the British split the colony [in North America] into two, called Upper
Canada and Lower Canada. Each had its own legislature and its own (quite different)
civil law codes and rules of land tenure.
The
Province of Canada existed from 10 February 1841 to 30 June 1867. It joined
Upper Canada and Lower Canada, with these two regions being referred to as
Canada West and Canada East – sometimes simply as the Canadas. In 1867 the
Province of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick agreed to join together, and
on 1 July 1867 the Dominion of Canada came into being. The Canadas became
Ontario and Quebec.
Family
historians/genealogists should keep in mind the fact that although a name
change occurred at a certain time, it is possible that people continued using a
former name for awhile. For example, even ‘though the names Ontario and Quebec
officially came into being as of July 1, 1867, individuals might continue to refer
to Canada West and Canada East when giving information regarding births,
marriages and deaths.
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Marjorie Kohli
(e-mail: marj@dcs1.uwaterloo.ca; or write to her c/o the Branch) is searching
information about Young Immigrants to
Canada. Marjorie writes:
When
the topic of child immigrants to Canada is raised many people first think of Barnardo’s.
Some may know about Annie Macpherson, Maria Rye, Fegan Homes, Dr. Stephenson
and the National Children’s Home or even some of the Roman Catholic
organizations. I am presently researching ALL
of the organizations which brought children to Canada between 1833 and 1935.
Religious
Organizations
Roman Catholic
Organizations
Other
Denominations (e.g. Church of England Waifs and
Strays, National Children’s Home, Salvation Army)
Non-Denominational
Societies and Organizations (e.g. Barnardo,
Macpherson, Birt, Middlemore, Quarrier, etc.)
Reformatories
and Industrial Schools
Children from
Countries other than Great Britain
Groups
Especially for Women.
Other Sources
of Information
Records for
Children who were in the care of former London Boroughs (pre-1965)
Organizations
who will help search
Poor Law
records
Books on this
topic
Libraries with
Special Collections
Archives of
interest
Latest news
From
the Royal Canadian Legion Magazine (November/December 1995,
pg. 35):
Seamen’s Records Moved to
Charlottetown
Veterans
Affairs Canada in Charlottetown is now dealing with wartime merchant seamen’s
records following their transfer from Transport Canada.
The
Central Registry of Seamen in Ottawa had for nearly 60 years handled merchant
seamen’s records, war medals and campaign stars but, as a result of enactment
of the Merchant Navy Veterans and Civilian War-related Benefits Act in 1992, it
was transferred to Veterans Affairs Canada on June 9 [1995].
Inquiries
should be addressed to: Merchant Navy Registry, PO Box 7700, Charlottetown,
PEI C1A 8M9 (telephone: 902-566-8512).
The
Royal Canadian Legion’s Legion Magazine (November/December 1997, pg. 47) has the following article
regarding holdings at the National Archives:
In
the Vaults
Along
with artwork, photography, maps and personal papers, the National Archives is
the repository for the personnel files of more than 5.5 million former military
and civilian employees of the Canadian Armed Forces and the federal government.
Included in these records is information about the individual’s employment history,
the military units with which he/she served, pension details and personal data.
For
those who served after WWI, military records include the individual’s medical
history on enlistment and discharge, dental charts, information concerning any
medals awarded and personal evaluation reports.
The
Archives also holds some related records, including war diaries, wartime
sailing lists, Royal Canadian Air Force daily routine orders and militia pay sheets.
This
type of information can prove invaluable to historians, as well as to relatives
conducting family research or looking for supporting evidence to qualify for Legion
membership.
The
rules pertaining to what information can be released are governed by the Access
to Information and Privacy acts, as well as Archives policy. The regulations
and procedures are available either by contacting the Archives or by accessing
the institution’s pages on the World Wide Web.
The
mailing address for the National Archives of Canada is: 395 Wellington St.,
Ottawa ON K1A ON3.
Jim
McKane thought that readers might be interested in the following top ten
indicators which might indicate that you have become a Gene-Aholic:
10. You introduce your daughter as your descendant.
9. You have never met any of the people you
send e-mail to, even ‘though you are related.
8. You can recite your lineage back 8
generations, but you cannot remember your nephew’s name.
7. You have more photographs of dead people
than living ones.
6. You have taken a tape recorder and/or
notebook to a family reunion.
5. You have not only read the latest GEDCOM
standard, you understand it.
4. The local genealogy society borrows books
from you.
3. The only film you have seen in the last
year was the 1880 census index. [Ed: this list must have been compiled by an
American.]
2. More than half of your CD collection is
made up of marriage records and pedigrees.
1. Your elusive ancestor has been spotted in
more places than Elvis!
