Hi, I 'm new to the list and hope someone came help. I have tracked my great-grandparents from England to Cowley Alberta, where they were living at the time my grandfather enlisted in WW1 and I am having trouble finding it. I have found reference to the fact it may be near Pincher Creek . but unable to locate. Any hellp would be appreciated. Gail

foxpits@paradise.net.nz Hi, We are trying to find any connections in Canada to Margaret BURNS and her family. MARGARET BURNS ( mother) and children CICELY PENNINGTON, GEOFFREY, MARGERY PENNINGTON, and BRENDA PENNINGTON. We know BRENDA married LESLIE JAMES STONELAKE on 21st Jan 1913 in Parish of St Judes Blackfalds when she was 21, and then came out to New Zealand. Margarets husband JAMES PENNINGTON BURNS died in Colton Lancashire (where they were all born)1905 so we pressume the family went to Canada after that. We have photo's of Brenda and her sisters in Banff when she was 15 years old. And also a photo of her with her sister CICELY who was a Gym teacher at some school. This is a bit of a shot in the dark. Pam

See http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5421/genweb.html ----- Canadian surnames: King, Niblock, Hanton, Kenny, Hamilton ----- NZ surnames: Pelham, Shirley ----- Website for New Zealanders immigrating to Canada prior to 1920 http://www.geocities.com/herbertlloydking/kiwicanuck/ kiwicanuck.html ----- __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com

Looks to me on my map that Youngstown & Chinook are on highway 9 west of Cereal and east of Hanna, AB. That would be a farming area. On Thu, 16 August 2001, "Jim and Diane Anderson" wrote: > Could someone please tell me where Chinook, Alberta is/was approximately > 1912 - 1919? Was this a mining, or a farming community? I think it may have > been near Youngstown, Alberta. Am I right? > > Diane ----- Canadian surnames: King, Niblock, Hanton, Kenny, Hamilton ----- NZ surnames: Pelham, Shirley ----- Website for New Zealanders immigrating to Canada prior to 1920 http://www.geocities.com/herbertlloydking/kiwicanuck/ kiwicanuck.html ----- __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com

Could someone please tell me where Chinook, Alberta is/was approximately 1912 - 1919? Was this a mining, or a farming community? I think it may have been near Youngstown, Alberta. Am I right? Diane

I am trying to find relatives with the surname Liske and Hauer. If you know anything about these? Thanks Shirley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowman-Graham-Harrell-Hanner,Sinclair Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TNC.2ACI/1769.1 Message Board Post: How are your Graham and Harrell related? Taylor

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Csabafi Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TNC.2ACI/1873 Message Board Post: Hi, Imre has attended McGill's university 1966-69, has published a book on " space law" in 1971. Im an old friend from Hungary < now living in australia> would love to find him. If anyone knows about him, please let me know, mcorones@hotmail.com

See http://www.agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca/activities.html#slc for details about the next Salt Lake City trip. Patricia Greber wrote: > Can anyone tell me when the Edmonton Branch of AGS heads to Salt Lake or if > they do?

Thats what we need more people like Jolliffe!! Many people do not have computers and many people think a computer is a devil with all the info it holds. Am finding out the devil is in this puter of mine. Some how got the Sirc virus. Took me from yesterday morning to 2:26 this afternoon to get rid of it. Did not pass it on as i could not even get on line!! Viola.

Hi Anne! A personal friend of mine is the dr. of Addie Mc Eachern & Grand-daughter of Neil McEachern of Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta. She lives in Cochrane, Alberta. She does not have a computer. If I had your ph. # I would ask her to give you a call. Hope this helps. Ken Jolliffe

Greetings all. Attempts to informally obtain responses from Brian Tobin and Anne McLellan giving clarification of Brian Tobin's announced "broad based discussions with all Canadians" regarding public access of Historic Census Records have been abysmal failures. Neither response, nor acknowledgement of receipt of correspondence has been forthcoming. This afternoon I mailed two Access to Information Requests -- one to Statistics Canada for Brian Tobin, and one to the Department of Justice for Anne McLellan. I copy below the text of the ATI request to Statistics Canada. The request to the Department of Justice, while worded differently, seeks the same information. These requests were sent via Canada Post's ExpressPost and should be received no later than Tuesday next week. The respective departments have 30 days from the date of receipt to respond. We await that response with great interest and anticipation. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm ======================================= 10 August 2001 ATIP Coordinator Statistics Canada Pamela White R.H. Coats Bldg., 25-B Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6 Ms White. The Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry, and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada, on 15 December 2000, released to the public the Report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records commissioned by his predecessor, the Honourable John Manley. He did so on Day 89 of the 90-day period within which he was required by law to do so because of an Access to Information Request made by myself. In making the Report of the Expert Panel public, Mr. Tobin at the same time dismissed the recommendations contained therein, and issued a News Release stating: ". further broad based consultation with all Canadians is needed. This consultation will take place as part of the already announced administrative and legislative review of the Access to Information and the Privacy Acts." On 26 March 2001 your correspondent took part in roundtable discussions conducted under the auspices of the Access to Information Act Review Task Force. This is the body charged with undertaking the "already announced administrative and legislative review of the Access to Information .Act." At the end of the day, those of us whose primary interest was in regaining public access to Historic Census records were pulled aside by observing members of the ATIA Review Task Force. We were advised that perhaps the ATIA Review was not the best route to take to achieve that goal. We were further advised: * Not to expect much to be said about public access to Historic Census Records in the Final Report of the ATI Act Review Task Force. * A review of, and recommendations regarding, public access to Historic Census Records did not form a part of the mandate of the ATI Act Review Task Force. * Members of the ATI Act Review Task Force had never been advised that a review of, and subsequent recommendations relating to, public access of Historic Census Records should be considered by them. * A review of the Privacy Act was not, and has never been, a part of the mandate of the ATI Act Review Task Force. This advice, coming from observing members of the ATIA Review Task Force, is obviously at odds with the statement contained in the 15 December 2000 News Release of Mr. Tobin. On 26 March 2001 I directed an email to Mr. Tobin advising him what we had been told by observing members of the ATIA Review Task Force. I made a number of points and asked some questions, requesting a personal response from Mr. Tobin that would clarify the situation. On 29 April 2001 I directed another message to Mr. Tobin. It was sent via email, fax, and Canada Post. This message requested a response to my first email as well as other information relating to the "broad based consultation with all Canadians" announced by Mr. Tobin. I again requested a personal response from Mr. Tobin. To date, now approaching five months since sending my original message regarding this subject (26 march 2001), Mr. Tobin has neither responded to my stated concerns, nor has he or his staff had the courtesy to even acknowledge receipt of them. On 2 June 2001, following a number of long distance telephone calls to the Office of the Minister, I sent a third email message requesting responses from, or at least acknowledgement of receipt, of the previous two messages. Some ten days later I received an acknowledgement of this message from Mr. Paul Parent, A/Manager, Executive Correspondence and Records. This acknowledgement did not respond to the concerns expressed in the previous letters. It simply stated: "On behalf of the Honourable Brian Tobin, we wish to acknowledge receipt of your recent Internet message. Minister Tobin appreciates receiving your correspondence." I quite frankly doubt that Minister Tobin "appreciates" receiving my correspondence. It is doubtful that he has even seen, or been advised of it. It is obvious that I will likely not, via informal requests, receive any response to my concerns relating to the announced "further broad based consultations with all Canadians" in regards public access to Historic Census Records. This letter, therefore, is to be considered a formal Request for Information under Access to Information legislation. I have enclosed herein a check for the requisite fee for such a Request. In relation to the above I seek to obtain any and all documentation, including email, letters, memoranda, notes about conversations, or other, between Brian Tobin as Minister of Industry or his staff, and; Anne McLellan -- Minister of Justice or her staff, employees of Justice Canada, Dr. Ivan Fellegi -- Chief Statistician of Canada, employees of Statistics Canada, The Honourable Lucienne Robillard -- President of the Treasury Board of Canada, Madame Andrée Delagrave - Chair of the ATIA Review Task Force, members of that Task Force, and/or any other bodies or persons; relating to any public consultations and/or review of public access to Historic Census Records and recommendations regarding the various legislation pertaining thereto, in particular the Access to Information Act. I further seek any and all similar documentation between the above individuals, and any other bodies or persons, relating to any similar review of the Privacy Act. I seek specifically to be advised as to where, when, and by whom "further broad based discussions with all Canadians" relating to public access of Historic Census Records have been, or are to be, held. I further seek to be advised as to when the results of any such "discussions" will be made known to the public. I seek the truth. This ATI Request has been directed to Statistics Canada. It is expected that, as per the ATI Act, should another department, or departments, be better able to fulfill my request, it shall be so directed to that other department or departments. A request similar to this one has been directed to Justice Canada and the Minister thereof, the Honourable Anne McLellan. Thank you. Gordon A. Watts, Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee

Greetings All. Just a short note to advise that recent updates to the Post 1901 Census Project website have just been loaded. They include links to extracts of several media reports not previously shown, and many more links to other websites having information relating to Census. If you have submitted a request for a reciprocal link to your website, and it is not included with this update, please contact me again regarding this. MPs and Senators Scoreboards and Correspondence Logs have been updated and more to come. Please copy your letters to MPs and Senators, and more importantly their responses, to me so that they can be added to the Correspondence Logs and the Scoreboards updated. Also added, on the Petitions page, is a colourful letter sized poster, in PDF format, that has been developed for use with Post 1901 Census Petitions. Download and distribute it freely wherever petitions have been posted. Petitions continue to come in almost daily. These are very important to demonstrate to the government that the people of Canada wish to regain public access to Historic Census Records. Please continue to collect signatures on these petitions. The next batches of petitions will be sent in about the time Parliament reconvenes in September. The interest and support of all is appreciated. With your assistance we will achieve our goal of regaining public access to Historic Census Records. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm

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Hi Thank you for answering. I have been looking at McEachern and MacEachern boards for a couple years now and am now finding old messages. Where they were before, I do not know. Yes, this is part of my family. My gr. gr. grandfather was Malcolm, brother of Neil , who came from Islay to Eldon. I just found a gr.gr. grandson of the Neil and phoned him in B.C. He told me that part of the family moved toFt. Sask. so we are on the right track. I have a lot of names in Malcolm's line but lots of holes too. Keep in touch. Anne.

Anne: Neil's parents were Neil McE & Mary Smith; gp were Farquhar and Margaret Ferguson; ggp were Hugh and Mary Brown. Immigrated from Islay c. 1832 to Eldon Twp., Victoria County, Ontario. Any connection?

Do you know Neil's parents names or siblings.I have a gr gr. uncle Neil that has descendants that moved out west. if you can tell me some of the names of family, it might be the same one. get in touch. Anne

Annette; Eugene Gagne parents are Antoine Gagne son of Pierre Gagne & Adelaide Fortin His mother ZoeSimoneau mar 10 Jan 1860 Cap St Ignace. Eugenes father is not name Anthine but Antoine.Our Anthine is related but cousins Send your E-mail address. i have info on Simoneau Family.Emma & Maude Langlois sis not mar to Brothers although both Gagnes.

Hi everyone, I'm doing some genealogy check for my mother-in-law and I wonder if any of you could help. Her maiden surname is Biswanger. She knows her father settled in the Scandinavian but might be originally from Germany. This happened in the early 1940s or 1930s. If there are any Biswangers out there, could they please contact me, especially if they can trace their ancestry to Germany. Cordially Sam

Send e-mail address and I will send you 140 pages of Liddicoat info. going back to 1700's from Cornwall, England.