These towns were Michel & Natal, on the west side of the Crowsnest Pass. They no longer exist, and the people who lived there were relocated into Sparwood, B.C. Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Campbell" <incerawe@home.com> To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 10:12 AM Subject: [ALBERTA] Your posting > Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Canada/Alberta/General/11493 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > There were the two Coal Mining towns of Michelle and Nitel(sp) that were > just actross the border on the British Columbia side. Bot towns are only > ghost towns now if in fact they exist at all. They were located on what > is now Highway 3. > These may be the sites you are looking for - good luck > > > ==== ALBERTA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from ALBERTA-L, e-mail to: > ALBERTA-L-request@rootsweb.com In the body type only: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF signature file and leave subject line blank)

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Canada/Alberta/General/11493 Surname: ------------------------- There were the two Coal Mining towns of Michelle and Nitel(sp) that were just actross the border on the British Columbia side. Bot towns are only ghost towns now if in fact they exist at all. They were located on what is now Highway 3. These may be the sites you are looking for - good luck

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Canada/Alberta/General/11492 Surname: Purdiak, Cuporakova ------------------------- Sometime abt. 1911 Frank Purdiak immigrated from Czecho Slovakia to Alberta Canada. He worked in the mine district, somewhere near Calgary. There he met Anna Cuporakova and married Purdiak there. Her parents were Jozef and Helena Cuporakova. She worked as a cook either in Calgary or closer to the mine area. About 10 years later, they immigrated to Wisconsin, USA. Having trouble finding any information as to their whereabouts in Alberta and immigration information. Any assistance would be welcome

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Canada/Alberta/General/11491 Surname: GIRARD ------------------------- Thank you very much. I do appreciate all the help that has come this way from a simple query. I have contacted the AGS, and hopefully will learn more about this family.

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Canada/Alberta/General/11490 Surname: ------------------------- The finging aids and indexes (not online) of the Alberta Genealogical Society lists some 150 Girard names, among them are these burials in the St Laurent RC Cemetery at Brosseau. Abel GIRARD, 26 Dec 1831 - 9 Oct 1920 age 88 yrs. Marie Louise GIRARD, interred 31 Oct 1924 age 87 yrs. Yvonne GIRARD, interred 1 Jun 1910 age 1 day. Marie GIRARD, interred 6 Mar 1921 age 1 mo. If you need further research please contact the AGS Research Group of the Edmonton Branch. Peter Link: Alberta Genealogical Society Edm URL: <http://agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca>

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Canada/Alberta/General/11489 Surname: Zalmers ------------------------- I am interested in receiving any information on the surname: Zalmers. The current information I have, has several loose trails. Naturally, I am interested in any related contacts as well as "pointers". Kind assistance, no matter how small, from any of you would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. Mein Deutsch ist sehr schlecht. Wie ich Englisch spreche. Entschuldigen Sie bitte meine Fehler. Ich bin interessiert, an, alle mögliche Informationen über den Familiennameen zu erhalten: Zalmers. Die aktuellen Informationen, die ich einige lose Spuren habe, habe. Natürlich bin ich an allen in Verbindung stehenden Kontakten interessiert, sowie " Zeiger ". Freundliche Unterstützung, egal wie klein, von irgendwelchen von Ihnen groß geschätzt würde! Dank. Mon français est pauvre. Je parle anglais. Veuillez excuser mes erreurs. Je suis intéressé à recevoir n'importe quelle information sur le nom de famille: Zalmers. L'information actuelle que j'ai, ai plusieurs traînées lâches. Naturellement, je suis intéressé par tous les contacts relatifs comme des " flèches indicatrices ". Aide aimable, n'importe comment petit, de n'importe lequel de vous serait considérablement apprécié! Merci. Il mio italiano è molto scarso. Parlo inglese. Scusare prego i miei errori. Sono interessato nella ricezione delle tutte le informazioni sul cognome: Zalmers. Le informazioni che correnti ho, che ho parecchie tracce allentate. Naturalmente, sono interessato in tutti i contatti relativi come pure " gli indicatori ". Assistenza gentile, non importa come piccolo, da c'è ne di voi notevolmente sarebbe apprezzato! Ringraziamenti. Mi español es muy pobre. Hablo inglés. Excuse por favor mis errores. Estoy interesado en la recepción de cualquier información sobre el apellido: Zalmers. La información actual que tengo, que tengo varios suelte los rastros. Naturalmente, estoy interesado en cualquier contacto relacionado tan bien como " punteros ". Ayuda buena, ninguna materia cómo es pequeño, de cualquiera de usted sería apreciado grandemente! Gracias.

Could someone tell me how I would go about getting homestead records for Strathcona County?? Thanks Steph www.carscadden.ourfamily.com Researching: Carscadden, Eddy, Pinkham, Gibson, Farncomb

Greetings All. As indicated yesterday I am reporting to you the results of our involvement in the roundtable discussions being held by the Access to Information Act Review Task Force. This Task Force, you will recall, is the body which Industry Minister Brian Tobin indicated was being charged with conducting the "further broad based discussions with all Canadians" relating to public access to Historic Census records. More on that below. It had been my thought, prior to the discussions being held, that I would have to be prepared to "do battle" in order to convince other participants of the importance of public access to these records. I was pleasantly surprized to find that this was not the case. Of the seventeen participants listed on the schedule there were three of us whose primary concern had to do with public access of Historic Census for reasons of Genealogy. Those were myself, Lyn Winters, and Dave MacKenzie from the Ontario Genealogical Society. I was particularly pleased to see as a participant in these discussions, and was honoured to meet Chad Gaffield who was one of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records, and is now President of the Canadian Historical Association. During our lunch break and later we were able to have an interesting discussion with Mr. Gaffield. The remaining participants were mainly chief librarians or archivists from prestigious institutions, mostly various Universities, or heads of companies that were users of Access to Information. In reading the impressive credentials of the other participants, I felt a little out of place. The Agenda of the discussions was to span a period of five hours, including a break for a working lunch. The issue of public access to Historic Census records was brought up almost immediately, and all told was discussed for almost a full hour. I was able to have my say on the issue and had prepared something to read but ended up not using it. As my forte is being able to put something down on paper, rather than speaking "off the cuff", it was fortunate that Lyn Winters and David MacKenzie were present to more eloquently verbalize our concerns. I fully intend to submit a written submission to the Task Force to support what was stated during this roundtable discussion. In the end run, the opinion of those present was unanimous in that public access to Historic Census should be allowed after 92 years, as permitted by the Privacy Act and its Regulations. While the overall discussions were interesting, and hopefully productive, perhaps the more interesting conversation was that held outside of the roundtable discussions. While they did not take part in the discussions themselves, there were three members of the Task Force present as observers. During the lunch break, and after the roundtable discussions finished, those of us whose primary interest was in regaining public access to Historic Census, were advised that perhaps the ATI Act Review Task Force was no the best route to take to achieve that goal. We were advised that there would be likely little said about this issue in the final Report of the Task Force. We were further advised that a review of the Privacy Act formed no part of the mandate of the Task Force. The members of the Task Force had not been advised that a review, with subsequent recommendations, relating to public access to Historic Census, was included in their mandate. This was reinforced by a conversation Lyn Winters had with Mary Anne Stevens of the Task Force on Wednesday the 28th of March. Ms. Stevens maintained that the reason the four of us had been invited to participate in the discussions was that the Task Force was interested in getting comments from a wide cross section of people using the Access Act. She said the group represented on Monday was a cross section of users including Librarians, Archivists, Lawyers, Genealogists, and Historians. Their purpose was to seek our views on the ATIA and its administration, NOT the specific issue of access to Historical Census records. On Monday evening, following the end of the roundtable discussions, I wrote an email to Industry Minister Brian Tobin detailing much of what I have stated above. I asked for a personal response to the concerns and questions raised. I do not expect I will hold my breath waiting for his response. I have in mind some other things that I will seek through Access to Information, including any or all documents support the claim of the Minister that "further broad-based discussion by all Canadians" would be included in the mandate of the ATI Act Review Task Force. It would appear that someone, somewhere, is not telling the whole truth. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm

Hi Doug, The following is the site for the Alberta Online Census for 1901. Sadly this might be the last Census available to anyone researching their family lines in Canada. The 1906 Census of the Three Prairie Provinces - should have already been released - and the 1911 census should be in the process of being released.There may Never Be Another Census Released In Canada. A Backward Step. There is information about this subject http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/ http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce65.htm which is so very important - not only for Canadians searching their background - but for anyone who has - or might find that they have ties to Canada. Letters and Petitions very welcome from anyone - in Canada - U.S.A. - United Kingdom - or anywhere else. http://www.agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca/1901_census_202_online.html STRATHCONA WEST -AREA Area Page: Line: Surname: Name: Relationship: YOB Age: POB: StrthcW 6 6 SAUSEN Peter head 1873 27 USA StrthcW 6 7 SAUSEN Isabella wife 1885 16 USA PONOKA AREA Area: Page: Line: Surname : Name Relationship YOB Age POB: Ponoka 24 45 SAUSON Mathias head 1835 65 GER Ponoka 24 46 SAUSON Anna wife 1853 49 USA Ponoka 24 47 SAUSON Jacob son 1879 21 USA Ponoka 24 48 SAUSON Josephine dau 1876 24 USA Ponoka 24 49 SAUSON Sophia dau 1883 17 USA Ponoka 24 50 SAUSON Margarett dau 1886 14 USA Ponoka 25 1 SAUSON Rosey dau 1882 8 USA Ponoka 25 2 SAUSON Mary dau 1898 2 USA Hope this will be of help with your research: The LDS Family History Centres - should also have copies of the 1901 Census - it may need to be brought in. I hope you will take time to take a look at the above refrence to our Census Campaign - and help. Your letter might be the one that will help us go over the top - and Win!. All Best Wishes, Cheers, Stella At 06:36 AM 3/30/01 -0800, Doug Batten wrote: >Does anyone have access to the complete 1901 Alberta census, district No. >202? I need a look-up for Peter and Isabella SAUSEN in Strathcona West and >the family of Mathias SAUSEN (spelled SAUSON an the index), his wife Anna >and children Jacob, Josephine, Margarett, Mary, Rosey, and Sophia. > >Thanks, >Doug Batten >Enterprise, OR > > > > > >==== ALBERTA Mailing List ==== >To post messages to everyone on the list: >ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com >

Hi Doug it's about 2 miles south and a couple of miles east of PONOKA< the quarter is now owned by VANDERVEKIE, according to my county map. Ponoka is just south west of Edmonton. The land is located south of highway 53 and east of 813. Hope this helps. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Batten" <dbatten@eoni.com> To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: [ALBERTA] Land Description > Could someone tell me where the following is located? NE 1/4 of section 22, > twp 42, range 25, west of the 4th meridian. > > Thanks, > Doug Batten > Enterprise, OR > > > > > > ==== ALBERTA Mailing List ==== > Do not send attachments (attached files) of any sort to the mailing > list. This includes URL shortcuts, v-cards, GEDCOM files, zipped files, > and any other type of attachment. >

Hello Doug, The index to the 1901 census No. 202 Alberta District is located on the web page of the Edmonton Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society. http://www.agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca/1901_census_202_online.html Search the census by "surname" to locate the census location of your family, then go to the "place" section of the index, pick out the location, and you will see the family in the order it was enumerated. Use your browser's search feature to locate the family in the location. More census details show up there. If you want all details from the census, the research group at that web site will do lookups. Check the queries at this web site! Maybe you can help someone else with their genealogical query. Pat Pettitt At 06:36 AM 3/30/01 -0800, Doug Batten wrote: >Does anyone have access to the complete 1901 Alberta census, district No. >202? I need a look-up for Peter and Isabella SAUSEN in Strathcona West and >the family of Mathias SAUSEN (spelled SAUSON an the index), his wife Anna >and children Jacob, Josephine, Margarett, Mary, Rosey, and Sophia. > >Thanks, >Doug Batten >Enterprise, OR

Does anyone have access to the complete 1901 Alberta census, district No. 202? I need a look-up for Peter and Isabella SAUSEN in Strathcona West and the family of Mathias SAUSEN (spelled SAUSON an the index), his wife Anna and children Jacob, Josephine, Margarett, Mary, Rosey, and Sophia. Thanks, Doug Batten Enterprise, OR

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON SAVA SURNAME

Could someone tell me where the following is located? NE 1/4 of section 22, twp 42, range 25, west of the 4th meridian. Thanks, Doug Batten Enterprise, OR

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Canada/Alberta/General/11488 Surname: sava ------------------------- Hi Ruth, darlene is my sister inlaw and I live in Australia I am trying to go back to her grandfather and g grandfather as at this stage they are unknown Helen

Greetings All. As they say in the movies, "I'M BACK!!!" I arrived home from Ottawa late last night after more than five hours in the air. Not much energy expended just sitting there, but bery tiring. I detail here a few of the highlights of the trip, but will save my report of the roundtable discussions of the ATI Act Review Task Force, held Monday, until tomorrow when I have caught up on my sleep. A number of things happened while in Ottawa, some planned, and some not. I arrived in Ottawa Friday evening and made contact with Lyn Winters. Saturday he and his lovely wife Jan picked me up at my hotel, gave me a tour around the city and took me back to their home in Kanata, and later to dinner at a nice restaurant. After that, back to my hotel. Tuesday I visited the National Library of Canada where I deposited two copies of my submission to the Expert Panel on Acccess to Historic Census Records. On a whim I decided to see if I could possibly meet with Mr. Ian Wilson, the National Archivist of Canada. He was unavailable at the time but I was able to get an appointment for later in the afternoon. On my return we met and discussed the Census situation for about 40 minutes. I found Mr. Wilson very much a gentleman, and I was pleased that because of previous email correspondence with him, that he was aware of who I was. Wednesday was a busy day. I met with Senator Lorna Milne, at her gracious invitation, for lunch in the Parliamentary Restuarant. This is not a place that the general public get to frequent. Patrons must be parliamentarians or their guests. It was a very elegant place with linen table cloths. I was told Wednesdays was the best day for people watching and eating. Caucus meetings are held Wednesday mornings and on those days there is a buffet lunch. I had a very enjoyable lunch with the Senator. She is a very gracious and elegant lady. She had also arranged for me to have my own private tour of four rooms of the East Block (where the Senator's offices are) that had been restored to their original 1910 state. One of these rooms had been the office of Sir John A. McDonald. Following lunch, I met with MP Murray Calder and presented to him the second batch of petitions for the House of Commons. After that meeting I accompanied him to the House of Commons where he got me into the Visitor's Gallery without having to wait in line. During the afternoon sitting he presented our first batch of petitions containing almost 1200 signatures, and re-presented his Bill C-312 to the House for first reading and printing. This Bill is identical to Bill S-12 of Senator Milne. It was something special to be in the gallery of the House when something that I have been involved with was presented. Now we must hope that his Bill is drawn in the lottery to be placed on the order of precedence in order to be debated. While meeting with Senator Milne, she advised me that her Bill S-12, on Tuesday, had received second reading and was referred to Committee. She also advised that she had added my name to her list of witnesses to testify before the Committee so I may be going to Ottawa again at some point, possibly in April. All in all, an interesting and in some ways exciting five days. More on the roundtable discussions tomorrow. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Canada/Alberta/General/11487 Surname: ------------------------- Hello Helen, You may live at this address - I don't know where you are writing from. I remember that when I was in high school, years ago, there was Darlene Sava in my class. I checked on Canada411 and there is a C. Sava family in Lethbridge, at 805-13 St. S., T1J 2W9. The pnone number is 1-403-327-6340. Is it someone you are unaware of? Good luck! Ruth

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Canada/Alberta/General/11486 Surname: SAVA, CISAR ------------------------- AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURNAMES, MOVED FROM PHILIPS, WISCONSIN TO GRANNUM IN ALBERTA, IN THE 1900'S.

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Canada/Alberta/General/11485 Surname: ------------------------- Thank you to all who have translated the land 'code' into a location and thus told me where to look further for family information. Now I can concentrate on things like cemeteries and newspapers. It was amazing to have my first response within 6 hours of posting. Thank you all.

Posted on: General Alberta<br>Canada Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Canada/Alberta/General/11483 Surname: CALDER, COTTON, WILSON, DONNER ------------------------- Looking for descendants of sisters of Phoebe CALDER, born ca. 1881 in Nova Scotia, and shown in Alberta census of 1891. Parents believed to be David and Eliza CALDER (taken from census). Sisters: Hortense, b. ca. 1878 and Jennett (Jenny), b. ca. 1879. Phoebe married John Cotton, an engineer with the CPR. Phoebe was one of Calgary's 'Pioneers' and their only child, daughter Jean Alberta COTTON, was a piano teacher and professional musician in the Calgary area from ca. 1930 to 1975. The Cottons resided on Rideau Road in Calgary. Following her husband's death, Phoebe married Norman Wilson. Jean COTTON married Carl DONNER, a music teacher in the Calgary area who had earlier farmed at Didsbury. The other CALDER sisters , Hortense and Jenny, were believed to have moved to Medicine Hat and/or Moose Jaw. Any information, links, however speculative, would be appreciated.