Hi all, To all those (and there were many) who assisted me on my search for KERR & JOHNSTON relatives in the Burnaby/Vancouver area, a great big thank you! Carol looked up some phone book listings for me & after we got a promising address, I wrote a letter. That was sent out on Friday, Feb. 4th. I got a friendly reply just yesterday. Hooray! After about 80 years & 1,000s of miles, 2 branches of my mother's family are back in touch. Don't you just love happy endings? Mary in Ontario

Hi Everyone, What a gorgeous day here on the Sunshine Coast - and probably all sorts of other beautiful B.C. places too! I should be outside raking dead stuff out of the garden but....... Does anyone know where I can find Kincolith on the 1901 census?? I have searched and searched!! I believe it may be a Nisga'a Reservation and I've looked through three "books" containing the names of the Natives on reserves: Babine (Agency) Book 1 Yale and Cariboo, Cassiar, Quesnelle Book 2 Yale and Cariboo, Cassiar, Quesnelle Book 3 Yale and Cariboo, Cassiar, Stony Creek, Fort George, etc. but no luck. I have my Grandmother's name (Katherine Amelia Wells) and the names of her parents (Albert & Martha Wells) and have found them on the 1891 census but can't find any of them on the 1901. Any clues?? Many thanks, Carol Wright --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo!

Hi List, I heard from the Automated Reply system at the B.C. Archives on Wednesday. In a nutshell this was the answer to my query. "Remote general reference inquiry service is suspended. Unfortunately we are unable to answer your request. B.C. Archives Staff are being re-allocated so they can review records required for litigation and other research. ......... This service suspension will be reviewed on March 31, 2005." So it looks like it will be awhile before I get my answer, if I get one at all. Thankyou to everyone on the list who answered me, and all your suggestions. Someone also suggested that if there were a Cornoners Inquest held the Death may not have made it onto the index. I am awaiting a reply from the Coroners Office. Cheers, Bridget GlamFHS # 5865 I transcribe for www.freebmd.rootsweb.com I use www.archivecdbooks.ca to help in my research

Lars Grafstrom (born 1858, Lomma, Sweden) married to Albertina Johansson (1864 Barkåkra, Sweden). emigrated in 1901. According to the Ellis Island lists they arrived in New York and the ticket was paid by an ”U S citizen”. According to a relative they lived in New Westminster, British Columbia, but I can't find them in the B C Archives. Maybe the relative has mixed him up with his halfbrother Carl who lived in Vancouver? If anyone can help me to find out anything about them I'd sure apreciate it! /Birgitta Nilsson --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

Carol, As I mentioned on the list to Claudia my experence has been that a number of the British born I have research do not turn up in the Immigration data base either. Although I know for a fact they arrived in the time frame the data base covers and they sailed directly to Canada. Reason for that is a bit unclear - possible passenger lists are missing or the immigration process for British subjects was a bit more relaxed - actually we know it was:-) or prehaps they claimed they were only coming for a vacation and were not recorded as immigrating? ... hard to know the reasons why they do not appear in the data base. Bottom line is that I would not assume they did not come to Canada just because they do not appear in the immigration data base. I believe you have already found a vital event for one of them here so my guess is they missed the data base as mine somehow managed to do or they came via the US. Carol ______________________ Hi Everyone, can I firstly say a huge thank you to everyone who sent me advice on my CHURCHER family and emigration. Are there any naturalisation records on line? As my family were British it appears that they didn't need full immigration, so may not show up on immigration records (they are certainly not online on 1925-1935 list). So they may show up on naturalisation records? Thanks once again for your help. Carol Chapman wet and windy Sussex ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Oh Boy, I hate it when than happens! Try the url without my name tacked onto it! > http://www.ellisisland.org/ Pam On Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 05:06 PM, Pam Thomson wrote: > Hi Carol, > Have you checked to see if they came in through Ellis Island? > http://www.ellisisland.org/ > Pam > > On Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 01:58 AM, Carol Chapman wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> can I firstly say a huge thank you to everyone >> who sent me advice on my CHURCHER family and emigration. >> Are there any naturalisation records on line? >> As my family were British it appears that they didn't need full >> immigration, so may not show up on immigration records (they are >> certainly not online on 1925-1935 list). >> So they may show up on naturalisation records? >> >> Thanks once again for your help. >> >> Carol Chapman >> wet and windy Sussex >> >> >> ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >> Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ >> >> > Pam Fairweather Thomson > Sechelt, BC, Canada > [email protected] > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > > Pam Fairweather Thomson Sechelt, BC, Canada [email protected]

Hi Carol, Have you checked to see if they came in through Ellis Island? http://www.ellisisland.org/ Pam On Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 01:58 AM, Carol Chapman wrote: > Hi Everyone, > can I firstly say a huge thank you to everyone who > sent me advice on my CHURCHER family and emigration. > Are there any naturalisation records on line? > As my family were British it appears that they didn't need full > immigration, so may not show up on immigration records (they are > certainly not online on 1925-1935 list). > So they may show up on naturalisation records? > > Thanks once again for your help. > > Carol Chapman > wet and windy Sussex > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > > Pam Fairweather Thomson Sechelt, BC, Canada [email protected]

Greetings All. FYI. The latest of my columns regarding Post 1901 Census issues has been posted this morning. It may be accessed at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazce/gazce111.htm Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted

Hi Everyone, can I firstly say a huge thank you to everyone who sent me advice on my CHURCHER family and emigration. Are there any naturalisation records on line? As my family were British it appears that they didn't need full immigration, so may not show up on immigration records (they are certainly not online on 1925-1935 list). So they may show up on naturalisation records? Thanks once again for your help. Carol Chapman wet and windy Sussex

Hi Carol and Everyone: Nope, it's the other way around. They MAY or MAY NOT show up in a ship's passenger list, saved by the immigration department, but they will NOT show up in naturalization records. The sample page from a ship's passenger list, which is on the Archives webpage where you start your search for immigration records, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020118_e.html shows people from Britain listed. (well, it shows them, if your eyes are good!) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020202/images/aur_0003.jpg Naturalization (note our spelling is different) was the process of becoming a British subject, and they wouldn't need that if they were already British. Many people came across the Atlantic to land in a USA port, then traveled on to Canada. Have you thought about looking for them in records from Canada/US border crossings? On the Library and Archives Canada website, where it tells you about the ships' passenger list records, it says: Those arriving from or via the United States are recorded in border entry lists. Are you certain they came between 1925 and 1935? Library and Archives Canada has other records that are not accessible online. http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/10/1008_e.html This webpage gives you information on how to access earlier and later records, and also has suggestions for determining more closely the year in which your family entered Canada. Claudia Claudia Cole Independent Research Agent 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Canada 250 598-7859 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Carol Chapman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CAN-BC] Naturalisation Hi Everyone, can I firstly say a huge thank you to everyone who sent me advice on my CHURCHER family and emigration. Are there any naturalisation records on line? As my family were British it appears that they didn't need full immigration, so may not show up on immigration records (they are certainly not online on 1925-1935 list). So they may show up on naturalisation records? Thanks once again for your help. Carol Chapman wet and windy Sussex ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005

Gosh we have a lot of Carol's! :-) Keep in mind that if they were British they may not show up on any Canadian Immigaration records as they did not need to go through full immigration. They would have been free to come and go from Canada as they pleased as they where British Subject's. I do not recall when it was the British born had to start clearing immigration to get into Canada but pretty sure it was after 1935 - very possible when Canadian citizenship was recognized in 1947? Up until that point, Canadian's were also defined as British subjects, both in Canada and abroad so I do not think many offical records of comings and goings were kept. Carol ________________ Hello Carol Have you looked at the National Archive site for Immigration 1925-1935? There are 7 Churchers listed there. You didn't say the first names so couldn't say it they were your family or not. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0201_e.html Carol Lylyk Calgary ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Hi Everyone, I have been told today by my grandmother that my CHURCHER family came to Canada as assisted passengers around 1930. Could someone tell me where I could find out a bit more? Things like the name of the ship, where they landed, ships records etc. Any info. would be greatly appreciated. Carol Chapman

Hello Carol Have you looked at the National Archive site for Immigration 1925-1935? There are 7 Churchers listed there. You didn't say the first names so couldn't say it they were your family or not. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0201_e.html Carol Lylyk Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Chapman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:18 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Assisted Passage to Canada | Hi Everyone, | I have been told today by my grandmother that my CHURCHER family came to Canada as assisted passengers around 1930. | Could someone tell me where I could find out a bit more? Things like the name of the ship, where they landed, ships records etc. | Any info. would be greatly appreciated. | | Carol Chapman | | | ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== | To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at | http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca:9000/sn-301BDDB/bsearch | These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. | |

I don't recall seeing this one mentioned: "Empire of Wood: The MacMillan Bloedel Story" By Donald MacKay 1982 Includes maps, and some of H.R. MacMillan's personal papers. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

First Growth - The Story of British Columbia Forest Products Limited J.J. Douglas Ltd., Publishers 1975 ISBN 0-88894-095-3 (paper cover) Older coverage mainly for South Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland & Jervis Inlet _______ Coverage of the Abernethy & Lougheed Logging Co. is included in Maple Ridge - A History of Settlement. 1972 Maple Ridge Branch, Canadian Federation of University Women no ISBN (recently republished and available for $10) Lynda

Wallace Baikie wrote 'Rolling with the Times', printed in 1985 by Kask Graphics, Campbell River, BC...Details 'gypo' logging on Denman Island and Vancouver Island....

There is a book published in 1975 called TIMBER - History of the Forest Industry in B.C. by G.W. Taylor. which you may find in your local library. Adele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gundula Meyer-Eppler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:23 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] old company infos > Does anyone know how I can get some information about the old logging > companies of Canada, and especially the ones in BC? > thanks! > Gundula > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Every two months or so, please repost your interests, > telling us what you know and where you've looked > and what you still need to find out. >

I hope someone has recommended ISLAND TIMBER by Richard Somerset MACKIE A Social History of the Comox Logging Company Vancouver Island 338.7674 MAC - Sono Nis Press, Victoria, 2000 Joanne

thanks to all for the input. i have a lot of research to do now! lots of leads that I can follow up. many thanks. Gundula

Sorry I forgot to say in my last email, just in case it might help, John was and ex RCMP and had been in Canada long before he married Lucy. He always spoke with a Scottish/Canadian accent. Lucy was an ex nurse and born in England. Would there be anyon on the list who was living in Dawson Creek in the late 1950'2 and 1960's ? Thanks again Helen