I am searching for the descendants of Johanna Wallraff (nee Muller) and Rudolf Wallraff. They lived in Berlin, Germany c. 1890. They had 3 children - Werner, Gisela and Lores. Rudolf died 2nd January, 1896 of a brain haemorrhage. Johanna bought a "pension" (group of appartments to which she let out to foreigners for holidays). This was number 5 Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin. This building still stands today and is a restaurant and apartments. Johanna had a sister named Marianne and 2 brothers - Richard and Fritz. Richard (who is my husband's grandfather) migrated to South Australia in 1895 and then a quick move to Western Australia where he spent the rest of his life until 1943. If anyone has any information on the above family I would dearly like to be in touch with you or if anyone knows of any Wallraffs would you please pass this information on to them. With thanks. Regards Leonie Tuit Perth, Western Australia Tel/Fax: (+61 8) 9291-6539 Mobile: 0409 839 405 Email: tuminco@iinet.net.au ______________________________

Good morning, Leonie, I did a search at www.canada411.com for Tuit and Wallraff. I found 3 Wallraff, all living on the same street, in Ontario. Also found several Tuit in different parts of the country. I think it might be worthwhile for you to write some letters to them, explaining what you told us here on the list. If you need help with searching for the postal codes, let me know, I can help. Canada Post has a website though and I think they have postal codes there as well. Search for Canada Post and you will find it. Hope this helps, Ines 11:37 AM 13-01-02 +0800, tuminco wrote: >Please forgive me if this is not the correct list for this posting. > >I am searching for the descendants of Arie Jacobus Johannes Tuit and >Johannes Marinus Tuit who were born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1852 and 1856 >respectively. <<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>

>Hi: > >We are planning a trip to British Columbia in April. We are going to the >Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler areas. This will be our frist trip, so any It will most likely be raining in Vancouver in April but you never know :)) Last year when one of my cousins was coming down to do some research here in Vancouver, I put the following together in the interest of making it easier to plan her trip. I hope that some of it will help you. Please keep in mind that I did put this together last February and some fees or hours may have changed. The University changes it's hours every quarter based on students needs for instance. There are also archives for almost every part of the city and if you care to be more specific about your area of research, I may be able to provide more details. Lynda UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Endowment Lands Pay Parking! (There are more libraries there, but these are the ones that will interest you ) Copy cards are sold for photocopying and printing , fiche are paid cash at the reference desk. Koerner Library (CIHM Fiche, Diazo machine, Newspaper films, Books etc) ____________ M - F 8 am - 11 pm S - S 10 am - 11 pm The reference desk in the fiche area closes earlier than the library. If you plan to copy fiche, you should plan that for earlier in the day. Reference desk closes around 5 pm and they like to have all the blank fiche tucked away by then ;) Map Library __________ M - F 9 - 5 Sat 12 - 5 Sun closed Special Collections ______________ M - F 9 - 5 Sat 12 - 5 Sun closed Main Library (Old foreign books, though they may be in the special collections) __________ M - T 8 am - 11 pm Fri 8 am - 6 pm Sat 10 am - 6 pm Sun 12 pm - 10 pm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CLOVERDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Genealogical Branch) 576-1384 5642 - 176A Street, Cloverdale (1/2 block off of Hwy 10) Free Parking in rear of building and on street. Hours: M - F 9:30 am - 9 pm Sat 10 am - 5 pm Sun closed www.spl.surrey.bc.ca I have a copy of one of their catalouge listings at home (not the newest one though). One item that they have there which I have not been able to locate elsewhere is the Union list of Newspapers. This is a book which lists what newspapers were printed where and when. It also lists which archives holds copies. Census films, books (all reference), directories, wills books They do have a wide variety of information for Ontario & Quebec and most of the publications by BCGS. They have filmreader/printers but they charge for their use. I phoned and asked about 'out of town' privileges and they say if you are coming in from that far you may have the reader for the whole day! The cost is normally $2 per hour, but again, you get a deal! Max $8.00 for the day. You may make a reservation but they suggest that you call at least 10 days ahead of time. .20 per copy reader/printer (Last time I was there, that was also the cost for photocopies) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY There have at times been troubles with thieves wandering around, try to wear a belly pack with your valuables when you go to VPL. Pay Parking in lot, or street parking - max 1 or 2 hours depending where you park. Skytrain to Stadium Station + walk two blocks if you prefer transit to driving. There is parking on the street and there are underground parking lots but they tend to be expensive. Newspapers - 5th floor BC Vital Stats and ON Indexes and a lot of the genealogy books - 6th floor Special Collections - 7 th floor (pencil use only - if you don't bring your own, they give you little stubbies!) VPL sells copy cards. Some printers take only copy cards and some are restricted to coin. You pay a non refundable dollar for the card but it can be refilled at any time (self service machines 2nd floor) and it has no expiry date. Copies from the film readers are .40 Mon - Thur 8 - 8 Fri 10 - 5 Sat 10 - 5 Sun 1 - 5 complete listing of books on their website ;) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW WESTMINSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY BC Directories in books, Indexes and Photographs NW focus. Indexes include newspapers (Columbian etc), Bowell & Son Funeral Records etc. Several reels of microfilm records. Coin for copiers Mon - Fri 9:30 - 9pm Sat 9:30 - 5:30 Sun (exc holiday weekends) 1- 5pm Some of their collection is now on a website - including photos. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY #211 - 12837 76 th Ave., Surrey, BC (76th Ave & 128th St.) (604) 502-9119 Mounds and mounds of material on BC, Ontario, England, most Canadian census films, films of actual registers of Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver. Master card files for BC, Obituary files etc etc etc. (see website) Members allowed 4 books out at a time. One year of chronicles/journals/newsletter from one society qualifies as one book. Directions: Patullo Bridge King George Hwy to 76th Ave, turn right. 12837 on North side of 76th. Port Mann Bridge West on 104 or 108 to King George Hwy then as above. Highway 10 West to 128th, North (right) on 128th to 76th, turn right. This is a warehouse unit! only 3 stalls in front of library - if full - park on side of road on 76th or 128th Open Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 10 am - 3 pm YOU MUST HAVE YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD! They charge $5 per day researcher fee if you are not a member. Copier usually available, filmreader/printer and now computers too! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Good Morning Leoni, I checked Infospace International. No WALLRAFF listings for Canada - There are: 6 WALLRAFF surnames listed in Belgium. 250 WALLRAFF Surnames listed for Germany 1 WALLRAFF listing in Italy. 3 WALLRAFF listings in Spain. I have not checked the listings for Australia or New Zealand Checked Who Where - http://query1.whowhere.lycos.com/jwz/name.wsrch?name=+Wallraff&match=exact Found 5 WALLRAFF listings for the U.S.A. When I was researching some of our surname interests - I wrote to all of the names that I found. - we were related to all. Wishing you much luck with your search. Cheers, STella At 11:36 AM 1/13/02 +0800, tuminco wrote: >I am searching for the descendants of Johanna Wallraff (nee Muller) and >Rudolf Wallraff. They lived in Berlin, Germany c. 1890. They had 3 children >- Werner, Gisela and Lores. Rudolf died 2nd January, 1896 of a brain >haemorrhage. Johanna bought a "pension" (group of appartments to which she >let out to foreigners for holidays). This was number 5 Schiffbauerdamm, >Berlin. This building still stands today and is a restaurant and apartments. > >Johanna had a sister named Marianne and 2 brothers - Richard and Fritz. >Richard (who is my husband's grandfather) migrated to South Australia in >1895 and then a quick move to Western Australia where he spent the rest of >his life until 1943. > >If anyone has any information on the above family I would dearly like to be >in touch with you or if anyone knows of any Wallraffs would you please pass >this information on to them. > >With thanks. > >Regards > >Leonie Tuit >Perth, Western Australia >Tel/Fax: (+61 8) 9291-6539 >Mobile: 0409 839 405 >Email: tuminco@iinet.net.au >______________________________ > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ >

Good Morning Leoni , The Tuit name is not common. I searched the B.C. Govt Vital Indexes - found 0. Searched the Alberta Gen Web Site for Local Community History books - results 0 Searched the Online White Pages - Canada 411 - Found that there are 5 TRUIT - surnames listed - 2 here in British Columbia ( Vancouver and Victoria) The others in Ajax, Scarborough and Hamilton Ontario. http://www.teldir.com/real/frame.asp?page=http://canada411.sympatico.ca Searched the online white pages INFOSPACE - and found that there are 3 TRUITT - surnames listed - All in London England. Searched the Online Who/Where - found that there are 15 TRUIT surnames listed in the U.S.A. http://phone.whowhere.lycos.com/telephone.psrch?f-time=0&sysState=tmp5947101 0907732&ts=1010907731&f-name=&name=Truit Checked the National Archive site - with 0 results. **Please.Help with the Post 1901 Census Campaign.for Canada. We May Never See the 1906 census for the three Prairie Provinces or the 1911 > Census for Canada. An important issue to others Worldwide who may find they have Genealogy Interests in Canada. Letters and Petitions would be a great help. Letters and Petitions from people outside of Canada are most welcome,perhaps they may even have more impact on this Campaign than those from those from Canadians alone http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Petition.htm http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Download/Noncanpt.pdf http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm Mail List: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN.html Happy New Year 2002 Stella Stanger sstanger@sfu.ca Member, Canada Census Committee http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Download/Poster.pdf At 11:37 AM 1/13/02 +0800, tuminco wrote: >Please forgive me if this is not the correct list for this posting. > >I am searching for the descendants of Arie Jacobus Johannes Tuit and >Johannes Marinus Tuit who were born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1852 and 1856 >respectively. They had a brother Jacobus Marinus Tuit who emigrated to >South Australia c. 1868 - he was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1854 (he is my >husband's great grandfather). Parents Jacobus Tuit and Johanna Maria >Catharina Kruijt married Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands, 1850. The >father was a teacher. This family moved to Antwerp and then the father died >at the age of 34 years leaving the mother and the 3 young boys. I do not >know as to whether she remarried or not. > >Arie Tuit ventured to Panama and worked for the Pacific Steamship Navigation >Company c. 1880 - 1886 and also for the Panama Railway Company c. 1886 >. He >married a woman by the name of Dolores and the had at least 3 children - >Henry Jacob, Johanna and another born in 1888. There may have been more >later on. Johanna was killed in a freak accident. The family, minus the >father, had gone to the island Naos in the Bay of Panama for a day out to >visit friends and she had walked through an open French door and fallen some >way to the ground. She was only a toddler This was in 1884. > >This is about all the information that I have on this family as the letters >end 1888. There was a mention of Johannes in the letters but no one knew >where he was or what his fate was. > >If anyone knows anything of this family I would dearly like to be in touch >with you or if you can pass this onto any Tuits that you may know I would be >very grateful. > >With thanks. > >Regards > >Leonie Tuit >Perth, Western Australia >Tel/Fax: (+61 8) 9291-6539 >Mobile: 0409 839 405 >Email: tuminco@iinet.net.au >______________________________ > > > >==== 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. >

FREDERICTON January 14th, 2-4pm & 6-8pm Fort Beaverbrook Hotel, 659 Queen Street CHARLOTTETOWN January 16th, 2-4pm & 6-8pm Delta Prince Edward, 18 Queen St. [Garth Staples and one other scheduled -- Garth at 2:35 P.M.] ST. JOHN'S (NF) January 18th, 2-4pm & 6-8pm The Fairmont Newfoundland, Cavendish Square REGINA January 25th, 2-4pm & 6-8pm The Regina Inn, 1975 Broad Street EDMONTON January 28th, 2-4pm & 6-8pm The Westin Hotel, 10135-100 Street VANCOUVER February 4th, 2-4pm & 6-8pm Century Plaza Hotel and Spa, 1015 Burrard St. [Gordon Watts has been accepted as one speaker] By now, names of speakers will be selected, I am certain. Gordon Watts gordon_watts@telus.net is compiling information of the various Town Hall meetings and this will be posted on a special page for all to read. I have read the beginning of this page and it will be very interesting. Also, Focus Group meetings are generally held the day following the Town Hall meeting -- BY INVITATION. I warn anyone attending a Focus Group meeting to "play dumb", "do not have time" or some other stupid answer when asked if YOU are a member of a genealogical or historical group. Reason:- You will be given a hasty escort OUT of the meeting. [How I would love to be invited to one of these meetings?] Muriel M. Davidson davidson3542@rogers.com Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee

Try one of the following sites: http://www.panoramap.com/ Just click on the map to get a closer look. http://www.fraservalley.worldweb.com/ Good luck and have a great trip. Blair Rice Pam Fairweather Thomson wrote: > > Hi Alene, > Matsqui, Sumas and Abbotsford are neighbouring places. Aldergrove, > Langley and Surrey are just to the west of there. They're all in the > Lower Fraser Valley. Some of the old registrations show places which > were separate then but now are just areas in a bigger municipality. For > example, Murrayville which is now part of Langley. Does anyone have a > good URL for finding out about these places? > Pam > > Alene Vogel wrote: > > > > I'm puzzled by locations in B.C. A death registration shows the event > > as SURREY, whereas family records show the death being at Aldergrove. > > Another registration is at MATSQUI but family records show Abbotsford. > > > > Alene > > > > ==== 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. > > -- > > > Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada > *I collect Fairweathers!* > mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/

Judi at the Archives in Victoria there are no coin operated copiers you pay for copies as you leave the building. I think you got a good deal! Roberta Case rcase@connected.bc.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judi McNairn" <judi@jamcnairn.com> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: Genealogical Trip to BC > I can't offer any ideas on Museums etc. on the Mainland but I did visit the > Archives in Victoria - I looked in the on-line index and took a copy of > every possible person listed in the index. Then I was able to very > efficiently look up all the BMD's at the archives and print off all the ones > that I wanted. At the archives itself in Victoria I had the bonus that > copies were free of charge. I believe the other places the BMD films are > available and there are a few would work similarly - just that there is a > charge for copies. At the archives itself - I wasn't allowed to take any > bags or such like in with me - had to use a locker - and make sure you have > pencils - pens are not allowed. > > I was in Vancouver and Victoria last year in from April 25 to May 2 - and I > have to tell you, it was absolutely gorgeous. It was my first trip and I > was visiting - just had one afternoon for gen research but it was wonderful. > > > > > ==== 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. > >

Can anyone help me out with some research in the BC Archives. I'm trying to establish whether a Donald Bain who died in South Vancouver 9th April 1906 is my GGGrandUncle. From this individual's Death Certificate, he died at the age of 43 from Food Poisoning, but the handwriting is difficult to read, I cannot decipher who registered the death. The death certificate merely has Scotland as the place of birth. There is a probate record for a Donald Bain, which I have requested a copy of from the BC Archives. My GGGrandUncle was born 11 May 1862 at Latheronwheel, Caithness, Scotland. Any reasonable expenses will be re-imbursed, not quite sure how as I'm based in England, but I'm sure we can work something out! Regards Chris Macneill

I can't offer any ideas on Museums etc. on the Mainland but I did visit the Archives in Victoria - I looked in the on-line index and took a copy of every possible person listed in the index. Then I was able to very efficiently look up all the BMD's at the archives and print off all the ones that I wanted. At the archives itself in Victoria I had the bonus that copies were free of charge. I believe the other places the BMD films are available and there are a few would work similarly - just that there is a charge for copies. At the archives itself - I wasn't allowed to take any bags or such like in with me - had to use a locker - and make sure you have pencils - pens are not allowed. I was in Vancouver and Victoria last year in from April 25 to May 2 - and I have to tell you, it was absolutely gorgeous. It was my first trip and I was visiting - just had one afternoon for gen research but it was wonderful.

Hi Alene, Matsqui, Sumas and Abbotsford are neighbouring places. Aldergrove, Langley and Surrey are just to the west of there. They're all in the Lower Fraser Valley. Some of the old registrations show places which were separate then but now are just areas in a bigger municipality. For example, Murrayville which is now part of Langley. Does anyone have a good URL for finding out about these places? Pam Alene Vogel wrote: > > I'm puzzled by locations in B.C. A death registration shows the event > as SURREY, whereas family records show the death being at Aldergrove. > Another registration is at MATSQUI but family records show Abbotsford. > > Alene > > ==== 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. -- Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada *I collect Fairweathers!* mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca

This message is forwarded from another list I belong to. Would there be anyone who could look at the City Directories of Victoria 1914, 1915, 1916 to see who the neighbours were, perhaps this might help. I would be willing to help, however, I live in West Kootenay, BC and don't have them available. Helen Smith Just wondering if anyone can help the lady in the story below. Mary Elizabeth Nixon, an 86 year-old adoptee, learned last year of her adoption possibly in Victoria BC Canada. She has British relatives from her adoptive family and, who knows, just might have British or US relatives from her birth family. If you have any information, or know someone that can help this lady and her family find her birth relatives, a reply to Jill Power (Mary's daughter) at: jill.power@bigpond.com or Jodie Paterson (columnist at the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper) at: jpaterson@times-colonist.com would be most appreciated. Please feel free to forward this on if you wish - hopefully we can help this family. Yvonne Evans Victoria BC Canada ------- Here's the link to the story on Mary Nixon: http://www.canada.com/victoria/timescolonist/archives/story asp?id=A4AF3F26-38FE-46BD-9DE1-7639041AC3F7 or read it below. NEWS STORY Identity Mystery Spans Continents Childhood memories provide clue to Oak Bay roots of adopted Australian woman Jody Paterson Victoria Times Colonist Mary Elizabeth Nixon, seen as a young woman... ....and in a recent family photo, is trying to discover details about her birth parents after learning she was adopted. Mary Elizabeth Nixon shown at age 2. If there's anything that 86 years of living will teach a person, it's that nothing is for certain. But at least there was always one thing that Mary Nixon was sure of: Her father was Alfred James Mirams. Her mother was Florence Louise. So it came as something of a shock last year for the Australian woman to read what a niece in England had written next to her name on the family tree "Adopted," the niece noted. Everything that Nixon thought she knew about herself changed in that instant Sure, there'd been clues over the years, like the time in 1968 when she had applied for a passport only to be told there was no record of her birth. Or the casual remark a British cousin once made about her being adopted, which she'd passed off at the time as just an odd thing to say. But her parents had never given her any reason to believe that she wasn't their birth child, and she hadn't suspected otherwise. Not until that genealogical chart arrived in the mail. Her poor niece, stricken to have revealed a secret that she hadn't known was secret, later told her that Nixon's British relatives have known for at least the past 40 years that she was adopted. When Nixon's daughter went travelling in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, Alfred Mirams even phoned ahead to warn the family to keep the secret. "I guess my mother must have felt it would be easier for me if I didn't know " said Nixon in an interview from Sydney. "Really, up until 30 or 40 years ago, there was always a bit of a shadow over being adopted. You'd hear people say, 'Oh -- they're adopted," with that small hush in their voice." Egged on by her two dumbfounded children, Nixon has now begun her search for the truth. It has led her here, to Oak Bay, and to the dimmest of memories of a two-storey house and a wooden duck that quacked when the neighbourhood children put pennies on its bill. Mary Elizabeth Nixon was born in Greater Victoria on Aug. 21, 1915, although she now has doubts about even that most basic of information. The family left Oak Bay for Cranbrook when Nixon was five or six, and moved soon after to Brisbane, Australia, aboard the ship Makura. As was the norm in B.C. at that time, adoption records weren't kept. Nothing but family lore documents the arrival of little Mary into the Mirams' household. Even the lore is at a premium: All that Nixon has learned so far is that her mother once told a relative that Mary was the youngest child of a neighbour, possibly Scottish, who was poised to send the infant to an orphanage until good-hearted Florence Mirams intervened. The Mirams family lived at the time at 2251 Willows Rd., which would eventually be renamed Eastdowne. There was a church nearby with a quacking wooden duck at the door. Alfred was a gymnast and a straight-backed veteran of the Boer War who "walked like a soldier until the day he died," says Nixon's daughter Jill Power. Florence who suffered for years from tuberculosis and died of cancer when Nixon was just 15, was a sweet and quiet woman with a reputation for "taking in strays " But the trail that leads back to the bigger questions around Nixon's childhood is cold. Both of her adopted parents are long dead. She grew up an only child. Her parents left behind no journals, correspondence, or any other written material. And she can't recall either of them ever talking about people they'd stayed in touch with in Greater Victoria. Nixon's family took out an ad in the Times Colonist two months ago, but got no response beyond an offer of help from local genealogy buff Rosemary Roy. "I appreciated other people's help so much when I was doing my own family searches that I try when I can to return the favour," says Roy, who is mailing Nixon a photo of a house that she thinks might be the one the Mirams lived in. Power says the only hope now is if someone sees photos of her mother and spots something familiar in her face. "Mom's got a lovely bone structure. If she had a brother or a sister out there, they'd know it when they saw the photo," says Power. "Or maybe someone remembers an old story, about a family who had to give one of their children away for some reason." Nixon rues having "no birthmarks, nothing exotic about me" that might have aided in the search. She has good bones and a talent for the violin, which she still plays. It isn't much to go on. "I don't really expect to find out anything," she admits. "And at this stage in my life, it doesn't worry me. But for my children's sake, we'd love to know more." jpaterson@times-colonist.com © Copyright2002 Victoria Times Colonist

Hi Arlene, I managed to pick up death registrations for Jacob KLASSEN - and - Katharina KLASSEN( Parents Jacob BARGEN and Helena WALL. Was not able to search the Vancouver Papers today - all readers were busy . I will try again tomorrow (Saturday ) or at the latest on Monday. The Informant for these deaths - was Katharina KLASSENS (nee Bargen) brother Jacob W. Peters (?) If you are interested in the registrations - I can send them off to you. Just need a mail address. I usually search and hand copy the obituaries - unless there is one that really stands out. Most obits are very small - some filmed very badly or filmed from newspapers in poor condition. not really worth the 40 cents a copy that the machine charges. There is a death registration index for: Name: JACOB WILHELM PETERS Event Date: 1976 6 18 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 75 Gender: Male Event Place: CLEARBROOK Reg. Number: 1976-09-009859 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13352 GSU Microfilm Number: 2050565 released: **Please. Help With The Post 1901 Census Campaign.for Canada. We May Never See the 1906 -1911 > Census for Canada. An important issue for us and others Worldwide who may find they have Genealogy Interests in Canada. Letters and Petitions would be a great help. http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm Mail List: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN.html Happy New Year 2002 Stella Stanger sstanger@sfu.ca Member, Canada Census Committee At 02:40 PM 1/11/02 -0700, Alene Vogel wrote: >Jacob Kornelius Klassen and his wife Tina Bargen were killed in an auto >accident on 7 August 1958 in Aldergrave. They were buried in >Clearbrook. > Is is possible to get newspaper clippings about the accident >and/or obituaries for them? >Alene > > >==== 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.

Greetings All. As a result of a request to do so, and for the information of all, I have now placed on the Post 1901 Census Project website, Instructions to Officers and Enumerators of Census for almost every Census of Canada from 1871 to 1941. The only one missing is that for 1881. Access the Post 1901 Census Project website at the URL following my signature. Click 'Home Page' then 'Other sites'. Scroll down and click on the link for the Instructions. I am currently working on pages for reports of those attending the Town Hall meetings and will post a message when the first of these are up and running. On another note -- anyone being contacted to participate in Focus Groups should not admit to being involved in genealogical or historical research, or to belonging to an associated society. One person asked to participate, after attending, admitted to being an amateur genealogist. When responding positively to a question of her membership in a genealogy society she was escorted from the group and advised that she could not participate. So much for assurances from Statistics Canada that there were no restrictive conditions for participation in these endeavours. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm

I'm puzzled by locations in B.C. A death registration shows the event as SURREY, whereas family records show the death being at Aldergrove. Another registration is at MATSQUI but family records show Abbotsford. Alene

I was rather of the same opinion as John is - *until* I went to get my first printout of my family tree at the Sooke Museum (Follow the signs to get from Victoria to Sooke and there's a sign that directs one to the Sooke Regional Museum) - my first one being my paternal surname. I found it very interesting to look at the period photographs of the pioneers and natives of that area. It was downright eerie to note something familiar about so many people. To see pictures of known family members who were involved in different activities or known for their skills. If you can but imagine my thrill when learning that I was, in fact, related to almost anyone who had lived for more than 3 generations in that area. In my research I have come to know of other areas which have re-created or maintained the earlier buildings - for instance the first weekend in August there will be the 175th year since inception, reunion of descendants of Ft. Langley (of which I am one on my maternal side) Hudson's Bay Company employees (open to the public, during the summer there are exhibits) - located in Langley - in fact, take a cyber-tour via Lisa Peppan's site: http://members.tripod.com/~LisaPeppan/tour.html Regards; Dennice researching: Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their 'country wives' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html > As to which archives or libraries are a must see. Are you looking for > information about specific individuals and if so in what time period and > what area? The different collections focus on different areas. If you are > just interested in seeing what they look like, they aren't much to look at. > John > -----

What part of Manitoba? I am looking for a guy by the last name of Black from the Harrowby, Manitoba/Marchwell, Saskatchewan area. He maried a lady named Hattie. Her maiden name was Dilts. Then she married William McVey, and then Eli Rice. I'm thinking this marriage may have taken place sometime between 1910 and 1920. Thank you for any help. Blair Rice Bill Stewart wrote: > > Hi: > > I am looking for ANY descendants of Alexander Black (also known > as Alexander Hillman-Black). He moved to Vancouver from > Manitoba, and died in Vancouver in 1929. > > Any information on his family would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Lynton Stewart > -- > GENEALOGY IS MY VICE: > Searching: Moore, Peers, Stewart, Thompson in Cumberland Co., > Nova Scotia; Provorse & Wright in Ontario; Johnston & Black in > Manitoba. Burrows in IA/WI/MN/NY and any descendant of Walter > Cooke of Weymouth and Mendon, MA. > COOKE-STEWART-WRIGHT on my Web Page > http://home.pacbell.net/lstewart > > ==== 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.

Depending on where you plan to be, and what your interest area is, the 'regular' library at Cloverdale has an amazing Genealogy Section. http://www.spl.surrey.bc.ca/SearchtheWeb/Genealogy/ Good hunting! Joanne

Hi: I am looking for ANY descendants of Alexander Black (also known as Alexander Hillman-Black). He moved to Vancouver from Manitoba, and died in Vancouver in 1929. Any information on his family would be appreciated. Thanks, Lynton Stewart -- GENEALOGY IS MY VICE: Searching: Moore, Peers, Stewart, Thompson in Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia; Provorse & Wright in Ontario; Johnston & Black in Manitoba. Burrows in IA/WI/MN/NY and any descendant of Walter Cooke of Weymouth and Mendon, MA. COOKE-STEWART-WRIGHT on my Web Page http://home.pacbell.net/lstewart

As to which archives or libraries are a must see. Are you looking for information about specific individuals and if so in what time period and what area? The different collections focus on different areas. If you are just interested in seeing what they look like, they aren't much to look at. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <KGiusti639@aol.com> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Genealogical Trip to BC > Hi: > > We are planning a trip to British Columbia in April. We are going to the > Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler areas. This will be our frist trip, so any > help would be appreciated. I have looked on Cyndi's site for the different > Archives, libraries, etc...So my question would be which ones are a must see? > I don' t want to miss this opportunity, Also, what kind of weather will it be > in April and how hard is it to get from one place to another? > > Thank you so much for any help. > > > ==== 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. > >