Thanks David. I e mailed the Townsman but haven't heard back. The Cranbrook library doesn't have that newspaper on microfilm for borrowing but maybe they would do something else. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Fancy" <David_Fancy@telus.net> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Cranbrook obituary > Hi John > > The Cranbrook Townsman has web site at > > http://www.dailytownsman.com/ > > you can e-mail them, they should be able to help you > > You might also able obtain it from the cranbrook library, their home > page is at > > http://www.cpla.cranbrook.bc.ca/index.htm > > > If you know who the undertaker was you may be able to obtain the same > info as they often [as part of their service] insert the obits for the > family, they would also know if it was inserted in any out of town > papers, > > Regards > David > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:07:46 -0800, john burns wrote: > > >My uncle, Garnet Blaine died in Cranbrook in December 1998. I have been trying to get his obituary without any luck. The only library in B.C. that carries the Cranbrook Daily Townsman is the Legislative Library in Victoria but the don't do interlibrary loans. Is there another newspaper in Cranbrook? Or is there anyone in Cranbrook that can obtain it for me? > >John in Vancouver > > > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > >Check the list's archives out at > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > >

Hi John The Cranbrook Townsman has web site at http://www.dailytownsman.com/ you can e-mail them, they should be able to help you You might also able obtain it from the cranbrook library, their home page is at http://www.cpla.cranbrook.bc.ca/index.htm If you know who the undertaker was you may be able to obtain the same info as they often [as part of their service] insert the obits for the family, they would also know if it was inserted in any out of town papers, Regards David On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:07:46 -0800, john burns wrote: >My uncle, Garnet Blaine died in Cranbrook in December 1998. I have been trying to get his obituary without any luck. The only library in B.C. that carries the Cranbrook Daily Townsman is the Legislative Library in Victoria but the don't do interlibrary loans. Is there another newspaper in Cranbrook? Or is there anyone in Cranbrook that can obtain it for me? >John in Vancouver > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Check the list's archives out at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > >

I wrote, on 12/21/01 3:02 AM: > ...listed anywhere in the province by Telus, BC's main phone provider, in its > on-line directory at: <http://www.mybc.com/white/> In reality (which is apparently not something I was involved with at the time I wrote my original note to Dick Barton) Telus's address for its on-line B.C. phone listings is slightly different: <http://www4.mybc.com/white/> ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada If athletes get athlete's foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?

Thanks Diane. I couldn't find anything there. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "HALLBORG" <hallborg@telus.net> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Cranbrook obituary, Reply > Hello John, There is a museum in Cranbrook . the Railroad museum , Up stairs > they have archives for the newspapers . > I do not have it handy right now , but go to www.cyndi'slist .com, > Click on Alpahbetical Index, then click on Bristish Columbia , then you will > fidn Kootenay's , click into that , this should take you to the local > Genealogy web page , I am sure someone from there could help you . > Diane in WLake > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john burns <johnburns@telus.net> > To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:07 PM > Subject: [CAN-BC] Cranbrook obituary > > > > My uncle, Garnet Blaine died in Cranbrook in December 1998. I have been > trying to get his obituary without any luck. The only library in B.C. that > carries the Cranbrook Daily Townsman is the Legislative Library in Victoria > but the don't do interlibrary loans. Is there another newspaper in > Cranbrook? Or is there anyone in Cranbrook that can obtain it for me? > > John in Vancouver > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > > Check the list's archives out at > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > >

Hello John, There is a museum in Cranbrook . the Railroad museum , Up stairs they have archives for the newspapers . I do not have it handy right now , but go to www.cyndi'slist .com, Click on Alpahbetical Index, then click on Bristish Columbia , then you will fidn Kootenay's , click into that , this should take you to the local Genealogy web page , I am sure someone from there could help you . Diane in WLake ----- Original Message ----- From: john burns <johnburns@telus.net> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:07 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Cranbrook obituary > My uncle, Garnet Blaine died in Cranbrook in December 1998. I have been trying to get his obituary without any luck. The only library in B.C. that carries the Cranbrook Daily Townsman is the Legislative Library in Victoria but the don't do interlibrary loans. Is there another newspaper in Cranbrook? Or is there anyone in Cranbrook that can obtain it for me? > John in Vancouver > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > >

My uncle, Garnet Blaine died in Cranbrook in December 1998. I have been trying to get his obituary without any luck. The only library in B.C. that carries the Cranbrook Daily Townsman is the Legislative Library in Victoria but the don't do interlibrary loans. Is there another newspaper in Cranbrook? Or is there anyone in Cranbrook that can obtain it for me? John in Vancouver

Dick, you wrote, from <Dickbarton@aol.com> on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 11:11 PM: > A great uncle of mine - Arthur Selwyn PRICHARD went to Canada after > the Boer War. We have found his death in the BC archives and a kind > correspondent has offered to get the relevant certificate. > He married a lady called Edna and had, at least, one son, Philip who > had a wife called Edith. There are about 24 Prichards in British Columbia. However there is no Philip Prichard (Or any Prichard with a name that starts with a "P") listed anywhere in the province by Telus, BC's main phone provider, in its on-line directory at: <http://www.mybc.com/white/> However, there is an E. Prichard listed in Victoria, the province's capital city (it also has a large retirement population, if that helps your timeframes). I have no idea if this is Edith (or Edna) -- this is the equivalent of looking in the phone book -- but you can use the web site's search engine to obtain the phone number and address. ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh.

A great uncle of mine - Arthur Selwyn PRICHARD went to Canada after the Boer War. We have found his death in the BC archives and a kind correspondent has offered to get the relevant certificate. He married a lady called Edna and had, at least, one son, Philip who had a wife called Edith. Any information on this family will be joyfully received. Dick Barton - Two Ways, Salisbury Road, St Margaret's Bay. KENT. CT15 6DP. ex Hon. Sec. Kent FHS. Canterbury Branch website - http://members.aol.com/cantbranch/index.htm St Margaret's website -- http://members.aol.com/stmargar/index.htm (Revised 11 December 2001)

Hi All, My name is June and I live in Nottinghamshire England, I'm new to this list so this is my first posting. My husband's Uncle Thomas J JOHNSON F.R.H.S. emigrated sometime in the early 1900's to Vancouver. The last known address we had was Robson St W in 1943. He was born abt 1894/99 at Barton-upon-Irwell Lancashire to parents Joseph JOHNSON and Jessie JENNINGS they had 5 other children: George William, Annie Lillian, Stanley Robert, Claire, and Joseph. All these JOHNSON's are very elusive and I would consider I'd had a lovely early Christmas present if someone has any information on Thomas. Let me take this opportunity to wish one and all A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2002 and good luck in the forth coming year with all your researching. Kind Regards June Searching: BADHAM Gloucester Warks BOOKER Gloucester Birmingham BESTWICK SPENCER FRETWELL Derbys JOHNSON JENNINGS Lancs Yorks LYNAM anywhere STAFFORD PERKINS Leics

Cause it's Christmas, the list is not busy, and this is really a symbolic tale, and it's exactly the kind that genealogists love. Long lost connections joined again. Sayeth the curmudgeon: while a nice bit of "glurge", as Urban Legends calls it, I'm puzzled why it was distributed on a list dealing with British Columbia genealogy. ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh. ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost.

There are " MIXED RACES " of people everywhere in the WORLD !!! and Genealogically speaking , what a blessing this couple reunited after 30 some years > The story's of memory they could tell..... Keep the " Spirit " Of Christmas through out the year ...... Diane H ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Morgan MorganNews <pmorgan@Morgan-News.com> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth > Stella Stanger <sstanger@sfu.ca>, you wrote, from > <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> on 12/18/01 12:00 PM: > > > Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth > > Just a polite note that it's an urban legend, Stella, and variations have > been floating around for decades. It appeared in the Reader's Digest back in > '54 but some of the time frames didn't compute even then. Your version's > author, Pastor Bob, was not even mentioned in the Reader's Digest version. > For a comparison, and some examination of the story's veracity, see: > <http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/tablecloth.htm> > > The Urban Legends site also does some analysis: > <http://www.snopes2.com/glurge/tableclo.htm> > > Here's a completely Jewish version, for those of that persuasion: > <http://www.adamsmedia.com/smallmiracles/lfpage1.htm> > > Sayeth the curmudgeon: while a nice bit of "glurge", as Urban Legends calls > it, I'm puzzled why it was distributed on a list dealing with British > Columbia genealogy. > > ***** > Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com > News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada > Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh. > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. > >

That was beautiful Stella !! Thank You for sharing . Diane WLake ,B.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stella Stanger <sstanger@sfu.ca> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:19 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth > > >The following was sent - to another Mailing List. I am sending it on to > >this list - > with all my Good Wishes - for a Wonderful Holiday Season - The Happiest New > Year 2002. > Blessings to All. > Stella > > > > > This is an amazing story!!! You have to read this....it's true. > > > > THE TABLECLOTH > > > > > > > > The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first > > > > ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early > > > > October excited about their opportunities. When they saw their church, > > > > it > > > > was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have > > > > everything > > > > done in > > > > time to have their first service on Christmas Eve. > > > > > > > > They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, > > > > painting, etc. and on Dec 18 were ahead of schedule and just about > > > > finished. On > > > > Dec 19 a terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm - hit the area and > > > > lasted > > > > for > > > > two days. > > > > > > > > On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. His heart sank when > > > > he saw that the roof had leaked, causing a large area of plaster > > > > about 20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the sanctuary just > > > > behind the pulpit, beginning about head high. The pastor cleaned up the > > > > mess on > > > > the floor, and not knowing what else to do but postpone the Christmas > > > > Eve > > > > service, headed home. > > > > > > > > On the way he noticed that a local business was having a flea market > > > > type > > > > sale for charity so he stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful, > > > > handmade, ivory colored, > > > > crocheted tablecloth with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross > > > > embroidered > > > > right in the center. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in > > > > the > > > > front > > > > wall. He bought it and headed back to the church. > > > > > > > > By this time it had started to snow. An older woman running from the > > > > opposite direction was trying to catch the bus. She missed it. The > > > > pastor invited her to wait in the warm church for the next bus 45 > > > > minutes > > > > later. > > > > > > > > She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor while he got a > > > > ladder, > > > > hangers, etc., to put up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor > > > > could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and it covered up the > > > > entire > > > > problem area. > > > > > > > > Then he noticed the woman walking down the center aisle. Her face was > > > > like > > > > a sheet. "Pastor," she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth" The > > > > pastor explained. The woman asked him to check the lower right corner to > > > > see if > > > > the initials, EBG were crocheted into it there. They were. These were > > > > the > > > > initials of the woman, and she had made this tablecloth 35 years before, > > > > in > > > > Austria. > > > > > > > > The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how he had just > > > > gotten > > > > the Tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war she and her > > > > husband > > > > were well-to-do people in Austria. When the Nazis came, she was forced > > > > to > > > > leave. Her husband was going to follow her the next week. She was > > > > captured, > > > > sent to prison and never saw her husband or her home again. The pastor > > > > wanted to give her the tablecloth; but she made the pastor keep it for > > > > the > > > > church. > > > > The pastor insisted on driving her home, that was the least he could do. > > > > She lived on > > > > the other side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn for the day for > > > > a > > > > housecleaning job. > > > > > > > > What a wonderful service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was > > > > almost > > > > full. The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, > > > > the > > > > pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they > > > > would return. One older man, whom the pastor recognized from the > > > > neighborhood, continued to sit in one of the pews and stare, and the > > > > pastor > > > > wondered why he wasn't leaving. The man asked him where he got the > > > > tablecloth > > > > on the front wall because it was identical to one that his wife had made > > > > years ago when they lived in Austria before the war and how could there > > > > be > > > > two tablecloths so much alike He told the pastor how the Nazis > > > > came, how he forced his wife to flee for her safety, and he was supposed > > > > to > > > > follow > > > > her, but he was arrested and put in a prison. He never saw his wife or > > > > his > > > > home again all the 35 years in between. > > > > > > > > The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little > > > > ride. > > > > They drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had > > > > taken the woman three days earlier. He helped the man climb the three > > > > flights of stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on the door and he > > > > saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever imagine. > > > > > > > > True Story - submitted by Pastor Rob Reid > > > > > > > > Who says God does not work in mysterious ways. > > > > I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you today. > > > > To guide you and protect you as you go along your way.... > > > > His love is always with you, His promises are true, > > > > And when we give Him all our cares you know He will see us through. > > > > So when the road you're traveling on seems difficult at best, > > > > Just remember I'm here praying, and God will do the rest. > > > > > > > > Pass this on to those you want God to bless, and don't forget to send it > > > > back to the one who asked God to bless you first. > > > > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. > >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2A724EF2192104A1D32C9CA9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada Researching Fairweather & Todrick mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca --------------2A724EF2192104A1D32C9CA9 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by continuity.intergate.ca (mbox pamthom) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Tue Dec 18 13:38:47 2001) X-From_: gordon_watts@telus.net Tue Dec 18 08:49:40 2001 Return-Path: <gordon_watts@telus.net> Received: from blazer.intergate.ca (blazer.intergate.ca [207.34.179.35]) by continuity.intergate.ca (8.11.6/8.11.1) with SMTP id fBIGnes28686 for <pamthom@intergate.ca>; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:49:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gordon_watts@telus.net) Received: (qmail 83441 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2001 16:47:40 -0000 Received: from defout.telus.net (HELO priv-edtnes15-hme0.telusplanet.net) (199.185.220.240) by blazer.intergate.ca with SMTP; 18 Dec 2001 16:47:40 -0000 Received: from gordon1 ([66.183.0.201]) by priv-edtnes15-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.01 201-253-122-122-101-20011014) with SMTP id <20011218164732.XFXM15616.priv-edtnes15-hme0.telusplanet.net@gordon1>; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:47:32 -0700 Message-ID: <02d401c187e3$67d36e00$c900b742@gordon1> From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Post 1901 Census - Seasons Greetings from Senator Lorna Milne Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:45:26 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Greetings All. At the request of Senator Lorna Milne I am forwarding her message as follows =============================== To all the members of the Canada Census Campaign, and everyone else who has put so very much effort into the e-mail, letter and petition campaign. My bill is now at third reading stage in the Senate. I have postponed my third reading speech until the Senate returns at the beginning of February, 2002, so that it will be fresh in the Senators' minds during the debate. I firmly believe that out campaign is going very well, thanks to all the help you have given it --- such tremendous input from so many highly intelligent and highly qualified people. The latest Stats Canada ploy, the Town Hall meetings and Forum discussions, have started very well from our point of view. You already know that Stats Canada has had to resort to using Gordon's analysis of the "compromise solution" lifted straight off his webb site. Also their expert witness, who I am sure they expected to support the privacy aspect at the Ottawa meeting, came down strongly on the side of release of the historic census! I wish you all a very happy Christmas with your families and your friends. Ross and I will be in Calgary with our grandchildren, on whose behalf I am fighting this battle. We will touch base again in the New Year. Many thanks, Senator Lorna Milne --------------2A724EF2192104A1D32C9CA9--

Stella Stanger <sstanger@sfu.ca>, you wrote, from <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> on 12/18/01 12:00 PM: > Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth Just a polite note that it's an urban legend, Stella, and variations have been floating around for decades. It appeared in the Reader's Digest back in '54 but some of the time frames didn't compute even then. Your version's author, Pastor Bob, was not even mentioned in the Reader's Digest version. For a comparison, and some examination of the story's veracity, see: <http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/tablecloth.htm> The Urban Legends site also does some analysis: <http://www.snopes2.com/glurge/tableclo.htm> Here's a completely Jewish version, for those of that persuasion: <http://www.adamsmedia.com/smallmiracles/lfpage1.htm> Sayeth the curmudgeon: while a nice bit of "glurge", as Urban Legends calls it, I'm puzzled why it was distributed on a list dealing with British Columbia genealogy. ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh.

>The following was sent - to another Mailing List. I am sending it on to >this list - with all my Good Wishes - for a Wonderful Holiday Season - The Happiest New Year 2002. Blessings to All. Stella > > > This is an amazing story!!! You have to read this....it's true. > > > THE TABLECLOTH > > > > > > The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first > > > ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early > > > October excited about their opportunities. When they saw their church, > > > it > > > was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have > > > everything > > > done in > > > time to have their first service on Christmas Eve. > > > > > > They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, > > > painting, etc. and on Dec 18 were ahead of schedule and just about > > > finished. On > > > Dec 19 a terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm - hit the area and > > > lasted > > > for > > > two days. > > > > > > On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. His heart sank when > > > he saw that the roof had leaked, causing a large area of plaster > > > about 20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the sanctuary just > > > behind the pulpit, beginning about head high. The pastor cleaned up the > > > mess on > > > the floor, and not knowing what else to do but postpone the Christmas > > > Eve > > > service, headed home. > > > > > > On the way he noticed that a local business was having a flea market > > > type > > > sale for charity so he stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful, > > > handmade, ivory colored, > > > crocheted tablecloth with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross > > > embroidered > > > right in the center. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in > > > the > > > front > > > wall. He bought it and headed back to the church. > > > > > > By this time it had started to snow. An older woman running from the > > > opposite direction was trying to catch the bus. She missed it. The > > > pastor invited her to wait in the warm church for the next bus 45 > > > minutes > > > later. > > > > > > She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor while he got a > > > ladder, > > > hangers, etc., to put up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor > > > could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and it covered up the > > > entire > > > problem area. > > > > > > Then he noticed the woman walking down the center aisle. Her face was > > > like > > > a sheet. "Pastor," she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth" The > > > pastor explained. The woman asked him to check the lower right corner to > > > see if > > > the initials, EBG were crocheted into it there. They were. These were > > > the > > > initials of the woman, and she had made this tablecloth 35 years before, > > > in > > > Austria. > > > > > > The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how he had just > > > gotten > > > the Tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war she and her > > > husband > > > were well-to-do people in Austria. When the Nazis came, she was forced > > > to > > > leave. Her husband was going to follow her the next week. She was > > > captured, > > > sent to prison and never saw her husband or her home again. The pastor > > > wanted to give her the tablecloth; but she made the pastor keep it for > > > the > > > church. > > > The pastor insisted on driving her home, that was the least he could do. > > > She lived on > > > the other side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn for the day for > > > a > > > housecleaning job. > > > > > > What a wonderful service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was > > > almost > > > full. The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, > > > the > > > pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they > > > would return. One older man, whom the pastor recognized from the > > > neighborhood, continued to sit in one of the pews and stare, and the > > > pastor > > > wondered why he wasn't leaving. The man asked him where he got the > > > tablecloth > > > on the front wall because it was identical to one that his wife had made > > > years ago when they lived in Austria before the war and how could there > > > be > > > two tablecloths so much alike He told the pastor how the Nazis > > > came, how he forced his wife to flee for her safety, and he was supposed > > > to > > > follow > > > her, but he was arrested and put in a prison. He never saw his wife or > > > his > > > home again all the 35 years in between. > > > > > > The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little > > > ride. > > > They drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had > > > taken the woman three days earlier. He helped the man climb the three > > > flights of stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on the door and he > > > saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever imagine. > > > > > > True Story - submitted by Pastor Rob Reid > > > > > > Who says God does not work in mysterious ways. > > > I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you today. > > > To guide you and protect you as you go along your way.... > > > His love is always with you, His promises are true, > > > And when we give Him all our cares you know He will see us through. > > > So when the road you're traveling on seems difficult at best, > > > Just remember I'm here praying, and God will do the rest. > > > > > > Pass this on to those you want God to bless, and don't forget to send it > > > back to the one who asked God to bless you first. > >

Good Morning June, I have a web-site for you. Go to: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm This is a wonderful site that will enable you to search for births, marriages and deaths. I don't think I've come across an easier site to enable a researcher to get information! Good Luck and Merry Christmas! Carol Wright Coquitlam, B.C., Canada

I am most interested in the Town Hall meetings re the Post 1901 Census being made available. Are the meetings to be held in Vancouver? As an amateur genealogist, I am most concerned that my voice is heard. I believe a Bill S-12, related to all this, was to be debated soon, but have seen no recent information on this issue. What's happening? Janet WHITE Burnaby, BC

Hi All Just wanted to post that I received a warning email from my server that I had been sent a virus at 3:21 AM December 14, 2001, which they quaranteened before it got to me. Sender: Robert Carrier/robrenee@telusplanet.net Subject: "View Previous Section/View" Virus: W32/Magistr.32768@mm Pat Ontario

Gary Boivin, you wrote, from <gboivin@telusplanet.net>> on 12/14/01 4:07 AM: > A visit to Rootsweb, Ancestry or the LDS site... or any similar site, will > convince anyone that you can only use what you find as a guide. There are > people that don't bother verifying what they find... and then others see > what they have and take it as gospel... further confusing matters. Good advice to Coleman, Gary; I've only been doing genealogical research for about five years now, and I regret not having learned the following lesson, which I consider the first three rules of research, until I had been doing it for about year: 1. Document everything. 2. Accept every piece of information with one eyebrow raised cynically, while holding it in tweezers at arm's length. 3. When in doubt, see rule 1. At one point or another, every genealogist will come across two (or more) conflicting pieces of information about even the most basic stuff: Name, birth date, birthplace, death date, death place -- you name it. At that point, you have to resort to your documentation, your witnesses, to see which one has more credibility, but you also list the alternate info and save it... just in case. My own great-grandfather, who was a cop all his life, for Heaven's sakes, gave different birth dates to half a dozen different agencies over the years, depending on the age he had to be to do or get what he wanted at the time. I was an investigative reporter for a while, and most such reporters will tell you that you can generally print something if you have at least two independent sources for the information; three or four sources, if it's a critical story. Well, I've got six sources for the birth date I have currently accepted for my great-grandfather and I still I have the feeling that pinning it down is like nailing Jello to a tree. ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada My idea of a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

The following messge received from Rootsweb Help - re Archived Messages - Browse. Stella >Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:57:33 -0700 >X-Authentication-Warning: backup.rootsweb.com: nobody set sender to >donna@rootsweb.com using -f >To: sstanger@sfu.ca >X-Msgnum: 153312 >From: RootsWeb HelpDesk <helpdesk-post@rootsweb.com> >Reply-To: helpdesk-post@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Archived Messages - Browse (Chris #153312) > >A response to your Help Desk message, "Archived Messages - Browse," of >Friday, 14 December 2001, at 10:56 a.m. follows: > >Please revisit the form located at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi > if you wish to respond. > >Thank You!! > >The message reads as follows: > > ------------------------- > >We are experiencing problems with the List Archiver, and our technicans >are addressing those problems. In the meantime, please use the Interactive >Search at the link below. To search or browse by date, use this format >(including the quote marks): > >"23 Nov 2001" >"1 Dec 2001" >"Oct 2000" > >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------- >