Hi Malcolm, The book is listed at the Alberta GenWeb Local History Book Site: -There are no Volunteers - although Peter Goutbeck is the one who submitted the Index to the book. Peter is a member of the Alberta Genealogy Society - Edmonton Branch. The following - Strathconta County GenWeb. gives some information about Strathcona County - as well - other info. http://www.geocities.com/strathconacounty/ Map Showing Location of Strathcona county: Alberta: http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/Strathcona/Council/About+Strathcona+County/Strathcona+County+map.htm http://www.epl.ca/EPLStrathconaBranchRestoration.cfm http://users.rootsweb.com/~canab/lookstra.html Here in Vancouver - we do have a district of Strathcona. part of the East Side of Vancouver. http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/strathcona.asp http://www.samsbia.com/gallery.htm http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/community_profiles/strathcona/ At one time many newcomers to the city first lived there - some still remain. It was a mix of ethnic groups - on the edge of our Chinatown. Fortunately - there are some people who value the early history of the area. and rather than destroy the heritage homes - have brought them back to life. I hadn't been there for many years -but visited - in hope of still finding some of the homes that I had found listed in paperwork - What a wonderful surprise - to find them still standing - and in wonderful condition. - a little gem of a community. Cheers, Stella At 08:09 AM 3/13/2005, Malcolm at ACDB-Canada wrote: > Hi Debbie, > > I monitor these lists in case there are any requests for > books that my company can provide as copies on CD. I was therefor > interested in your request, and went looking for the book. I couldn't > find anything anywhere with the exact title you gave. The closest I > could find was "Strathcona County: A Brief History" and I only found that > in the Library of Canada. From it's scarcity I'd say it was quite a rare book. > > If this is the book though, I think you may be making your > request on the wrong list. I'm not an expert on the geography of Western > Canada but from what I saw while searching the "Strathcona" of BC is a > suburb of Vancouver and a Provincial Park on Vancouver Island (and a > school?). I had a look in our publication of "Sunset Canada," which is > a turn of the century description of the delights of BC, and it looked as > if the area that is now Strathcona Park was virtually unoccupied at the > time it was declared a park. > > The Strathcona County the book referred to, and I think the one > you are looking for, seemed to be in Alberta. You might have more luck > on the Alberta list. Not that it's going to be much help to you (unless > you can get an inter-library loan from Canada), but I've copied the > Library of Canada's listing for the book I found, below: > > NAME(S):*Redekop, Linda, 1943- > Gilchrist, Wilfred, 1937- > TITLE(S): Strathcona County : a brief history / Linda Redekop and > Wilfred Gilchrist > PUBLISHER: [Edmonton] : W. Gilchrist, c1981. > W. Gilchrist, 7322 - 118A St., Edmonton, Alta. T6G 1V2 > DESCRIPTION: 131 p. : ill., col. maps ; 23 cm. > > NOTES: Includes index. > N.L. copy: Authors' autograph copy. > Bibliography: p. 126-127. > NUMBERS: Canadiana: 810041715 > ISBN: 0888649959 : $9.00 > CLASSIFICATION: LC Class no.: FC3695* > Dewey: 971.23/3 19 > > SUBJECTS: Strathcona (Alta.)--History > Strathcona (Alberta)--Histoire > > > Malcolm > >Archive CD Books Canada Inc. >Attn: Malcolm Moody - President >P.O. Box 11, >Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A2, Canada. >phone: (613) 692-2667 >e-mail: [email protected] >Canadian web site: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca > > >>From: [email protected] >>Date: 13 March 2005 04:42:50 GMT-05:00 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Book Query >> >> >>Does anyone have access to the book, >> >>"A Brief History: Strathcona County" >> >>that they could do a look-up? >> >>Steele Murdoch is mentioned in this book. >> >>Thank you >>Debbie >>Michigan > > >==== 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.