Hi Alan, Please count me in for the website name. Thanks very much. Ron Davies Surrey, B.C. At 02:09 PM 20/07/00 -0400, you wrote: >Re availability of local history books that are out of print:... >Contact me individually if you are interested in the website as it is a >commercial one.

Yes I am interested if there is on for the Portage La Prairie area called the Tread of the Pioneers. I have books called Hinton Heritage, Beneath the Long Grass for Glenboro and area, and Beside the Burn for Burnside area . T. James (Jim) Latimer 100 Mile House BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Campbell" <campbea@mnsi.net> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 11:09 AM Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Re: getting out of print local history books > Hi listers; > Re availability of local history books that are out of print: > I was able to purchase 2 books via the internet site for used book stores. One I > dispaired of ever getting a copy since the plates were lost in a fire shortly > after it was printed. Book were in excellent condition and cost no more that > $50.00 (not bad considering that both were hardcover and 2-21/2 inches thick!) > Contact me individually if you are interested in the website as it is a > commercial one. > Alan in Sarnia > > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > Primary Records for Canada > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM

Hi listers; Re availability of local history books that are out of print: I was able to purchase 2 books via the internet site for used book stores. One I dispaired of ever getting a copy since the plates were lost in a fire shortly after it was printed. Book were in excellent condition and cost no more that $50.00 (not bad considering that both were hardcover and 2-21/2 inches thick!) Contact me individually if you are interested in the website as it is a commercial one. Alan in Sarnia

Love to have the site. Looking for Red River History stories. My ancestors. maggi finnigan sunny california f 94

Greetings, Lois: Well, there's nothing like picking up the mail only to find about 200 messages piled up! Oh, I've been really busy the past few days. We had a Folk Festival here, and I was doing tarot card readings. I had to be at the Festival site to set up on Friday evening, then over 12 hours each day on Saturday and Sunday. Monday, I went out in the morning to take down my booth, and then I got sick to my belly, and I spent the rest of the day mostly sleeping. At least I'm feeling well now, but it was really exhausting. Finally I'm getting caught up on responding to all the messages. lois remillard wrote: > > what's your interest in Swan River? ... My 1st cousin 3x removed, Matilda Ann FIRTH, married Robert James SMITH. Following Robert's death, she moved with several of her children to that part of the country. The children that I know of are: John Firth SMITH, 1873-1939 Maggie A. SMITH, 1876-1878 Hairsine SMITH, 1877-????, m: Lottie MUTTART (his full name may be Stephen Humberston Hairsine SMITH) Louisa SMITH, abt 1882-1950, m: Gus JOHNSON of Bowsman, Man. There were also children from Robert's second wife, Elizabeth Honeyford, of whom I only know that one was named Richard SMITH. The children of Hairsine SMITH and Lottie Muttart include: Robert, Margaret, Sidney, Bertha, Ashley, Ivan, Jack, David and Lorna. > Maybe the library has copies to sell.. In my experience, libraries won't sell books, if they did, the local bookstores would be infuriated. Maybe the local tourism bureau would have some, or the Chamber of Commerce, or the municipal office. There also may be a local history society, and the society probably compiled the info for the book. Any help much appreciated, Patricia Sherman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "software" <software@yellowknife.com> > To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:04 AM > Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Question from Listowner > : I'm searching in the Beautiful Plains and the Portage Plains regions. > : More specifically, Burnside, Bagot, Glendale, Langford, Neepawa, Portage > : la Prairie, Rosedale. I also have an interest in the Swan River and > : Dauphin region. > : > : Patricia Sherman

I have been trying to determine where and when a realtive of mine died. William "Willie" Thomson was born 3 Aug 1871 in Renfrewshire, Scotland, married there, and entered Canada about the time of WW One. He is thought to have resided in Ontario and died in late 1940 era. Don't know the name of his wife, but they were married in Scotland. They had five children when they left Scotland, one child was Agness. They had at least three sons, who may have names of Hugh, William, and James. The sons are said to have worked the wheat fields, probably west of Ontario. This may be where William Thomson died. Ontario has no death record for him covering the period from 1943 through 1958. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Donald Thomson Stevensville, Md ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Leah, You can get some idea of how to locate the land the Virtue's owned by looking at this site I think: http://www.interlinkbookshop.com/dominion.htm > > I am researching the Robert Virtue family. I find that my husband's > grandfather Robert Virtue born about 1863 in Enniskillen, Darlington Twp., > Durham County, Ontario, at some time after 1887 moved to or near Orillia in > Simcoe County but then must have moved to Manitoba by 1898 for I found him > listed as postmaster March 1, 1898, to Sept. 17, 1900 as postmaster at Viola > Dale in the electoral district of Marquette. I do not know when he moved or > when or where he died but most of his children are found in the Carmen, > Miami, and Plum Coullee regions farther south. Then I found a Robert > Headrick Virtue, a Robert Virtue and a Robert Alexander Virtue under > Dominion Land Grants (the first in Twp. 6, Range 9, W3),the second and third > the SE and SW parts of Sections 12 and 13, Twp. 33, Range 10, W2. I do not > know where these land descriptions are in Manitoba. Is there a site on the > Internet which maps out the townships? > Can anybody out there help me? I realize I shall have to order the > films listing the land grants but is there much information that might > relate to genealogy on them? > > Leah Joys > Medicine Hat, AB >

what's your interest in Swan River? They published a book about 10 years back and most families contributed a bit about there families..I don't know where you'd get hold of one tho'. I read things about my grandparents that I didn't know.. Maybe the library has copies to sell.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "software" <software@yellowknife.com> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Question from Listowner : Phyllis Haynen wrote: : > : > I have a question that I would like to ask everyone ... What : > Region are you researching for your ancestors? ... : : I'm searching in the Beautiful Plains and the Portage Plains regions. : More specifically, Burnside, Bagot, Glendale, Langford, Neepawa, Portage : la Prairie, Rosedale. I also have an interest in the Swan River and : Dauphin region. : : Patricia Sherman : : : ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== : Canada GenWeb Archives Project : http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html : Primary Records for Canada : : ============================== : Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. : RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. : http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi :

Phyllis Haynen wrote: > > I have a question that I would like to ask everyone ... What > Region are you researching for your ancestors? ... I'm searching in the Beautiful Plains and the Portage Plains regions. More specifically, Burnside, Bagot, Glendale, Langford, Neepawa, Portage la Prairie, Rosedale. I also have an interest in the Swan River and Dauphin region. Patricia Sherman

Hi I am searching in Freidensfeld and Steinbach areas of Manitoba (Greber, Schielke & Wiesner) as well my ggrandmother - Rachel Harrop (Hodgins) is buried in Binscarth, Manitoba. Patricia

I am researching the Robert Virtue family. I find that my husband's grandfather Robert Virtue born about 1863 in Enniskillen, Darlington Twp., Durham County, Ontario, at some time after 1887 moved to or near Orillia in Simcoe County but then must have moved to Manitoba by 1898 for I found him listed as postmaster March 1, 1898, to Sept. 17, 1900 as postmaster at Viola Dale in the electoral district of Marquette. I do not know when he moved or when or where he died but most of his children are found in the Carmen, Miami, and Plum Coullee regions farther south. Then I found a Robert Headrick Virtue, a Robert Virtue and a Robert Alexander Virtue under Dominion Land Grants (the first in Twp. 6, Range 9, W3),the second and third the SE and SW parts of Sections 12 and 13, Twp. 33, Range 10, W2. I do not know where these land descriptions are in Manitoba. Is there a site on the Internet which maps out the townships? Can anybody out there help me? I realize I shall have to order the films listing the land grants but is there much information that might relate to genealogy on them? Leah Joys Medicine Hat, AB

Jim I will put your request in a folder called thing to ask Mom and when I talk to her I will ask. Cheers Pat

Hi, I am new subscriber to this list and am seeking information on my maternal grandmother's brother, George Welby McCubbin, b. 9 April 1879, Burford, Ontario, Canada. He later moved to Manitoba where he lived until his death and worked as a farmer. I know he married and had children. Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Delores

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C2DBFBD31667E75C757300CE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Listers Following is a repeat of my reply to Phyllis in case that someone else out there recognizes this family. My husband's grandmother Mary Winter married Nicholas Stadnyk of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan in Elma in 1918. Norma --------------C2DBFBD31667E75C757300CE Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <3970317D.8BA4C6C8@sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 05:40:13 -0400 From: "R. O'Toole" <r.otoole@sympatico.ca> Reply-To: r.otoole@sympatico.ca X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en]C-SYMPA (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en,fr-CA MIME-Version: 1.0 To: phaynen@gte.net Subject: Areas of Interest Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Phyllis Thank you for your offer to compile the listers areas of interest. I am researching My husband's maternal grandmother, Mary Winter, daughter of John Winter and Josepha Sojka. Mary was born in Elma, MB in Eastern MB near Whitemouth. Her father had a homestead at Elma at Section 5 Twp 11 Range 12 EPM. Thanks to the information on your list, I have contacted the Manitoba Archives, and they are preparing a copy of the homestead application. I believe that my husband's g grandmother moved to Winnipeg when she was older. When I have time, I will be researching the death records and burial locations in Winnipeg. I am also interested in the immigration patterns in the province at the turn of the century, and very interested in Polish immigrants. Norma O'Toole from Ontario --------------C2DBFBD31667E75C757300CE--

Hi! I am researching the following people: Mary Flett James Sangster Unfortunately, I do not know where or when they were born, married or died but do know the following. Their first born, Ethel was born in 1874 in the nwt. She was married in 1892 to Napoleon Levesque in St. Boniface and had 10 children, one of them my grandmother. She (Ethel) died in 1927 in St. Boniface and is buried at the St. Boniface Cemetary. John Joseph Sangster was baptised in St. Francois Xavier, MB in 1876. This is all the information I have regarding him. Marie Agathe Sangster was born or baptised in St. Boniface, MB in 1877. No other information is known about her. William James Sangster was apparently raised by the Petrini family and married Yvonne Delagrave. I beleive that the marriage did not work out since William apparentely left to go to Quebec in 1907 and she stayed behind. Apart from that I have no information regarding him. As you can see, my family was quite obscure! I've been researching this line for years (it's my final line to research) and over the week-end, I've learned more about William than I have for the past 10 years! Do these names appear familiar to anybody? If so, please contact me!! Thank-you! Lise

On July 14, Phyllis Haynen asked members to list the areas being searched for ancestors. I didn't see that message until this evening being a newcomer to the list. I'm looking for anybody connected to DAVIES - VANDERBURG - WEBB I'm particularly interested in locating particulars about a Dr. Russ Davies who might be an uncle or cousin. All I have is a photo taken by a Winnipeg photographer but with no date. My hunch is that he was a son of one of my paternal Grandfather's brothers. Re area, that would most likely be Winnipeg and environs but anywhere info might turn up would be fine. If anybody happens to know about a Edith Vanderburg who taught school in Sault St. Marie, I'd also be grateful. I think there were Vanderburg's in Winnipeg/Manitoba. I knew Edith when I was a child, even have her former Soo address. I'm guessing she's the daughter of my Grandmother Clarissa Elizabeth Vanderburg/Webb who took me to raise along with Grandfather Wellington and two of mother's adoptive sisters, Florence and Charlotte[Lottie] Webb. Thanks all. Ron Davies Surrey, B.C.

Hi Phyllis, I am researching Whitemouth, my maternal grandparents settled there. As for my paternal relatives so far the search is in the areas of St. Boniface and Winnipeg. I'm sure there are other districts that may come up for me. Noreen (from Vancouver) RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA SURNAMES: KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK RESEARCHING NORWAY & SWEDEN SURNAMES: JORGENSON, VAN WALLEGHEM, VAN MEIRHAEGHE, PETERSON, HANSTEAD

Does anyone know where I can find adoption records for 1880 and 1890's in Manitoba? I found out my great great uncle was adopted by a family in St. Pierre Jolys in that period. If anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it!! Lise

I am researching all of Manitoba since I do not know where my great grandparents originally settled. Areas of concentration include St. Boniface, St.Pierre Jolys, St. Francois Xavier as well as the area once known as the nwt.

Personally, I'm researching The Pas/Cumberland House/Cranberry Portage areas...also Makinak areas.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Phyllis Haynen <phaynen@gte.net> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:15 PM Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Question from Listowner > I have a question that I would like to ask everyone on the list. What > Region are you researching for your ancestors? As the Manitoba GenWeb > Coordinator, this will help me to decide where I should be emphasizing > my efforts on the Manitoba GenWeb project. > > The Manitoba GenWeb Regions web page is located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/regions.htm Each web site has the towns > listed. If you don't see the town, tell me the town. I'll find the > Region. > > We have 80+ subscribers on this list. Please e-mail me directly, > e-mail: phaynen@gte.net with your Region. I will post a message with > the results to the list. I think this will be interesting. > > And if anyone is interested in volunteering as a Regional GenWeb > coordinator, please contact me. > > Phyllis Haynen > Manitoba GenWeb Coordinator > CAN-MANITOBA-L Listowner > -- > E-Mail: phaynen@gte.net > Manitoba, Canada GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > County Down, Ireland GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow/ > Phyllis' Family Genealogy http://home1.gte.net/phaynen/tree.htm > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Manitoba GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >