John: You are right about the province changing. Manitoba was originally known as the postage stamp province. I think it was sometime in the 1890's that it became the province it is today. There are mistakes in the vital stats. My great grandparents died in the early 1900's in Gladstone and are buried there but they are not in the vital stats. I have not been able to determine the reason. The other place you could check is the Anglican Diocese in Winnipeg. They have records dating back to the early 1800's for births, marriages, and deaths for the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Unfortunately they are not on the internet as far as I know. You will have to snail mail them and they do charge a fee. Their address: St Johns Anglican Diocese Archives 935 Nesbitt Way Winnipeg Manitoba Phone # 1-204-453-6130. I haven't used this address or phone number for a couple of years so you might want to check it first. Happy hunting Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean & John Johnston" <jeanjohn@xtra.co.nz> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Marriage James Blair AITKEN and Margaret Garvie TAYLOR > Thankyou very much Roy and Janet for looking in the Manitoba Vital Stats. I > had done this before without success and I am wondering if these Stats. are > complete, or perhaps boundaries of the Provinces have changed, or there is > another reason why this marriage is not shown. > > My clues are derived from the obituary for James Blair Aitken who died in > British Columbia in 1951: > > "A resident of Agassiz for more than thirty years James B. Aitken died at > his home Thursday. > Born in Maryfield, Lanarkshire, Scotland July 5, 1869, he came to Canada and > settled in Manitoba in 1892 where he married Margaret Taylor in 1894." > (I should imagine James's widow would know where they married as all the > other > details on the death certificate are accurate.) > > I have also tried looking in the Ontario marriage indexes without success. > > Any other avenues I could try? > > John > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > For list information, subscribing, unsubscribing and archives visit: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-MANITOBA.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >