Lois, No need to ask your friend's son. After a few more e-mails the Kenora Library finally responded. They are going to look for me. I'm crossing my fingers something is there. I am also contacting the District Jail to ask them about their archive records. Noreen (from Vancouver) RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA SURNAMES: KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK ----- Original Message ----- From: "lois remillard" <remi11@home.com> To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Newspaper look up in Kenora > My friends son lives in Kenora but she is getting ready to go on holidays > out your way and I don't know when I will be seeing her again this > summer...I will see if I can get his address and drop him a letter to see if > he would co-operate... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Noreen Krutz" <krutz@telus.net> > To: <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 12:17 PM > Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Newspaper look up in Kenora > > > : Hi Everyone, > : > : This is a strange request for a Manitoba List, however, I thought I'd give > it a whirl. I grew up in Kenora, Ontario (not far from Winnipeg). I live in > Vancouver now (for 30 yrs) and have recently started my family roots search. > : > : One of the things I need and can't get from this distance is the local > paper (Miner and News) archive files on microfilm. I (via e-mail) to the > newspaper office asked how far back they had them. The have bound copies > from 18 . They are on microfilm at the Kenora Library. I have contacted > the library 3 times with out a response yet, and also the museum. > : > : My grandfather, whom I know so little about, died tragically in approx. > 1920 in Kenora. He hung himself in jail. I do not know why he was in jail. > He immigrated from Ukraine in 1910. > : > : There may be an article on him and/or an obituary in the newspaper. If an > article, it may explain the story behind his incarceration and death. > : > : So here is the big question. After all these years being away, I have no > contacts in Kenora. Does anyone on the list no someone who lives in Kenora > who would be willing to go to the library for me and look up Miner & News > microfilm for the years 1919, 1920, 1921. I do not think there would be > many issues for each year or a very thick paper. With this in mind, I hope > it would not be a large task. > : > : I would be more than willing to pay someone to do this, make a copy or > have it scanned into a computer and sent to me by e-mail etc. > : > : Sincerely, > : Noreen > : > : RESEARCHING UKRAINE>CANADA > : SURNAMES: > : KRUTZ/KRUST/KRUTS > : HRUTS/HRUSCYK/HRUSHAK > : KORMYLO/CORMYLO/KORMELO > : PETRUNIAK ANTONIAK > : > : > : ==== 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 > : > : > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Free Webspace at RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/FPhistory.html > Create your Genealogy Website! > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >