Hello Darlene, The first place you might want to search is at the Manitoba Genealogical Society at 1045 St. James. They have a web site at http://www.mts.net/~mgsi/ that will tell you their hours and phone number. It only costs $5 to spend the day there and the volunteers will be able to guide you. Also since you are going back a few years and there is a church connection you might want to go to the Legislative Library at 200 Vaughan Street. They have a web site at http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/index.html and it may be helpful to let them know ahead of time the type of information you are seeking. They should have church records. They also have all of the old Manitoba newspapers and you might like to see the Selkirk Record (1885-1895). If it was the closest newspaper to Mapleton it might carry a longer obituary for you. There is a book you can get at the Winnipeg library called "Selkirk: The First Hundred Years" by Barry Potyondi. There might be some information in that book about the minister and his church that would help. You can get it through inter library loan. Good luck in your search, Karen >From: "Allen & Darlene Dowhaniuk" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Selkirk Manitoba >Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:03:08 -0800 > >I am stuck and need some help !! > >Rev. Nicholas C. Martin born approx. 1814 Cork Ireland. >He was the first Rector to take charge of the newly formed >Episcopal Congregation (now Anglican) in Selkirk, Manitoba. >He died at is home in Mapleton, Manitoba Aug. 14, 1888. > Apparently, he had 13 children, I only know of one, >Alice Martin born approx. 1863 died in Taunton, Massachusetts > married George Hamilton of Selkirk, Manitoba, they had one >child Florence Hamilton born 1883 died Taunton, Massachusetts. > >I found his obit at the Wpg library- just a notification of service. >The Selkirk Library was very good at trying to find info but couldn't >find anything. The church found his tombstone & inscription but >nothing on his family. > >Any suggestions.........can someone find his name anywhere. > >Thanks Darlene > > >==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== >CAN-MANITOBA-L Mailing List >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/canmanitoba.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Karen, Thanks so much for the info. I live in a small town on the West Coast and do not have access to a lot of resources. I will check out the websites and see if I can use anything there. The Selkirk library did go through some local history books for me but couldn't find anything. Thanks again. Darlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen S" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Selkirk Manitoba > Hello Darlene, > The first place you might want to search is at the Manitoba Genealogical > Society at 1045 St. James. They have a web site at > http://www.mts.net/~mgsi/ that will tell you their hours and phone number. > It only costs $5 to spend the day there and the volunteers will be able to > guide you. > > Also since you are going back a few years and there is a church connection > you might want to go to the Legislative Library at 200 Vaughan Street. They > have a web site at http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/index.html and it may be > helpful to let them know ahead of time the type of information you are > seeking. They should have church records. They also have all of the old > Manitoba newspapers and you might like to see the Selkirk Record > (1885-1895). If it was the closest newspaper to Mapleton it might carry a > longer obituary for you. > > There is a book you can get at the Winnipeg library called "Selkirk: The > First Hundred Years" by Barry Potyondi. There might be some information in > that book about the minister and his church that would help. You can get it > through inter library loan. > > Good luck in your search, > Karen > > > > > > > >From: "Allen & Darlene Dowhaniuk" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Selkirk Manitoba > >Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:03:08 -0800 > > > >I am stuck and need some help !! > > > >Rev. Nicholas C. Martin born approx. 1814 Cork Ireland. > >He was the first Rector to take charge of the newly formed > >Episcopal Congregation (now Anglican) in Selkirk, Manitoba. > >He died at is home in Mapleton, Manitoba Aug. 14, 1888. > > Apparently, he had 13 children, I only know of one, > >Alice Martin born approx. 1863 died in Taunton, Massachusetts > > married George Hamilton of Selkirk, Manitoba, they had one > >child Florence Hamilton born 1883 died Taunton, Massachusetts. > > > >I found his obit at the Wpg library- just a notification of service. > >The Selkirk Library was very good at trying to find info but couldn't > >find anything. The church found his tombstone & inscription but > >nothing on his family. > > > >Any suggestions.........can someone find his name anywhere. > > > >Thanks Darlene > > > > > >==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > >CAN-MANITOBA-L Mailing List > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/canmanitoba.htm > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > Primary Records for Canada > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >