I was born in Canada so I feel Canada is my homeland. However, if I had been born in another country I would probably always have a bond with that country, but consider Canada my home. I feel a bond even now with Ukraine, Norway and Belgium just because my ancestors came from these countries. Noreen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] What do YOU consider your homeland? > Hello Nils - I am not certain what it is you are trying to find out but I > consider myself Canadian and don't have any desire to be anything else. > Canada is where I will always call home. About half of my ancestors are > known as Ulster Scots (Scottish implantation of Northern Ireland in the > 1600's), and about half are the real thing (Scottish) on a couple of sides. > I thank my lucky stars that many generations ago my ancestors had the > foresight to make the decisions they did, for whatever reasons, and come > here to live. I have a great need to know as much as I can about these > people, how they lived etc. and who they are (were). I loved the time spent > in Scotland and have a strong desire to visit Northern Ireland but - I am > Canadian. > Freda Stewart > Alberta > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marjorie Page" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] What do YOU consider your homeland? > > > > Hi. Canada is my homeland. Manitoba is my homeland. I am curious about > > England and Scotland from whence my ancestors came, but that is all. > > > > Marjorie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nils Weisensee" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 7:31 PM > > Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] What do YOU consider your homeland? > > > > > > > Hi list-members! > > > > > > I would like to know what country do you feel to be your homeland. > > > Do you feel Canada to be your homeland, or do you still feel connected > > > to Russia or Germany/Prussia? > > > > > > Thanks for the feedback! > > > > > > Regards, > > > NilS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > Easy and free access to your email anywhere! http://www.starten.net/mail > > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Manitoba GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > > ============================== > 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 > >