Hi Mary try this http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020202&e&top&0 regards Viv ----- Original Message ----- From: "MarCat" <marcat@ameritech.net> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Help please > Hi all, > > I keep reading, with great interest, about the railroad being built in > Winnipeg and would like to know what years this took place? Can anyone > give me any ideas on how to find out if our John Herbert Gillson, b. > 1873 in Collingwood, Ontario, migrated into Winnipeg about > 1899-1900,might have been on one of the crews for the railroad? He > disappeared around 1908 and we cannot find any trace of him. I keep > reading about all the railroad accidents and men being killed..just > makes me wonder if maybe this might be what happened to our John. > > Thanks to all who can give me info on the dates, which railroads were > being built and possibly a way to locate records. Any info. Thanks! > > Mary T. > > Researching the following names; GILLSON, GILSON, SMALL, HUGHES, > These families lived in Brookline, New Hampshire, Buckingham, Quebec, > Oxford, Maitland, Collingwood, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba > > MIKULACA@aol.com wrote: > > > > Hi, I too, have stories about my grandfather building the railroad near > > Winnipeg. My grandmother told about being left alone with 2 children for > > several months while my grandfather went to work. His name was Joseph > > Hrudney. > > Any help with railroad records that could be passed on to me will be > > appreciated. > > mikulaca@aol.com > > > > Carolyn > > Researching > > M.I.K.U.L.A M.I.H.A.L H.R.U.D.N.E.Y R.U.D.Y > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > > Primary Records for Canada > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Protect Canadian Census Records From Destruction > http://globalgenealogy.com/census/index.htm > POST 1901 CENSUS PROJECT >