Jacki Humphrey: I'm new to this list and also to genealogy. I also have Canadian roots from Winnipeg. When you have time, I would appreciate you looking up grandparents in the death notices. My grandfather, Elia Slobodian died June 18, l947 and my grandmother, Evdokia Slobodian died June 5, l939, both in Winnipeg. My paternal grandparents, ANTONIW, their gravestones do not have a month nor day only the year. Their names are in Ukranian and I can't read them, but I think his was Theodore and hers was Dora. He died in l945 and she died l948. An e-mail angel sent me a copy of the Hamburg passenger list in which my grandparents and father were on it. The name was spelled ANTONOW. I know it's impossible to look when you don't even have a month to go by, but in looking for others and you come across an Antoniw/Antonow please tell me. I will be very grateful Gail Anthony Davis, Santa Maria, California sivad@thegrid.net HUMPHREY JACKI wrote: > > I was pleased to see a Winnipeg list get started as this is where my > Canadian roots are from. Like most lists I've joined a checked the > archives and discover only 14 messages. As this is a brand new list I > decided that I should do my bit to help it get started. Although I now > live in New Westminster I have access to the Winnipeg Free Press going > back to the late 1800's at the local university (will check exact date > next time I'm there and of course it was the Manitoba Free Press back > then.) If any one wants something looked up and they don't have access > to the old papers (and they know the date within a couple of weeks) I > would be happy to look for them. > > As I am busy with my owe research and have also volunteered to work on > the FreeBMD Project (transcribing the English Indexes) and on a census > transcription project for Devon I do not get to the university all that > often. So it may take a while before I get a chance to do lookups. But > I will make a list of all inquiries and make every effort to get up > there at least once every six weeks. > > Please do not feel shy about asking. I would not have offered if I > wasn't willing to do it. I'll just make sure I look first before I get > involved in the London Times for the 1850's and forget all about the > rest of the world. > > Jacki Humphrey > New Westminster, BC