This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mNC.2ACE/2512.1 Message Board Post: Hello Sharon, Township 17 range 24 would be about 5miles west of Shoal Lake, Manitoba. It is in the rural municipality of Shoal Lake. The marriage record of John Wilton and Catherine Pearce who were married on December 18, 1889 in Shoal Lake is found at the new vital statistics web site at http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/ The birth records for Selena Elizabeth born June 20, 1894, William Henry born June 30, 1892, John Thomas born March 16, 1898 and Charles Earl born November 15, 1899 all at Shoal Lake are there too. You can find this family of John Wilton along with these children in the 1901 Manitoba census at http://www.archives.ca/ The District is Marquette #9 sub district is Shoal Lake r-1 schedule 1 page 7 The township and range numbers are a great help in locating a family in the census. You will find the census an interesting read and you should be able to find this family in the 1906 census yourself. Good luck in your search, Karen in Winnipeg