This announcement is made for information purposes only. Anyone seeking further details please contact me off list. Antigonish County, Nova Scotia As you may know, my co-editor of Drummer on Foot, Dr. Raymond A. MacLean, passed away March 31st of this year. In conjunction with his son and executor, Colin I am making available the remaining copies of several of Ray's books. A short description of those currently available appears below. A more complete description is available. We hope other of Ray's books will follow. The Casket 1852-1992 From Gutenberg to the Internet The Story of a Small-Town weekly Dr. MacLean chronicles the times and trials of this Antigonish newspaper and its effect on the community around it. Although the index contains many names, do not look for a genealogy, but in reading this book you will perhaps develop a greater sense of the place in which many of our families developed. History of Antigonish This work consists of two sections: the manuscript proper represents 316 pages of typescript, written by Reverend Ronald MacGillivray (Sagart Arisaig) and first published in The Casket during the years 1890-1892. The second section is the more valuable from the historical point of view and was done by Charlie MacGillivray, Editor of The Casket, who published both-the manuscript and the documentation in 1943-1944. Mr. MacGillivray was working on a revised edition in 1947 at the time of his death and his documentation ends in that year. All of this material, plus much additional, was edited by Dr. MacLean and first published in two volumes in 1976. The present edition combines the two volumes. Drummer on Foot A series of over 90 articles appeared in The Casket, a Catholic newspaper published in Antigonish, Nova Scotia under the pen name Drummer on Foot. The articles were published beginning April 4, 1912 and continued up into 1918. Most deal with the pioneer families who settled in Antigonish County in the early decades of the 19th century. They show the inter-relatedness of these families. A connection in one family is almost certain to lead to relationships with several others. Drummer on Foot took these families from their pioneer ancestors through four and five generations up to the time of publication. Regards, Don MacFarlane See MacFarlane and related genealogies here: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maritime/Maritime_Mosaic/> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maritime/Maritime_Mosaic/