This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deborahbschmidt Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/3380.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm wondering if your Jessie Ross icould be the daughter of my gg-grandparents Andrew Ross (1851-1931) and Agnes Nelson Ross (1859-1940), of Stellarton. I am the great-granddaughter of their son John James Ross (1882-1954), who emigrated to California. John's sister Jessie was born Sept 2 1896, probably in Stellarton, and that is all I know about her! I would love to find more information about the Rosses in Nova Scotia and Scotland. I have attached to my tree a portion of the One World Tree including them, and have been unable to contact the contributor, so would also appreciate any leads in that direction. Thank you so much for your help! -Deborah Schmidt, Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deborahbschmidt Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/348.352.351.355.372.377/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was curious abut your reference to he Doris Gates Thorpe charts and history. Can you tell me how I might be able to get a copy? I have just identified my gg-grandparents as Andrew Ross (1851-1931) and Agnes Nelson Ross (1859-1940), of Stellarton. I am the great-granddaughter of their son John James Ross (1882-1954), who emigrated to California. I would love to find more information about the Rosses in Nova Scotia and Scotland. I have attached to my tree a portion of the One World Tree including Agnes and Andrew, and have been unable to contact the contributor, so would also appreciate any leads in that direction. Thank you so much for your help! -Deborah Schmidt, Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Thanks for the hard work and time to Kim and Rick both! ~ Lorna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick MacNeil" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] New data, Marriages at McLellan Mtn by Rev. Donald A. Fraser 1817-1838 > Hi folks, > > Many thanks to Kim Stevens for contributing the marriages of Rev. Donald > Allan Fraser at McLellan Mtn. 1817-1838. The posting can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nspictou/ From there, click on Recent Changes > under "Additions and Updates" on the left hand side index. Or, you can > click on the link under the Marriages section on the left hand side index. > > Cheers, > Rick MacNeil > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deborahbschmidt Surnames: Ross, Nelson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/2008.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm wondering if Ruth Agnes Ross is any relation of my gg-grandparents Andrew Ross (1851-1931) and Agnes Nelson Ross (1859-1940), of Stellarton. I am the great-granddaughter of their son John James Ross (1882-1954), who emigrated to California. I have only just identified them, and would love to find more information about the Rosses in Nova Scotia and Scotland. I have attached to my tree a portion of the One World Tree including them, and have been unable to contact the contributor, so would also appreciate any leads in that direction. Thank you so much for your help! -Deborah Schmidt, [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjchisholm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/135.209.218.249.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MChisholm50 - Received an E-mail today about a message I posted in 2000! As you can see I have a different E-mail address now. I have info on Alexander Esther and their children. If you wish to contact me use [email protected] and we can discuss swapping information. All the Best!!! John Chisholm [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MChisholm50 Surnames: chisholm Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/135.209.218.249.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: saw your post. I too have a GGG grandfather Alexander Chisholm who married an Esther Cox. had a son John Duncan Chisholm b. 1839 in New Glascow. Do you have any other info on Alexander? I'm trying to trace the line to Scotland. thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Would you happen to have a Hugh and Ann McLean with sons Daniel Alexander McLean born 1840 and James Donley McLean born 1848 from East River area of Pictou.---Thanks------Jim N. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] McLellan McLean 1840-1900 Pictou/Antigonish > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: cmaclell > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/5338.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Nick > > Unfortunately I don't think our families overlap. I have John's and Duncan in the third generation but just can't make a direct connection. > My ancestors arrived via the Hector in Pictou and settled mostly along the East River. > > Carl > [email protected] > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmaclell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/5338.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Nick Unfortunately I don't think our families overlap. I have John's and Duncan in the third generation but just can't make a direct connection. My ancestors arrived via the Hector in Pictou and settled mostly along the East River. Carl [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: M_Mennen Surnames: Porter Crockett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/2456.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would love to share info. my email is [email protected] website is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mennen/ Mike Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pmcrae1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/2456.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Re John Crockett and Mary Young; their son James J. Crockett and his wife Janet Ellis, had a daughter Elizabeth Sarah Crockett, born 1842 in Upper Stewiacke, died May or June 1868 shortly after marrying Thomas McRae of Glengarry on 21 March 1868. I have some info on these families but would love to compare and fill in lots of blanks. Peter McRae, Toronto Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kimbarlow97 Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/5340/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi List, Would there be anyone who has access to newspaper obits from 1945. The obit is of Corporal Vincent Everett Heighton, killed on March 1, 1945 in Holland WW II. He is the son of Lillie Ann and James C. Heighton of River John, Pictou County Nova Scotia. I would appreciate anyone who can scan it and send it to me. Thank you Kim in Ontario [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kimbarlow97 Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/5339/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi List, Would there be anyone who has access to newspaper obits from 1945. The obit is of Corporal Vincent Everett Heighton, killed on March 1, 1945 in Holland WW II. He is the son of Lillie Ann and James C. Heighton of River John, Pictou County Nova Scotia. I would appreciate anyone who can scan it and send it to me. Thank you Kim in Ontario [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

NOVA SCOTIA COAL MINERS TRIBUTE PAGES Nova Scotia Coal Miners Tribute Pages - A wonderful site dedicated to the Miners who lost their lives while working in Coal Mines in The Province of Nova Scotia. http://thepitsofcapebreton.com/cb.html Peter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ngcart Surnames: McLellan McLean Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/5338/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John McLellan (son of John, brother of Duncan [my line]) married Christy Ann McLean in Antigonish April 1866. She was born in Keppoch and her parents MIGHT have been Archibald and Margaret. John and Christy had 7 children as of 1881 Pictou census (John's widowed mother (also Christy, 70 y.o.) was living with them. John and Christy born circa 1843. Kids: Margaret M (or J) b. 5Mar1867 Archibald L. b. 2May1868 Christina Bell b. ca 1870 Elizabeth b. ca 1873 John D. b. ca 1875 Alexander b. ca 1878 Catherine b. ca 1880 Any info on descendants or ancestors of this family appreciated. Nick Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

>From another list - very informative for those that use the Crown Maps. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:42 AM Subject: Re: [NS-CB] Land Certificates > Hi Allene and Listers, > The Crown Land Index sheets have several items of info on them. > The bare number refers to the Petition number of the applicant for > a Crown grant; many of the petition numbers are not known or printed > on the sheets. > Another item is the registry book number always prefaced by "BK" > and refers to the entry in a land registry. Although the registry location > is not stated, many of the early grants were in the Halifax registry while > later ones are in the registry of the county wherein the Crown grant lies. > Another item, the one I think you are interested in, is a certificate > number. > Certificate numbers appear within a circle on the sheets. Usually the > land in question was never granted by the Crown to anyone, or it was > escheated to the Crown at some time in the past. It may or may not > have been petitioned for at some point in time. > The two usual scenarios for a person occupying ungranted land are: > 1. They want legal title to the land they occupy which may have been > in the family and occupied by members of the family for 100 yrs or > more. They ask the Crown to release their interest in the land. In > effect the Crown is quitting claim to the land. The Crown will survey > the property first and then draw up a "certificate" which releases the > Crown's interest in the property. > The emigrant ancestor may have petitioned for the land and failed > to meet requirements to receive a grant from the Crown. > 2. Broken title and the occupant cannot get clear title to the property. > For various reasons, such as the death of the petitioner before the > Crown granted the land parcel, no will of the petitioner and sons > or daughters of the petitioner not able to sign over land to the > sibling who remained on the land (many of the Norman McLeod > followers left their siblings who remained in CB in limbo in this > manner), or an unregistered deed somewhere along the line, being > some of the circumstances which led to the land remaining ungranted > while some of the family occupied the land but never held legal title. > It must be pointed out that many of the occupiers had either made > some payment to the Crown or had purchased the "improvements" > of a previous occupier who had not yet met the requirements for > a Crown grant. Very few were simple squatters who decided to > occupy a lot of land. > > There are various regulations regarding Crown release by > certificate including length of occupancy. Usually an affidavit must > be filed by the occupants giving their history of occupancy. > The certificate is filed in the registry of deeds in the county wherein > the land lies. The affidavit may be held by the Crown records office > in Dept of Natural Resources. I might note that this "vault" is a wealth > of info on ungranted properties. > I am not a lawyer and the above is simply an explanation of the numbers > on Crown Land Index sheets. > > Roberta

Here is a site that has a little information about places in Pictou county http://www.parl.ns.ca/placenames/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fern Davidson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 8:04 PM Subject: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Hopewell > Can anyone help please? > > Is Hopewell located in Pictou county, and if so can anyone tell me where > to > go to on the > computer to find more information about this area? > > Thank you > > Fern Poe Davidson > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

hello Fern what families are you researching in that area bessie At 08:04 PM 6/9/2007, you wrote: >Can anyone help please? > >Is Hopewell located in Pictou county, and if so can anyone tell me where to >go to on the >computer to find more information about this area? > >Thank you > >Fern Poe Davidson >[email protected] > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/842 - Release Date: 6/9/2007 >10:46 AM > > >incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.0.472 / Virus Database: 269 - Release Date: 6/9/2007

That's very kind of you. I will do my best to find where he is buried. This is so exciting. Eric Armstrong has fascinated me since I was a child. I'll let you know what I discover and will provide you with all of the details, just in case it's possible for you to take a photograph. Best wishes, Jill On 6/10/07, Larry Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jill; > > We're in Ontario but we plan to go to that part of Canada in August. If > you > could find out where your grandfather is buried I would attempt to find > the > cemetery and take a photo of the stone if there is one. > > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Stellarton > > > > Thank you Mary, I will contact them. Although, I'm in England I'm sure > > that > > a photograph will be possible, providing there is a headstone. > > > > Best wishes, Jill > > > > > > On 6/10/07, Larry Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Jill, > >> > >> If you call Osborne Eagles they will tell you where your great > >> grandfather > >> is buried. I've called them a few times and they were fantastic. > They > >> even took us to a cemetery to find a plot during one of our visits. > >> > >> Mary > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:59 PM > >> Subject: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Stellarton > >> > >> > >> > I've just discovered that my great grandfather lived and died in > >> > Stellarton. Eric Armstrong a coal miner died in 1951 age 72. He > died > >> at > >> > Fox Brook Road and it looks as if he was buried at Foxbrook RR#. Can > >> > anyone > >> > on the list please explain whether this is a cemetery? The funeral > >> > director > >> > was Osborne Eagle of Westville, Pictou. > >> > > >> > Any help or suggestions as to where to look next would be > appreciated. > >> > > >> > Thank you. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Regards, Jill > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > >> the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, Jill > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Regards, Jill

Thank you Mary, I will contact them. Although, I'm in England I'm sure that a photograph will be possible, providing there is a headstone. Best wishes, Jill On 6/10/07, Larry Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jill, > > If you call Osborne Eagles they will tell you where your great grandfather > is buried. I've called them a few times and they were fantastic. They > even took us to a cemetery to find a plot during one of our visits. > > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:59 PM > Subject: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Stellarton > > > > I've just discovered that my great grandfather lived and died in > > Stellarton. Eric Armstrong a coal miner died in 1951 age 72. He died > at > > Fox Brook Road and it looks as if he was buried at Foxbrook RR#. Can > > anyone > > on the list please explain whether this is a cemetery? The funeral > > director > > was Osborne Eagle of Westville, Pictou. > > > > Any help or suggestions as to where to look next would be appreciated. > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Regards, Jill > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Regards, Jill

Hi folks, I've added Jill Wiseman to the surname registry, who is researching the Armstrong surname in Pictou County, particularly Stellarton. If anyone has information to share and may be able to make a connection, please contact Jill at [email protected] Good luck! Rick MacNeil