Hi Ruth, I just got back from Pictou County myself and am catching up on the email backlog. Hope you enjoyed yourself as much as I did! I noticed in your email that you were searching through Riverton Cemetery as well as Elgin. I happen to be looking through these two cemeteries as well for my ggg grandparents, Simon and Ann Fraser. I'm beginning to think I will never find their burial place. In addition to the Richie records who recorded the Elgin Cemetery as two cemeteries, PH-07 and PE-07, there is an inscription by Donald F. Maclean in "Headstone Transcriptions from the Old Elgin Cemetery". This is at NSARMS with reference number F5249 E29 M163. The folks at the archives may do a lookup for you if you ask them a specific question that can easily be looked up. (If you haven't looked in Dr. Marble's book "Death, Burial and Probate" (I think the title is) I can do a lookup for you here in Toronto. Just let me know the name(s) and approximate death dates. Last Tuesday I took a walk through Riverton Cemetery. As a youngster in the 1960s when the one room school house was still at the base of the hill, I used to play in the cemetery on lunch hour . (You may have noticed an odd little driveway that comes in from the road at the cemetery entrance, curves around, and then joins the main road again. The school was at the bend in the driveway.) Anyways as a kid I had noticed that there were a number of gravestones laying about at the bottom of the hill opposite the school. I don't know if those were ever recovered and placed back in the cemetery. I noticed too, that at the rear of the cemetery where a lot of early settlers were buried (many Falconers) that a lot of the stones that existed when I was a kid are now gone. In addition, there is not one iron marker left. A few graves had these iron markers placed at their graves, but even in the 1960s the names of the deceased were no longer present on them. So, I think a lot of information has been lost forever regarding many people buried in the cemetery. Sorry to sound so pessimistic..... All the best, Rick MacNeil

Hi folks, I've just added Michael Ashton to the surname registry at "http://www.rootsweb.com/~nspictou/srnmsnz.html" who is researching the WILKINS surname in Pictou and Antigonish. If you have information to share, please contact him by clicking on the following "mailto:michael_ashton@bell.ca". Good luck! Rick MacNeil

hi,i have a friend that is a member i could ask him for you if you like andrea. >From: "tt benefiel" <ttbenefiel@rtci.net> >To: CAN-NS-PICTOU-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PICTOU-L] Pictou Co. Genealogical Society >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 19:17:15 -0700 > >Does anyone here belong to the genealogical society in Pictou, or know any >information about them? I am trying to find out if a person that used to >work there still does. > >Thanks, >Tammie Benefiel > > > >==== CAN-NS-PICTOU Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe place only the word unsubscribe in the body of a message and >send it to the LIST or DIGEST address you are subscribed to below. >LIST mode: send to CAN-NS-PICTOU-L-request@rootsweb.com >DIGEST mode: send to CAN-NS-PICTOU-D-request@rootsweb.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

Thought I would share this web site with you all for television in Canada http://newmedia.eastlink.ca/ Cheerios, Jennie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WOC.2ACE/1920.1 Message Board Post: Hi Richard MacNeil, My name is Cheryl (nee Friesen) Stoutley. I have been trying to find Wendy (a long time childhood friend) for many years. If you can do anything to help me locate her, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Cheryl

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/WOC.2ACE/2515.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I too am researching the Holman line - mainly of Jeddore & Musquodoboit. Descendants of Joseph Holman and Sarah Knodel. Would love to exchange info.

Hi folks, I just got back from Pictou County yesterday after a twenty hour drive. What a great time! I managed to meet a few people who I've met on the list and had a terrific afternoon with Peg Vodicka and George Desjardins last Saturday. Today I am going through Tim Horton's withdrawal. No more chili lunches, coffee and donuts for awhile as I was gaining a ton! The folks at the Pictou Roots Society were as helpful as ever and I have lots of new information to add to the family history as a result. For those of you who have sent me emails over the past two weeks I will be turning on the old laptop tomorrow and working through them and expect to be finished by the end of the day. If your haven't heard from me by Sunday, please send me a reminder. Cheers, Rick MacNeil, Pictou List Admin

9 April 1884 - married - At Polly Bog, April 1st., by Rev. M. G. Henry, Mr. THOS. BEAL to JESSIE LINDSAY 5 Dec. 1883 - died - At Black Rock, Nov.25th., CLARA JANE, d/o SAMUEL and MARGARET BEANES [ or BENNET] aged 41 years. 24 Dec.1883 - married - At Economy on the13th inst., by Rev. A.W. Main, Mr. C.H. BEATTIE to REBECCA, third d/o Mr. A. K. MOORE. 20 April 1883 - died - At North River, Colchester, March 22nd., HELEN BEGG, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland aged 66 years. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 4:58 AM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1017

Hi folks, I've just added two new researchers to the Surname Registry at "http://www.rootsweb.com/~nspictou/srnmsnz.html". If you have any information to share please send along an email to either individual listed below. Jim Reid is researching the REID surname in Pictou town and can be contacted at Jim Reid <mailto:maddog1@telusplanet.net> Jill Goodwin Palmer is researching the WILMOT/WILMOTH surname and can be contacted at Jill Goodwin Palmer <mailto:RPALMER835@aol.com> Good luck to you both and thanks for listing! Rick MacNeil

08 June 1883 - married- At Truro on the 4 th inst; by Rev. John McMillan B.D., Mr. ROBERT J. BATES to Miss KATIE M. GOODWIN both of Lower Stewiacke. 21 March 1884 - married - At Truro on the 11th March, by Rev. John McMillan, Mr. ELIJAH GOODWIN to MARY A. BATES both of Lower Stewaicke. 06 July 1882- married - At Portaupique, Col. Co., June 21st., by Rev. A. Cameron, Mr. EDWIN S. ELLIS of Economy to Miss MARGARET E. BAXTER of River Philip, Cumb. Co., N.S. 16 Feb.1884 - died - Recently at San Francisco, Mr. ROBERT BAXTER, a native of New Annan and a nephew of the Rev. JOHN I. BAXTER, venerable Presbyterian Minister of Truro. He left a large fortune. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 4:58 AM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1017

Would the person who emailed me about the surname AUSTIN, please email me again as I found some more information. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1176

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/WOC.2ACE/3166.1 Message Board Post: Looking for information on William Johnston who married Kathrine Forrester. They had five children in the Pictou area -William worked in the coal mines and leter he owned and operated the Westville House - a hotel on Main Street. He is the brother of my great grandmother Margaret Johnston. Thank you - Valerie Barrett.

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/WOC.2ACE/3250 Message Board Post: My great grandmother was Margaret JOhnston. She and her siblings John, William and James Johnston came to Albion Mines (Stellarton) area in the early 1850's from Coatbridge Scotland. I am looking for information about their parents or if there is a place where I can find burial information. Margaret came to Cape Breton and married Samuel Richardson. William married Kathrine Forrester and they are buried from my understanding at St. Bees Cemetery in Westville. I am trying to find out who the Johnston parents were and exactly how they got to Nova Scotia. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you - Valerie Barrett.

Can anyone suggest how I might locate any further information about a "Mrs. Philip Dunn" who is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery? My great-grandfather, Philip Dunn," was killed in the Drummond Mine (Westville) explosion in 1873, and I wondered if this "Mrs. Philip" might be his widow, the former Margaret (or Mary, or Martha) Baxter, who was left with 5 or 6 young children.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacDonald McDonald McIntosh Grant Harris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WOC.2ACE/3249 Message Board Post: Looking for further information on family, and descendents of, Ann McIntosh who married John Mor McDonald of East Branch-East River (Mount Maple Farm), Pictou County abt. 1828. Ann was the dau. of David McIntosh (b. Inverness-shire, Scotland. d. Sunny Brae NS, Millstream)) David McIntosh was the son of Charles McIntosh of Inverness-shire and brother of Donald McIntosh who died at Foxbrook, NS) McDonald (MacDonald) children were; Ronald 7 Jan 1829 Evan 7 jan 1829 Ranald 30 Jan 1831 Duncan (possibly unmarried - Governor of Sable Island??) Donald 23 June 1835 Charles 27 June 1840 Mary Ann 4 Mar 1843 Alexander 24 Dec 1832 Samuel (a clergyman, died in CA after 1920) Jane Ann (1839-1917) Ellen (or Helen) (unmarried? 1824-1917)

10 July1882 - died- No tiding of the missing men of the schooner "MASSASOIT" of this port [ Halifax], which struck an iceburg and sunk on the night of June 16th. They are JOSEPH BARRY, three brothers named GROVES, of Chester, N.S. and a man named NAUSS of N.S. The missing men have now been given up as lost. 29 Feb.1884 - married - At Truro on the 20th Feb., by Rev. J. E. Goucher, Mr. HEDLEY SWALLOW of Wentworth to ETTA BARRY of Truro. 29 April 1884 - married - At Truro on the 12th inst., by Rev. S. B. Dunn, Mr. ROBERT FISHER to CATHERINE BARTLETT both of Truro. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:06 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #987

I was at a yard sale and picked up THE DESCENDANTS of JOSEPH McLELLAN & ISABELL STEELE. There family tree list is ARCHIBALD, BARNHILL, BLACKMORE, CROWE, CURRIE,DEYARMOND, FISHER, HIGGENS, LYNDS, McLEAN, MacLELLAN,McNUTT, PUTNAM, ROODE, TOTTEN and WHIDDEN. There is alot of other names listed to that I HAVE NOT LISTED HERE. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:06 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #987

Does anyone here belong to the genealogical society in Pictou, or know any information about them? I am trying to find out if a person that used to work there still does. Thanks, Tammie Benefiel

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stewart, Ross, MacIntosh Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/3248 Message Board Post: Researching the following: Anne Stewart daughter of Margaret MacIntosh and Alex Stewart was born 1845 at West River Station and died Feb 1923 in San Francisco. Buried at Kirkmount Cemetery. She married Alex Ross from McLennan's Mtn on Feb 24, 1872 in Wentworth Grant. He was born in 1839 at McLennan's Mtn and died 1910, the son of Donald Ross and May MacLeod. The following is all the information I have on their decendants I am wondering if anyone can offer something more? . (1)Daniel Wm Ross born Dec 1872 and died Dec 23-1917. Married Margaret Bell Ross on Apr 7, 1875. They lived in San Francisco and also in Greenvale. (2) Mary Janet Ross born July 8, 1876 died at McLennan's Mtn or McLellan's Brook??? (Not sure) (3) Jean Ann Ross born Sept 17-1879 and died May 4-1959 Married Glen T Edwards and they lived in San Franscisco.. (4) Alex G Ross born Dec 1880 and Died Jan 28-1981. He was almost 100 years old. Appreciate any thing I may be able to add to this family.. Sincerely, Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allen, Stewart, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WOC.2ACE/3247 Message Board Post: I am searching for decendants of Frank and Margaret (Stewart) Allen who lived at Blue Mountain. She was born in 1880 and died in 1980 Married Frank Allen Oct 31, 1903. They had several children- Evelyn, Alice, Florence, Robert and Charles. Sorry that is about all the information I have on this Allen family... Please let me know if you have any information that can help. Most appreciative...Sharon.