02 May 1883 - died - At Greenhill, Colchester, 22nd ult., Mr. MAGNUS ARTHUR senior. [possible not a Colchester County item] Taken from Newspaper clippings compiled by William T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1123

29Jan1881-married - At the Parish Church, Londonderry Mines on Jan.24th. by V.E.Harris B.A.,Rector, Mr. ROBERT ARMSTRONG of Acadia Mines to ANNIE WENTZEL of Bridgewater, Lunenburg County. 12 Nov.1881 - died- An inquest was held on Saturday at Belmont by Dr. D. H. Muir, in view of the body of a 2 year and 9 months old d/o Mr. ARMSTRONG, who was found drowned in a pool of water. it appears that the little one, in following her mother across the field, strayed from the path and falling into the pond was drowned before anyone of the household had missed her. The jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning. 16 Feb.1883 - married - At Truro on Feb.13th. by Rev. John McMillan B.D., Mr. JAMES ARCHIBALD to EMMA ARMSTRONG, both of Truro. 01 Feb.1884 - died - At Newton Centre, Mass. on the 21st ulti., in the 30th year of her age MAGGIE A. w/O Mr. JAMES W. ARMSTRONG and d/o ANGUS and ANNIE McDONALD of Bayhead, Tatamagouche. Taken from Newspaper clippings compiled by William T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1123

09 eb.1884 - died- The late Sir EDWARD MORTIMER ARCHIBALD formerly of Truro died at BRIGHTON,near Bristol, England, not Bristol as first stated.His eldest daughter was with him during his last . 01 May 1884 - married - At Marlboro, Mass. on the 23rd ulti., by the Rev. L.W. Frick, Mr. DAVID A. ARCHIBALD formerly of Truro and NELLIE F.B. BELKNAP of Marlboro. 30 May 1884 - died - At Baddeck, May 20th. the w/o Hon. D.McCURDY M.L.C. nee MARY ARCHIBALD formerly of Truro. 11 June 1884 - married - At Chalmer's Church Manse on June 10th. by Rev.John McMillan B.D., ALLEN McCURDY to Mrs. SARAH ARCHIBALD, both of Middle Musquodoboit. -- Also at the same place by the same minister Mr. JOHN ADAMS ARCHIBALD of Middle Stewiacke to MARY JANE BURRIS of Upper Musquodoboit. Taken from Newspaper items compiled by William T. Hill. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1123

05 Oct.1882 - married - At New Glasgow, 26th inst., by Rev. E. Scott, Mr. HENRY ARCHIBALD of Upper Stewiacke to BELLA McIVOR of Barney's River. 05 Jan.1883 - married - At St. John's Church, Truro on the 3rd.inst., by Rev.J. A. Kaulback, LOUISE M. d/othe late Mr. J.C. LEGGETTE to Mr. LUTHER B. ARCHIBALD, P.E.I. Railway. 16 Feb.1883 married - At Truro on Feb.13th. by Rev. John McMillan B.D., Mr. JAMES ARCHIBALD to EMMA ARMSTRONG, both of Truro. 04 April 1883 - married - On March 27th. in the Methodist Church, Truro, by Rev.S.B. Dunn, Mr.C. S. ARCHIBALD of Broadview, N.W.T. to MAGGIE A. d/o Mr. L.J. CROWE, High Sheriff of Colchester County. 07 July 1883 - married -At Middle Stewiacke, June 28th. by Rev. Edwin Smith, assisted by the Rev. Edward Grant Mr. BLANCHARD ARCHIBALD to MARY ANN McCLINCH, both of Brookfield. 30 Aug.1883 - died - On Aug.25th. at the residence of his father, Harmony, of consumption, Mr. ELDRIDGE ARCHIBALD aged 26 years, leaving a wife and child. 19 Sept.1883 - married - In the Presbyterian Church, River Herbert, by Rev. Mr. Skinner, Mr. GEORGE LEWIS BAGNALL of St. John , N.B. to MARY,d/o the late Mr. JOHN McCURDY ARCHIBALD of Truro. 12 Oct.1883 - Born - At Truro on Sunday, 7th inst., the w/o Mr. L.B. ARCHIBALD, a daughter. 18 Oct.1883 - married - At Halifax on Sept.22nd. by Rev. Allan Simpson, Mr.GEORGE W. ARCHIBALD of Truro to JENNIE, d/o Mr. JOHN CREELMAN. 31Oct.1883 - MARRIED - At Pleasant Valley, Col. Co., Oct.24th., Rev. J. E. Goucher, Mr. RODNEY SMITH of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA. to IDA M. ARCHIBALD of Pleasant Valley. 27 Dec.1883 - married - At Truro,19th Dec. by Rev.John McMillan, Mr. WILLIAM FORRESTER of Stellarton to SARAH H. ARCHIBALD of Truro. 28 Dec.1883 - married - At Truro by Rev.John McMillan on Christmas Eve, Mr. GEORGE McDONALD of New Glasgow to ZILPHA ARCHIBALD of Truro. 02 Jan.1884 - Anniversary- JAME and Mrs.ARCHIBALD of Clifton celebrated their Golden Anniversary nee ELIZA HARRIS, on 31 Dec.1883. 16 Jan.1884 - married - At Clifton on Jan.9th. by Rev.J.D. McGillivary, Mr. CHARLES W. ARCHIBALD to EUNICE, eldest d/o Mr. WILLIAM ODELKIRK. Taken from Newspaper articles compiled by Willaim T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1122

To everyone who wrote to me and sent their prayers. Thank you many times over. Jamie is now recovering at home. The VON came in each day and take care of him. The doctors were surprized by his progress, but he is a young person and the healing I think comes faster than when we are older. He wears a pressure like bandage on his burn areas. Oh , it is so goood to have him home. Thank you, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1122

18 Feb.1881 married At Boston on Feb.10th. by Rev. W. H. Daniels, Mr. MELVILLE ARCHIBALD to Miss BESSIE CAMERON, both of Truro. 26 Feb.1881 - died - On Friday morning at Charleston, S.C., EDWARD BRENTON ARCHIBALD, of the firm of Bowring & Archibald, shipping merchants of No.57 Beaver St., only s/o the British Consul General (of New York), had gone south for his health, having for sometime past been a sufferer from consumption - N.Y. POST., s/o EDWARD M. ARCHIBALD. 03 March 1881 - died - At Pleasant Valley, Brookfield, Feb.26th., Mr. KENNEDY ARCHIBALD aged 62 years. 06 April 1881 - married - At Maitland, by the Rev. T.C. Jack B.A., Mr. ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD of Green Oak, Col. Co., and Miss EUPHEMIA GRATTO of Shubenacadie. 02 Aug.1881 - died - On Friday 29th July at Harbor Grace, NFLD., aged 30 years, leaving an infant daughter, 3 days old, MARY AGNES, w/o Mr. THOMAS ROSS and d/o Mr. WILLIAM ARCHIBALDof Antigonish and formerly of Bible Hill, Truro. 10 Sept.1881 - died - At Hopewell, N.B. on the 1st sept., the infant s/o NELLIE E. and Mr.W.F. ARCHIBALD of Truro, aged 2months. 16 Sept.1881 - married - At Palestine, Manitoba, Aug.9th., Mr. CHESTER H.,s/o Mr. W. T. ARCHIBALD of Great Village to ELLA JANE CAMPBELL formerly of Acadian Mines, Londonderry.[ she was the daughter of WILLIAM, of Portaupique, chairmaker] 20 Sept.1881- died- At Truro on the 19th inst., Mr. JOHN E. ARCHIBALD in the 66th year of his age. Funeral from his late residence on Wednesday at 2 pm.[ paper of the 21st- of Bible Hill near Truro, brother of His Honor, the Lieut-Governor, at 10 o'clock a.m., aged 65 years and his remains will be interred at 1 p.m. today. Deceased was married to MARTHA DICKEY, of Cornwallis, who survived him and by whom he had one son, the Rev.F.W., popular young pastor of thePresbyterian Church, Amherst] 12Nov.1881 - married - At St. Paul's Church,Halifax, 11th inst., by Rev. George W. Hill D.C.L., Rector of the Parish, assisted by the Right Rev'd Hibbert Binney D.d., Bishop of the Diocese, and the Rev. D.C. Moore, Rector of Christ Church, Albion Mines, Mr. FRANCES DUKE,youngest s/o the late JOHN LAURIE M.P., London, G.B., Sup't of the Halifax & C.B. Railway to JOANNA, eldest d/o the Hon.ADAMS G. ARCHIBALD, C.M.G., Lieut-governor of Nova Scotia. 23 Nov.1881 - married - At St. Luke's Cathedral, on Tuesday, Nov.22nd., by the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, assisted by Rev. Dr. Hill, after banns, the Right rev'd LLEWELLYN JONES D.D., Lord Bishop of NFLD. to ELIZABETH ALICE, second d/o Hon.ADAMS G. ARCHIBALD C.M.G., Lieut-governor of N.S. and a member of Her Majesty's Privy. 02 Aug.1882 - married- On July 28th. by Rev.J.W. Manning A.M., Mr. H. P.MELLISH of this city to ROSANNA, youngest d/o DANIEL ARCHIBALD Esq., of Stewiacke. Taken from items compiled by William T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 8:47 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1120

19 Sept.1883 - died- At Gay's River, on the 9th inst.,Mr. DAVID ANNAND aged 75 years. compiled by William T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 8:47 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1120

10 Dec.1883 - married - At Stewiacke, 6th inst., by Rev.E. Grant, Mr.WILLIAM ANDREWS to LAVINIA NELSON, of South Branch. Item complied by William T. Hill. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 8:47 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1120

22 Oct.1883 - married - At Lowell, Mass., Sept.18th., by Rev. Robert Court, Mr. JAMES A. ANDERSON of Ayrshire, Scotland to MARY ELLEN GRANT of Great Village, N.S. 11 June 1884 - married- At Portaupique, on May 26th., by the Rev. A. Cameron, Mr. WILLIAM ANDERSON of Sussex, New Brunswick to ANNIE, d/o Mr. JAMES McWILLIAMS of Dalhousie. Credit given to Mr. William T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 8:47 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1120

29 March 1882 - died - At Acadian Mines, Londonderry, March 19th., BESSIE D. ALLEN aged 15 years and 11 months. 06 June 1883 - died- A Winnipeg dispatch states that the body found in the Red River, near Kildonan, on Saturday has been identified as that of Capt. ALLEN, recently arrived from N.S., a mystery surrounds his disappearance.[paper of the 13th adds- "Capt. Henry Allen, lately of Truro and formerly from London, England. 21 March 1884 - died- At Salmon River, Truro, March 6th., of diptheria, CLARA, aged 11 years, and on March14th. JESSIE aged 5 years children of CHARLES M. and MARTHA M. J. ALLEN. Credit given to William T. Hill Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <GEN-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GEN-NEWBIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: GEN-NEWBIE-D Digest V02 #1118

Hi Stewart, Have you checked that huge multi-volume collection of passenger ship immigrants known as PILI and Filby's? I know the Toronto Ref library has it current to 2003 edition, and I'll bet one of the libraries in Halifax will have it. Must be about 26 volumes by now in the set. Unfortunately it doesn't list by ship, but passenger, sorted alphabetically. Cheers, Rick "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index" A Guide to Published Records of More Than 3,049,000 Immigrants Who Came to the New World Between the Sixteenth and Mid Twentieth Centuries. (as at 1999) Edited by: P. William Filby and Frank V. Castronova Gale Research 645 Griswold St., Detroit MI 48226-4094 ISBN 0-7876-1936-1 stewart montgomerie wrote: >Dear List >Would anyone know if there is a ship's passenger list for the 1822 voyage of The Harmony of Aberdeen. >I would like to see which McKay's came over on it. I have another source ( "Pictonians at Home and Abroad" ) which mentions a Donald McKay who came over on the Harmony. I think that was my ggg. grandfather.- more infamously known as mad Donald! If so he also brought over 2 or 3 of his children, all sons, and 2 married sisters and their families may have come at the same time as well. >Regards >Stewart Montgomerie >

Dear List Would anyone know if there is a ship's passenger list for the 1822 voyage of The Harmony of Aberdeen. I would like to see which McKay's came over on it. I have another source ( "Pictonians at Home and Abroad" ) which mentions a Donald McKay who came over on the Harmony. I think that was my ggg. grandfather.- more infamously known as mad Donald! If so he also brought over 2 or 3 of his children, all sons, and 2 married sisters and their families may have come at the same time as well. Regards Stewart Montgomerie

Thank you Richard for the prompt posting (I just posted it this afternoon). I grew up as a military Brat and have lived all over the world. As great as that sounds it has left a serious longing to know what my roots really are. Just to let you all know what I have here it is. The only info I have so far is that my Great grandfather Robert and his brother Thomas were born in Nova Scotia and where from the Pictou area. They married two sisters from the New Glassgow area, CARMICHAEL, (Robert GORDON & Isabel CARMICHAEL and Thomas GORDON & Hannah CARMICHAEL). Robert was born about 1839 and Thomas was born, according to his obit, on Jan 12, 1842. Both came to the US and settled in the Boston area. I am not even sure where or when they got married or when the entered the US. I do have some information on the CARMICHAEL side but those Gordon boy's are just a brick wall for me. I don't know the parents or siblings or any thing else. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Gary Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard MacNeil" <rick.macneil@sympatico.ca> To: <CAN-NS-PICTOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: [PICTOU-L] Going on Vacation...... > Hi folks, > > I am going on a much needed vacation.... to Pictou County (where else?) > for hopefully a few weeks of sunshine, beaches and family history > research. The timing couldn't be better as there is a garbage strike on > here in Toronto, and the air is so bad it makes my lungs scratch when I > breathe outdoors....... > > The surname registry will not be updated for the next two weeks, but if > anyone wants changes or additions, send your requests along and I will > attend to them as soon as I get back. (My old traveling laptop is > running WINDOWS 95 and doesn't have an FTP program or HTML editor on > it.) It may take a few days for me to answer any emails as I will be > constantly on the go. > > Cheers, > Rick MacNeil > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >

Hi folks, I am going on a much needed vacation.... to Pictou County (where else?) for hopefully a few weeks of sunshine, beaches and family history research. The timing couldn't be better as there is a garbage strike on here in Toronto, and the air is so bad it makes my lungs scratch when I breathe outdoors....... The surname registry will not be updated for the next two weeks, but if anyone wants changes or additions, send your requests along and I will attend to them as soon as I get back. (My old traveling laptop is running WINDOWS 95 and doesn't have an FTP program or HTML editor on it.) It may take a few days for me to answer any emails as I will be constantly on the go. Cheers, Rick MacNeil

Hi folks, I've just updated the surname registry beginning at "http://www.rootsweb.com/~nspictou/srnmsaf.htm". Please contact Gary or Judy if you have some information to share: Gary Gordon is researching the GORDON surname in Pictou County and can be reached by clicking on: "mailto:m-brat@attbi.com". Judy Ross-Kotras is researching the following surnames and can be reached by clicking on: "mailto:kotras@visuallink.com" BEATON Middle River CAVANAGH New Glasgow GRAHAM New Lairg McDONALD New Glasgow McKAY Millbrook, Mt. Dalhousie McLEAN Big Brook McPHERSON Albion Mines MATHESON Mt. Dalhousie ROSS Diamond, Mt. Dalhousie, Millbrook SUTHERLAND River John , Mt. Dalhousie Good luck to you both! Rick MacNeil

The Crown Land Grant Maps of a few parts of Pictou County that I have show various original land grants as Lib 7, Lib 10, etc. The LDS lists Crown Land Grants for Nova Scotia as going from vol. 1-vol.138, covering the period 1763-1914, on 109 films in Salt Lake City starting from film number 1319803 which is apparently the land records for 1763-1783 (vol. 1) and1784 (vol. 2, A-B). My first question is how do I find Lib 7 and Lib 10? The dates for vol. 7 & 10 of the films are for 1784 but I think the Crown Land Grants I want to look at on Lib 7 and Lib 10 are more like around 1815-1820's. I am going to have a few days in Salt Lake City shortly and I want to look up certain crown land grants that I have seen on the crown land grant map peices that I have for Pictou County. My second question has to do with some references to crown land grants that were made in a book published in 1981 called "A Genealogical History of the family of Donald and Isabella SUTHERLAND of New Lairg, Nova Scotia. In the bibliography to this book, the author refers to the following: "Crown Land Grants. Land Grant Book C, pg. 88; Book E, p. 119. Book G, p. 56; Book IJ, pp. 11-12; Book M, p. 54; Book O, pp. 31, 36. Halifax: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1979." My 2nd question, then, is what are these books labeled with letters? I have not seen any crown land grants on my maps for Pictou County labeled by letters, such as Book A or Book O and they do not seem to be listed that way in the LDS online catalog. Can anyone tell what these books refer to? Would they be according to surname perhaps...such as all ROSS grants being in Book R? Are their LDS films for Books A, etc. Thanks for any help anyone can give to help a puzzled researcher! Cheers, Judie ROSS-KOTRAS kotras@visuallink.com

Hi folks, I've just added two new researchers to the surname registry. Wayne Mellish is researching the MEGAN surname in the Merigomish area. He can be contacted by clicking here: "mailto:shannonv@nb.sympatico.ca" Donald Maclean is researching the MacLEAN surname from Fraser's Mountain/ Braeside area and has data and pictures to share. He can be reached at: "mailto:MacAdvise@aol.com" . Good luck to you both! Rick MacNeil

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: penny taylor roberts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WOC.2ACE/2539.1 Message Board Post: Just thought I leave a message. I was just surfing through the net and found this obit. Anne was my great Aunt on my mother gladys' side. She was a nice lady. I never really got to know her that well . I remember her red hair very well.

This site will let you find out what day of the week a date back in history was...interesting. http://calendarhome.com/tyc/ Cheerios, Jennie

Hi Raymond Not to beat to death the subject of how to get to Bailey's Brook -BUT- Although Thelma IS very right about getting on Route 245, the actual turnoff place between Lower Barney's River and Lismore is at Ponds. You would turn right at Ponds and @ 2- 3 miles straight inland will have you at Bailey's Brook. I found that out by consulting my excellent reference for any novice trying to navigate the backroads of Nova Scotia called "The Atlas of Nova Scotia" - the 5th Ed. which is indexed to 14,500 place names!I would recommend it even if a person never planned to set foot back in Nova Scotia. It gives an amazing feel for the lands of one's ancestors - and a good idea too of how close to each other many of places were.Even so I don't think I'll ever be sure of all those Barney's River places. You should also know that the other end of R 245 is at Antigonish, if you would happen to be there for any reason. After I located Bailey's Brook using the Atlas I now realize that I have been well along R245 - a few summers ago I got lost trying to drop my son off at his friend who had moved to Maryvale. It is a very scenic route coming very close to the Norththumberland Strait. It seemed me that there were a lot of summer homes there. Regards Stewart