Anne: One of the best ways to get an authentic "flavour" for the 1800's is to read the local newspapers for the times. The years 1850 - 1864 were interesting here. Bytown became the City of Ottawa (municipal) , the Parliament Buildings were constructed (federal) and this era generally marks the transition of Ottawa from a wild, brawling frontier town to a more "civilized" era. If you go to http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/index-e.html, which is the National Library Web Site, you can borrow -- through your local library -- microfilm copies of the Ottawa Citizen (a Protestant newspaper then) and the Ottawa Tribune (a Catholic newspaper). These two papers will give you different viewpoints on the same events. Both papers contain lots of local colour and information. ... Al Lewis Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: [CAN-ONT-CARLETON] A bit of history please > Dear Listers, > > Since I have no family folklore to guide me, would there be somewhere I could > look to find out the history of Ottawa and surrounding areas between the > years of 1850 and 1864? > > I would really like to at least have an idea of what life may have been like > for my McEnerny family. > > Thanks, > > Anne > > > ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== > Please feel free to contact me at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >