I use your site on a regular basis and have found a couple of things on my family but not a whole lot. Maybe I'm the only one researching it! I didn't realize I could contribute.. I've seen the Wright family tree on there, of course, but assumed it was on there because the Wright Family is prominent. I've commented on a couple of the pieces because my family line ran into others. What sort of information are you looking for? I just love your history lessons on the Ottawa area. That's how I found out that Concession eventually became Bronson Ave. I'm visual and the maps really helped. I howled with laughter at times reading the history of Sandy Hill. What I was looking for when I went to the Sandy Hill history was information on the cemeteries that were there and closed in 1911. I had family in the Scottish Presbyterian Cemetery that were moved to Beechwood and 3rd great grandparents that were moved to the Anglican Cemetery in Hull. The Scottish Presbyterians didn't even want the Methodists worshipping with them because they were "too rowdy"... I don't even want to think of what they thought of Anglican. They were from Scotland close to Hadrian's Wall and there was so much animosity between England and Scotland that I'm sure the Church of England was not popular back there. Thanks for all your work. Shirley Al Lewis <ag.lewis@sympatico.ca> wrote: Leslie: Here's an alternative to CAN-ONT-CARLETON. It's a web site which has about 850 pages of history and genealogy in the Ottawa area. It includes all of Carleton County. Since our ancestors from Carleton County often had relatives who settled nearby, including on the Quebec side, geographically the web site includes an area within a radius of about 100 miles of the Parliament Buildings as well as persons who migrated from this area to the U.S beginning in the 1850's. There are thousands of contributors to the web site and the collection of all of these family histories is documenting not just genealogies, but the history of our region. There is a search engine near the top of the main web page where you can search for ancestors, local geographic areas, etc. It works like a forum -- putting family researchers in touch with other. Everybody can contribute their 2 cents worth. The main web page is at www.bytown.net . The search engine is near the top of that page. Feel free to contribute material. We are always looking for family researchers and local historians. ... Al Lewis Ottawa www.bytown.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Shirley: Thanks for your e-mail. Bytown or Bust is a co-operative repository of genealogical information. Anyone can contribute family history information (only up until about 1900, to avoid posting material regarding persons who may still be alive). The are also many persons who are interested in our local history and contribute material on subjects in their field of interest, such as the early lumber industry, persons who came here as parts of group settlements from Ireland, Scotland, etc. We're all amateurs who enjoy our history. You mentioned the history of Sandy Hill. It was contributed by Marc St. Pierre. He's also written a paper regarding the history of Lowertown. It's at www.bytown.net/lowertown.htm and there are other papers concerned with other neighbourhoods (Barrhaven, Upper Town, the Glebe, Westboro, etc.) Most of the towns and villages in the Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau valleys also have their own web pages of history and genealogy on the site. I try and tie in the families of pioneers to a geographical area and it's historical context. For example, yesterday I was in Maniwaki and Mont Laurier. We have quite a few contributors from that area. It's famous for it's Algonquin history and the lumber industry and has many ties to Carleton County. The page is at www.bytown.net/maniwaki.htm and includes some photographs to try and make our history more realistic, not just names and dates. The web site is usually updated daily during the winter and less frequently during the summer. In the summer I make field trips to get photographs all over the area and to get out of the city. To see what's new, go to the top of the page at www.bytown.net and click on "What's New", just below the search engine. In order to provide a place for folks to commemorate their ancestors, we encourage people to send in old photographs, from the 1800's. Many people have found unknown photos of their GGrandparents through contacts made through our site. Also, there have been many family reunions arranged through the site -- family members from all over North America. Before we were Canadians, we were Irish Catholics, Irish Protestants, French, Scottish, American, Algonquin, Iroquois or English. Our history is very colourful (as you say, the Presbyterians considered the Methodists as "too rowdy"). All of the early groups were rowdy. To sum up, we are looking for people to contribute family history, local history and photographs / maps, etc. There are about a half dozen regular contributors (Taylor Kennedy for Nepean, Robert Sample for Richmond, Stittsville and Goulbourn Township, among others). Also many contributors from the USA. Our interest is in the entire Ottawa area, where they came from and where they migrated to. People can just send me an e-mail (ag.lewis@sympatico.ca) stating their surname interests and others researching the same surnames will probably be in touch. We're also trying to get more French history in this area, to post in either language. The Ottawa / Gatineau area was a small, close-knit community in the 1800's and there are lots of connections between us all. ... Al ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley MacNutt To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 4:35 PM Subject: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Bytown or Bust Site I use your site on a regular basis and have found a couple of things on my family but not a whole lot. Maybe I'm the only one researching it! I didn't realize I could contribute.. I've seen the Wright family tree on there, of course, but assumed it was on there because the Wright Family is prominent. I've commented on a couple of the pieces because my family line ran into others. What sort of information are you looking for? I just love your history lessons on the Ottawa area. That's how I found out that Concession eventually became Bronson Ave. I'm visual and the maps really helped. I howled with laughter at times reading the history of Sandy Hill. What I was looking for when I went to the Sandy Hill history was information on the cemeteries that were there and closed in 1911. I had family in the Scottish Presbyterian Cemetery that were moved to Beechwood and 3rd great grandparents that were moved to the Anglican Cemetery in Hull. The Scottish Presbyterians didn't even want the Methodists worshipping with them because they were "too rowdy"... I don't even want to think of what they thought of Anglican. They were from Scotland close to Hadrian's Wall and there was so much animosity between England and Scotland that I'm sure the Church of England was not popular back there. Thanks for all your work. Shirley Al Lewis <ag.lewis@sympatico.ca> wrote: Leslie: Here's an alternative to CAN-ONT-CARLETON. It's a web site which has about 850 pages of history and genealogy in the Ottawa area. It includes all of Carleton County. Since our ancestors from Carleton County often had relatives who settled nearby, including on the Quebec side, geographically the web site includes an area within a radius of about 100 miles of the Parliament Buildings as well as persons who migrated from this area to the U.S beginning in the 1850's. There are thousands of contributors to the web site and the collection of all of these family histories is documenting not just genealogies, but the history of our region. There is a search engine near the top of the main web page where you can search for ancestors, local geographic areas, etc. It works like a forum -- putting family researchers in touch with other. Everybody can contribute their 2 cents worth. The main web page is at www.bytown.net . The search engine is near the top of that page. Feel free to contribute material. We are always looking for family researchers and local historians. ... 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