Al, Thanks for all your work on this list, as well as at your site www.bytown.net. I, for one, owe you an awful lot just for the time you have saved me and the contacts I have made. Brian Gorman > -----Original Message----- > From: Al Lewis [mailto:ag.lewis@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:59 PM > To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Extracting segments from the 1879 Carleton County > Maps > > Hi Listers: > > There has been some interest in the procedure used to extract portions from the > very large 1879 Belden maps which show the location of the landowners in > Carleton County in 1879. Bonnie, I hope to get yours done tomorrow. > > All of the maps of the townships in Carleton County are available in a coffee-table > sized book called Belden's "Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Carleton, > including Ottawa". This book was re-printed in 1997 with the ISBN 0-969-8979-7-9 > and was sold through chapters.ca. It may now be out of print again, but if you can > get hold of a copy, you can photocopy or scan the part of the map in which you are > interested. Digitized copies of the maps are also available on the Internet, created > by McGill University. > > If you are writing your family history, sometimes it's useful to include the location > of your ancestors farm or locality in your document. You can extract a portion of the > large township maps and include just a smaller image of your ancestors local > neighbourhood. > > There is an example at www.bytown.net/tamon.htm > > If you go to that page, and click on the "Map Source", it will show you the original > large, full colour version of the digital version of the map for Goulbourn Township. > This is one of the maps digitized by McGill University. > > The smaller map shown on the page has been extracted from the large digital > map and is easier to work with. > It shows the location of the farm of John Tamon in 1879 in Goulbourn Township in > the upper left. > As a reference, the hamlet of Stanley Corners, between Stittsville and Richmond, > is shown at the bottom right of the map -- where it's marked "Town Hall" on the > map. > > Later this week, I hope to create a web page which shows the general Richmond, > Stittsville and Fallowfield area on one map and will try to list the steps to get from > the large map to a smaller version. > > ... Al > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bonnie Cole > To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Burial records for St. Patrick's Cem (Fallowfield) > > > Al: > > This is very generous to want to go to all the trouble with the maps. I've > never been there, but have an idea of where these places are. Yes, I would > bet that Michael and Sarah are buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery but I'm > hoping that SOMEONE will tell me where I can find these records. I think > St. Pat's is Catholic but don't know where to write for their burial records > and/or a map showing their names at least. > > I need someone to tell where to write for these records. > > Bonnie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Lewis" <ag.lewis@sympatico.ca> > To: <CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:59 AM > Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Burial records for St. Patrick's Cem > (Fallowfield) > > > > Bonnie: > > > > There are Deevys and Kinchs buried both at St. Patrick's in Fallowfield > > and at St. Philip's at Richmond in the early days. > > > > The two churches are only about five miles apart but St. Pat's is in > > Nepean Township and St. Philip's is in Goulbourn Township. > > > > Both churches are shown on Belden's 1879 map. The location of the Deevy > > farm is probably also shown on the map. > > > > Here's the 1879 map of Nepean: > > http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/Countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/car-m- > nepean.jpg > > > > and Goulbourn is at > > http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/Countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/car-m- > goulbourn.jpg > > > > Some of these families were Roman Catholic and some were Church of > > England. There are also (later?) Deevys buried at St. Thomas the Apostle > > in Stanley Corners, between Richmond and Stittsville, which is also in > > Goulbourn Township. > > > > I believe the chances are good that Michael and Sarah are buried at St. > > Pat's and the gravestone has probably not survived. They would, however, > > show up in the registers of St. Pat's. This is just a guess though. > > > > The two maps above are large and a pain to work with in digital format. > > If you have trouble with them, let me know and I'll join the two townships > > together into one map and then just extract the area of the three churches > > into one smaller map. > > > > > > ... Al Lewis > > www.bytown.net > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bonnie Cole > > To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 12:15 AM > > Subject: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Burial records for St. Patrick's Cem > > (Fallowfield) > > > > > > Hello Everyone: > > > > I have an ancestor buried in St. Patrick's (I believe) but neither he > > nor his wife have a tombstone. Michael Deevy (Deavy) died about 1851-1855 > > and wife Sarah Deevy died after 1861. > > > > They are most likely buried in St. Patrick's in the plot with their son > > John Deevy & his wife Mary Foley. > > > > Does anyone know where I might find these burials or even just a map? > > > > Thanks a million. > > > > Bonnie > > > > > > ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== > > List Admin for CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L: > > Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. 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