"unsubscribe" On Mar 20, 2006, at 2:00 AM, CAN-ONT-CARLETON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > CAN-ONT-CARLETON-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 29 > > Today's Topics: > #1 1911 poll areas Ottawa [Shirley MacNutt > <shirleymacnutt@ya] > #2 Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] 1911 poll a [marg mcfarlane > <mmcfarla@telusplan] > #3 Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] 1911 poll a [Shirley MacNutt > <shirleymacnutt@ya] > > Administrivia: > ~Important Addresses to Remember ~ > 1. Comments? Questions? Peeves? Please feel free to contact me at > <CAN-ONT-CARLETON-admin@rootsweb.com> > 2. Carleton County, OntarioGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~oncarlet/index.html> > 3. Can-Ont-Carleton-L Archives: Browse: http:// > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/can-ont-carleton > 4. Can-Ont-Carleton-L Archives: Search: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CAN-ONT- > CARLETON > 5. Do you want to unsubscribe from our list? Please send an email > to CAN-ONT-CARLETON-D-request@rootsweb.com with "unsubscribe" in > the body of your message. > > ~ Notes, Observations, etc. ~ > 1. The Carleton County, Ontario mailing list currently has 150 > subscribers. > 2. Remember the all-important 3 W's when posting - Who, When, Where. > 3. Does anyone know of any helpful sites concerning Carleton > County? Do you have a personal site that deals with your Carleton > County ancestors? Post them to the list! > > > > ______________________________ > > > From: Shirley MacNutt <shirleymacnutt@yahoo.ca> > Date: March 19, 2006 1:34:34 PM MST (CA) > To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: 1911 poll areas Ottawa > > > I don't know if anyone can help me but here goes. I'm looking for a > family that I know lived on Arthur Street in Ottawa (my 2nd gr > grandmother who died at that address in August of 1911) but I can't > find where in the Census the areain Ottawa that would be. I thought > perhaps Ottawa Center but that isn't it. > > I'm also looking for Gilmour Street. I have a suspcion that a > great aunt ran a boarding house on that street... she did > eventually anyway.. and wanted to see if she was there in 1911. She > isn't at the address she was in 1901. > > Does anyone know what areas of Ottawa these would be under? > > TIA > > Shirley in BC > > > - ------------------------------- > Have a question? Yahoo! Canada Answers. Go to Yahoo! Canada Answers > > ______________________________ > > > From: marg mcfarlane <mmcfarla@telusplanet.net> > Date: March 19, 2006 2:33:56 PM MST (CA) > To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] 1911 poll areas Ottawa > > > Hi Shirley: > > One of the best things for you to do is post the FULL names, > birthdates, birthplaces, and the address where you think they might > be for people you are looking for on the 1911 census and those of > us with access to the indexed 1911 census at Ancestry will take a > look to see if we can find them for you. > > You do need to give as complete information on each person as > possible as it makes searching using the various search boxes much > easier for us. > The 1911 census enumerator's handwriting, and many of the pages > themselves, are terrible in lots of cases, faded, burnt edges, etc, > etc, so sometimes the surname is unreadable but you can find the > person if you have the first name, a birth month, a birth year, > where they were born. Each of those fields is independantly > searchable, or you can combine info, so if you want us to look for > them, be as specific and complete with your info as possible. > > Will be glad to try to help you if you send this info. > > Marg in Sunny Alberta > > Shirley MacNutt wrote: > >> I don't know if anyone can help me but here goes. I'm looking for >> a family that I know lived on Arthur Street in Ottawa (my 2nd gr >> grandmother who died at that address in August of 1911) but I >> can't find where in the Census the areain Ottawa that would be. I >> thought perhaps Ottawa Center but that isn't it. I'm also >> looking for Gilmour Street. I have a suspcion that a great aunt >> ran a boarding house on that street... she did eventually anyway.. >> and wanted to see if she was there in 1911. She isn't at the >> address she was in 1901. Does anyone know what areas of Ottawa >> these would be under? >> TIA >> Shirley in BC >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Have a question? Yahoo! Canada Answers. Go to Yahoo! Canada Answers >> >> ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the CAN-ONT-CARLETON list, send the command >> "unsubscribe" to CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in >> mail mode) or CAN-ONT-CARLETON-D-request@rootsweb.com if Digest mode >> CAN-ONT-CARLETON-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family >> and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > ______________________________ > > > From: Shirley MacNutt <shirleymacnutt@yahoo.ca> > Date: March 19, 2006 3:04:11 PM MST (CA) > To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] 1911 poll areas Ottawa > > > Thanks Marg! > > I have a membership to Ancestry.com but wasn't putting in all the > information. I found one family I'm looking for thanks to your > advice. My 2nd great grandmother's last name was Arter. The census > had it as Arthur. With her birth info, etc. I found her. I know > it's her because of the husband's name/occupation and the fact that > the address is the same as on her death registration. > > I still haven't found my great aunt but she really didn't have a > home so stayed with this person and that. She's elusive. > > Shirley > > marg mcfarlane <mmcfarla@telusplanet.net> wrote: > Hi Shirley: > > One of the best things for you to do is post the FULL names, > birthdates, > birthplaces, and the address where you think they might be for people > you are looking for on the 1911 census and those of us with access to > the indexed 1911 census at Ancestry will take a look to see if we can > find them for you. > > > > - ------------------------------- > Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance > >