Hello list :) Coates & Best no longer has Melba Croft books... ugh :( Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Iles" <jiles@bmts.com> To: <CAN-ONT-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: RE: [BRUCE] Looking for a Melba Croft Book > Hello Janet > > The following is the catalogue record for the book you are asking about. > The > title is "In their own words". It is quite large as you remember it > includes > copies of original documents. > > In their own words 1626-1994 : the story of Ontario and Quebec but in > particular about the Georgian Bay / by Melba Morris Croft > Owen Sound, ON : Melcroft, c2001 > 556 p. : ill., maps, ports, photos > Includes bibliographical references and index > Includes some text in French and Mohawk > Indians of North America--Ontario--History--Sources > Indians of North America--Québec (Province)--History--Sources > Georgian Bay Region (Ont.)--History--Sources > Québec (Province)--Social life and customs--Sources > > As far as I know there are still copies available for sale through Coates > & > Best in Owen Sound. You would have to check with them. > > Since this book she has also published > > Memories of Brooke / researched and edited by Melba Morris Croft > Croft, Melba Morris, 1909- > Variant title: Memories of Brooke Nawash, Brookefield, Brookeholm, > Brooke, > Owen Sound North, Owen Sound) > Owen Sound, ON : M. M. Croft, c2004 > F, 436 p., 6 p. : ill. maps, photos > Brooke (Owen Sound, Ont.)--History > > It too should be available at Coates & Best in Owen Sound > > Janet Iles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janet Jones [mailto:janet-jones@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:32 AM > To: CAN-ONT-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BRUCE] Looking for a Melba Croft Book > > Please forgive me, if I don't recall the title of the book accurately - > the > title of it was something to the effect of "In Our Own Words" (unless I'm > thinkin of another book entirely). It was a fairly large publication that > I > > found in the Wiarton library on a visit a year or so ago. I recall reading > in the front of the book that it would be much too costly to print it in > hardcover. The topic was the natives of the area and included some JONES > family. I know when I see the title it will be clear... > > Does anyone know if and how I can purchase a copy of this book - looking > ahead at Christmas for my mother-in-law. > > If her publications are still for sale, can someone share the titles with > me > > as I believe there is at least one more she has had on her wish list. > > Thanks in advance... > Jan > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ______________________________