Hello Lynne and Sandy, I would also be very interested in information about "Free Land Grant Testimonials". Where are they filed? How does one access the information? I hope that any responses will be sent to the list. Cheers, Judy, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Frizzell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: RE: [Grey Co.] Free Land Grant Testimonials > Hi Sandy > > Did you get any replies regarding your request? These testimonials sound > like they could be very helpful - it would be interesting to know more about > them. ( I wish I had known about the existence of these testimonials last > week - I just returned from a trip east and was in the Hanover/Durham area > searching for information on my McMahons - might have found out more about > William!) > > Lynne > Calgary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy Zamora [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 10:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Grey Co.] Free Land Grant Testimonials > > > Good Day Again > > > In the near future I am going to visit the Grey County Archieves, in > search of testimonials relating to the free land grants, regarding my > pioneer ancestors the McCormicks. Our McCormicks lived around the Rocky > Community area, just north of the town of Durham. > > I have read that in these types of testimonials, that family members, > friends, and the settlers themselves who were acquiring the free land > grants, wrote or spoke about the person getting the free land grant.If > someone could not write, the information I presume would be written down > for that person, in support of the person acquiring the free land grant. > > I would suspect that these testimonials could be huge in meaning, with > regards to potential information regarding other family member's names, > and information about the person acquiring the free land grant. > > Is there anything that anyone could tell me that would be helpful > about searching for these testimonials, or other potential information > about them? > > Sandy > > > ============================== > 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 > > ______________________________